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Thanks for join me
today This is It is Writen
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I'm John Bradshaw We
all have to eat - and God
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in His goodness has created
an enormous variety of food.
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One of the most interesting
foods I learned to love is
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durian. It
grows in Asia - It's a
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large fruit covered in
dull spikes - not the prettiest
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thing you'll ever
see. I read where someone
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described the durian as
looking like something that
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would dangle from
a gladiator's chain.
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The durian is probably
best known for its smell - it
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smells... how would you say?
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Okay - there's no
delicate way to say it.
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The durian stinks! But
if you can get past that
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- and I did, I'm proud
to say - you can love it.
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And I do. Now if
you don't like durian
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then about the worst
thing that can happen is that
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you... don't like durian.
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More for me. But
there are some other
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foods people in that
are just plain hazardous.
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Dangerous, even. In
Japan there's a fish
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that's popular in
certain circles called "Fugu".
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It's a pufferfish. Fugu
means, literally, "river
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pig" - and
maybe for good reason.
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Some say eating this fish
is the culinary equivalent of
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playing Russian roulette.
Diners pay good money to eat
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this fish, which, if prepared
incorrectly, could kill them
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owing to parts of
the fish being toxic.
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Fugu served as tempura of
sashimi, or baked or added to
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a glass of hot sake, is
considered a treat by many.
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Now in Tokyo food authorities
are preparing to introduce
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a change to
regulations, allowing unlicensed
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restaurants to serve fugu -
a move that will make eating
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the fish cheaper but
which some chefs say could raise
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the risk for diners.
Now there is a safeguard.
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Chefs that serve Fugu
have to undertake special
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training which takes about
two years before they are able
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to serve it.
During this time they are
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taught and then examined
on how to remove the poisonous
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parts of the fish.
Only 35% of the candidates
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pass the exam.
Several people die every year
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after attempting to
prepare fugu at home.
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The flesh is safe but other
parts, including the liver,
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heart, intestines and
ovaries, contain tetrodotoxin,
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which can kill you if
it's ingested, even if you
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ingest it in minute quantities.
There were 23 deaths among
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338 fugu-poisoning
cases recorded in Japan from
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the year 2000 to the year 2009.
You're not going to catch me
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eating anything poisonous
and potentially lethal.
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I'm guessing you'd
probably say the same.
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But what's interesting is
that many of us are eating
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foods every day that
are potentially lethal.
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Let me tell you about
that. A friend of mine told me
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about an article he read online.
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It was in the 'health'
section and the article was
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about the dumbest
things American eat.
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Here's some of what
the article talked about.
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Here is what people
eat. Deep fried donuts.
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Not so surprising.
Deep fried candy bars.
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Turkey stuffed with a
duck that has been stuffed with
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a chicken. Deep fried bacon.
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Squirt on cheese.
Fried macaroni and cheese
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balls Scrapple.
Scrapple is described as
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scraps of pork boiled
with cornmeal and spices until
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it's thick
enough to form a loaf.
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After congealing over night,
slices of the loaf are fried
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to order. I read
about deep friend
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cheese balls being served
at a county fair somewhere.
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Well these may bring a bit
of a smile to our faces and we
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may well be thinking
that's just not quite normal.
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But a restaurant in Las
Vegas has attempted to take all
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this to a whole new level.
The restaurant is called the
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Heart Attack Grill.
There've been other locations
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in the past in
Arizona and Texas.
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The management of the Heart
Attack Grill has been quoted
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as saying their intent is
to serve food "so bad for you
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it's shocking".
Waitresses are dressed as
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nurses and customers
are referred to as patients.
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Burgers have names like
the "Quadruple Bypass" and can
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contain as many
as 8000 calories.
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(8000 - the recommended
daily calorie intake for men is
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around 2500 and for
women it's around 2000.
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8000 is a LOT of calories!
Not surprising this thing has
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8000 calories seeing as
it comes, with among other
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things, 20 slices of bacon!)
There are reduced versions of
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that burger - such as the
Single Bypass burger - that
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contain far fewer
calories. But still a lot!
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The establishment's
"Flat Liner Fries" are cooked
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in pure lard, and soft
drinks are made with real sugar.
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And anyone who weighs over
350 pounds can eat for free.
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"So bad for you it's
shocking" is the claim made.
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(Nodding...) While you
might be surprised by people
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wanting to eat food
that is celebrated for being
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unhealthy, and while the food
we've just talked about isn't
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your every day food and
is a little over the top,
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lots and lots of people
eat food very similar to that
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every day. How does
God feel about that?
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Does it matter to
God at all what we eat?
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It's fair to assume
that a lot of the food that's
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available to us today
simply isn't good for us.
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But where do we go to get
the information that we need to
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help us make
the right decisions.
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In Australia a professor
called Bruce Neal, the senior
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director of the George
Institute for Global Health
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has come out and said that
diet and exercise campaigns
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are so ineffective at
preventing heart disease that
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they should be abandoned
and replaced with strict
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regulation of salt levels
in food combined with wider
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medication use.
Professor Neal is saying that
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the government should stop
having a hands off approach
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and regulate the food
industry to bring about
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change. But then
one doctor says this
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and another doctor says
that - and it usually is not bad
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advice, usually - and in
all of the confusion we are just
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trying to do our best.
Let me make a suggestion.
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The Bible encourages us to
go to God and seek his advice
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about things that are
happening in our lives.
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Has God ever failed
to give you good advice?
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No he hasn't.
Sometimes we say 'what would
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Jesus do about this'?
Well, what did Jesus eat when
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he was upon this earth
and better still what would
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Jesus eat if he
were upon the earth now?
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Jesus was not raised in a
wealthy family, which means
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that as far as his diet went
his family probably couldn't
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afford too many extras
- or too many expensive
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alternatives. In
society today, if you come
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from a lower socio economic
background you're more likely
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to be sick, a smoker
and/or a drinker and have
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a poor diet. That's
what the researchers
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tell us. So when
the government looks
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at health issues they have
to keep those things in mind.
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Now Jesus wasn't weighed
down by that kind of diet or
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lifestyle. For
thirty years Jesus had to
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work hard in his fathers
carpenter shop and no doubt
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ate a fairly typical
Mediterranean diet that was
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wholesome, unprocessed and
in line with the Jewish dietary
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laws. He would
have consumed little
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saturated fat, only natural
sugars, He would have got
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plenty of sleep
and lots of exercise.
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Jesus would also have a heart
full of love for his father
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and have a concern
for the needs of others.
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And no doubt someone is
tempted to say, "That's all
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very well but I can't go
back and live in Jesus time."
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But the Word of God gives
us guidelines for what we can
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include in our
busy modern lifestyles.
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One thing I'm quite certain
of: Jesus likely wouldn't
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advise us to eat at the
burger restaurant I talked
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about a moment ago. I
mentioned previously the
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Jewish dietary
laws just a second back.
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These were laws that God
gave to Israel to preserve their
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health. The
Hebrews had been slaves
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in Egypt for
several hundred years.
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Yet even among that
slave lifestyle they got to the
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stage where they
considered their food tolerable.
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They later said this (you
read it in Exodus 16), "Oh,
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that we had died by the
hand of the LORD in the land of
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Egypt, when we sat by the
pots of meat and when we ate
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bread to the full! For
you have brought us out
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into this wilderness to
kill this whole assembly with
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hunger." Exodus 16:3 But history
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tells us that the Egyptians
lifestyle wasn't too healthy.
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The Egyptians suffered from
every modern disease that we
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suffer from today, except
of course from modern diseases
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such as AIDS.
Heart disease, Cancer,
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Cirrhosis of the liver,
Gallstones, Kidney stones,
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Gout, Arthritis,
Osteoporosis, Pneumonia,
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obesity - of course the
depictions of Egyptians by
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the artists of the time
were quite flattering, but they
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were some sick
people. God knew that when the
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children of Israel eventually
settled in the land that he
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had promised them they
might be tempted to adopt an
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Egyptian-style so he said this.
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"You shall walk in all the
ways which the LORD your God
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has commanded you, that
you may live and that it may be
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well with you, and that you
may prolong your days in the
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land which you shall possess."
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Deuteronomy 5:33. God
through Solomon advised
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the people like this "My
son, give attention to my words;
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incline your ear to my sayings.
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Do not let them depart
from your eyes; keep them in the
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midst of your heart; for
they are life to those who find
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them, And health
to all their flesh."
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Proverbs 4:20-22. Our
present day knowledge has
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been gathered in
little over 100 years or so.
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However there was an
efficient public health
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program in effect some
3000 years back and how sad that
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it was lost
sight of for centuries.
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Moses the great Egyptian
leader and then Hebrew leader
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was the founder of
preventive medicine.
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The children of Israel
lived in the desert for 40 years
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and not one of them got
sick. In just a moment - more
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timeless health
principles from the Bible.
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In Matthew 4:4 the Word of
God says "It is written 'Man
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shall not live by bread
alone but by every word that
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proceeds out of
the mouth of God'."
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Every Word is a one minute
Bible-based daily devotional
00:13:17.03\00:13:20.20
presented by Pastor
John Bradshaw and designed
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especially for
busy people like you.
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Look for Every Word on
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Receive a daily spiritual boost.
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Watch Every Word.
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Here's a sample.
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When they found her body
in the wreckage of the car,
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Police noticed a cell
phone with a half-finished text
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message on it. See,
she'd been texting while
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driving in terrible weather,
in a car full of people.
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The risks are so well known,
but that doesn't stop a lot
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of people. Sin is
the riskiest behavior
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of all, and it says in
Ecclesiastes 8:11, "Because
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sentence against an evil
work is not executed speedily,
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therefore the heart of the
sons of men is fully set in
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them to do evil." God
isn't going to zap you
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every time you sin, so some
go on sinning like there are
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no consequences.
Ignoring the consequences of
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sin is deadly. One
day we'll reap what we
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have sown. Don't
roll the dice on sin.
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Be motivated by love for
God, and let Him keep you
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in the center of His
will. I'm John Bradshaw for
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It Is Written.
Let's live today by Every
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Word. This is It Is Written.
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And today - Health Matters.
And the Bible is clear health
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really matters!
Humans were carefully
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designed by God - and just like
when you buy a car the car's
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engineers - the creators
of the car - tell you how
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to run your car to keep it
in the best possible condition,
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God gave us the
Bible as an owner's manual
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so we'd know how to
keep our bodies - and more
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importantly, our minds -
in the best condition: to give
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us every advantage in
receiving everlasting life.
00:15:10.61\00:15:14.78
Now I'd understand if you
said, "But John - salvation
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is a gift we receive
freely through Jesus.
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What does eating
have to do with that?"
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Good question -
I'm glad you asked!
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The state of our
health most often affects the
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functionality of our frontal
lobe, the part of your brain
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that governs moral
reasoning and social behavior.
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It's the part of our
brain that governs our
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decision-making processes.
And the point for Christians
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is that if you compromise
your decision-making ability
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- your moral-reasoning
ability - you compromise your
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ability to maintain an
optimum connection with God.
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It just makes sense. If
you want your vehicle to
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run right you make
sure it gets the right fuel.
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A farmer is going to make
sure his or her farm animals
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get the right food so
those animals produce the best
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results. Athletes
follow careful diets
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because they want the
best possible outcome when they
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compete. And here
we are involved in
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what Paul calls a battle
against spiritual darkness...
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Don't you think we need
every advantage we can get?
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Of course we do.
Which is why God drew up the
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menu in the Garden of
Eden. It's why God provided the
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food for the children of
Israel when they were in the
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wilderness. God
knew that health matters.
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Now I'ld like to show
you a text from the book of
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Proverbs. Does the
wisest man who ever
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lived give us good
healthy living advice?
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Yes he does. He
talks about honey a number
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of times. First
he tells us to eat
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honey because it is good.
Solomon said in the book of
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Proverbs: "My son, eat honey
because it is good, and the
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honeycomb which is
sweet to your taste."
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(Proverbs 24:13).
Now that is good news.
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But tell me what parent would
let their child loose with an
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entire pot of honey? We
wouldn't do that because
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we know that
wouldn't be good for us.
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What are the type of foods
that are full of sugar that
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we eat a lot of?
Confectionary, soft drinks
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... the list goes on.
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It's a big list. Is
God giving us poor advice
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here? No - we read in Proverbs
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25:16, something
that balances this up.
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Proverbs 25 and verse
16: "Have you found honey?
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Eat only as much as you
need, lest you be filled with it
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and vomit." I
remember as a child that my
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brother went to a party
and got stuck into his favorite
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food. We used to call them
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"Chocolate Crackles".
They were made out of Rice
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Krispies and
chocolate and honey.
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This boy was in his element.
And without our mum looking
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over his shoulder, he ate
just as many of those things
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as he wanted to, not
as many as he needed to.
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How did they work
out? Let's just say...
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it wasn't pretty. We
read in Proverbs 25:27,
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"It is not good
to eat much honey."
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(And what's meant by that
is TOO much honey.) So there it
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is, it is not good to eat
too much honey, to much sweet
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stuff. That same brother of mine
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loves Mars bars.
At least he used to.
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He ate them for years.
But he doesn't anymore (very
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often...) I asked him
recently why he gave them up.
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He simply said: "Just
too much sugar in them.
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I know it's not good for
me". Well I am glad to say that
00:18:48.09\00:18:51.19
you can teach an
old dog new tricks.
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Let me share with you something.
00:18:55.80\00:18:57.80
I want to share with
you another text out of the
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Bible, this time from
the book of Proverbs, from
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Solomon, and
notice what it says.
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Proverbs 23:1-3 says this:
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"When you sit down to
eat with a ruler, consider
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carefully what is before
you; and put a knife to your
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throat if you are a
man given to appetite.
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Do not desire his delicacies,
for they are deceptive food."
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It seems to me Solomon is
warning us about over-eating.
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Overeating is one of the
biggest issues that we have
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today in society, healthwise.
You can go to restaurants in
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every city from sea to
shining sea and eat as much
00:19:42.64\00:19:46.15
as you want which leads
to any number of things -
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including obesity.
Obesity is one of ...
00:19:49.28\00:19:52.22
pardon the expression
... the biggest public health
00:19:52.22\00:19:54.52
problems in the
Western world today.
00:19:54.52\00:19:56.96
It leads to a host
of diseases and chronic
00:19:56.96\00:19:59.69
illnesses including
diabetes, cancer, heart disease,
00:19:59.69\00:20:02.83
osteoarthritis, gall
stones, gout, asthma...
00:20:02.83\00:20:07.34
the list goes on and
on. The Bible gives us good
00:20:07.34\00:20:10.84
advice. Don't over eat.
00:20:10.84\00:20:13.54
Along with overeating goes
the national habit of eating
00:20:13.54\00:20:15.54
between meals.
This is a nation that
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has been encouraged
to eat whenever it wants,
00:20:18.75\00:20:21.42
what it wants, how it
wants. It is best to follow
00:20:21.42\00:20:24.95
the Bible's advice and
teach ourselves not to overeat
00:20:24.95\00:20:28.46
and not to eat between
meals. This brother I've been
00:20:28.46\00:20:33.13
telling you about told
me recently that he had lost
00:20:33.13\00:20:35.13
about 9 pounds. I
thought, well, he must have
00:20:35.13\00:20:37.47
got himself on the latest
wonder diet from Oprah or Kim
00:20:37.47\00:20:39.97
Kardashian. He said "No, no.
00:20:39.97\00:20:42.44
My wife suggested that I
eat my meal on a smaller plate."
00:20:42.44\00:20:47.24
Simple. He
didn't notice any real
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difference until it
seemed to him as if his belt had
00:20:49.54\00:20:53.25
stretched. He
suggested I try the same
00:20:53.25\00:20:56.12
thing - the smaller plate...
and I suggested that he was
00:20:56.12\00:20:58.69
meddling.
Solomon also tells us to
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avoid the "delicacies".
Now these are the extras, the
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treats, the
indulgences we like to eat.
00:21:06.29\00:21:10.00
Back in Solomon's time
it seems like only the rich
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could afford those
things. Today they are available
00:21:12.10\00:21:15.50
to everyone. When
it comes to practical
00:21:15.50\00:21:18.64
suggestions for our diet
and health, the Bible has got
00:21:18.64\00:21:23.11
a lot to say.
Here's just one more point.
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God gave the children of
Israel extensive advice on
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what they could or couldn't eat.
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On what they
should or shouldn't eat.
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In Leviticus 3:17, God
says. "This shall be a perpetual
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statute throughout
your generations in all your
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dwellings: you shall
eat neither fat nor blood."
00:21:40.23\00:21:46.40
Interesting! God
told his people not to
00:21:46.40\00:21:50.87
eat fat. If that strikes you as
00:21:50.87\00:21:54.41
strange, the truth is God
was simply up on the latest good
00:21:54.41\00:21:59.21
health information. I
suspect that if you went to
00:21:59.21\00:22:02.05
your doctor for health advice
he or she will tell you not
00:22:02.05\00:22:04.59
to eat fat. For
many of us a low fat diet
00:22:04.59\00:22:07.89
is just common sense.
You certainly don't get that
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at some of these hamburger
places we've been discussing.
00:22:12.23\00:22:16.56
God also advice about which
animals should or shouldn't
00:22:16.56\00:22:21.44
be eaten. Or
perhaps I should say, may
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or may not be eaten.
It was as simple as this.
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This is what God says.
You find it in the Holy
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Bible.
"Whatever in the water has
00:22:30.78\00:22:34.58
fins and scales,
whether in the seas or in the
00:22:34.58\00:22:38.02
rivers--that you may eat.
But all in the seas or in the
00:22:38.02\00:22:42.89
rivers that do not
have fins and scales..."
00:22:42.89\00:22:46.39
God says leave it off the menu.
00:22:46.39\00:22:49.86
God said in the same chapter
that birds of prey or those
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birds that feed on offal or
carrion - the scavengers and
00:22:53.77\00:22:57.37
carnivorous birds - God says
we shouldn't eat them either.
00:22:57.37\00:23:01.68
The fact is they're likely
the most likely to transmit
00:23:01.68\00:23:05.75
disease to humans. If
you're out driving and you
00:23:05.75\00:23:08.95
see an animal that's been hit
by a car you don't say, "Good
00:23:08.95\00:23:11.25
news, here's dinner!"
You know better than that.
00:23:11.25\00:23:15.29
Those birds see those animals
on the side of the road, they
00:23:15.29\00:23:17.86
say "Good news! Here's dinner!"
00:23:17.86\00:23:19.86
Why would we want to eat them?
00:23:19.86\00:23:23.26
God made clear that the only
animals that should be eaten
00:23:23.26\00:23:27.07
are the ones that have a
cloven hoof and chew the cud.
00:23:27.07\00:23:33.04
Now, that would be what?
Well - cows, goats, deer,
00:23:33.04\00:23:37.31
sheep... maybe some others.
00:23:37.31\00:23:39.48
But God said animals we
shouldn't eat include the
00:23:39.48\00:23:43.02
camel - bound to
disappoint you I know - rabbits,
00:23:43.02\00:23:48.22
badgers, and pigs. Hummmm.
00:23:48.22\00:23:51.89
Getting closer to home
now. God said they are unfit to
00:23:51.89\00:23:56.23
eat. You read that in the Bible.
00:23:56.23\00:23:59.87
God doesn't want the food
that we eat to make us sick.
00:23:59.87\00:24:04.77
He gives us an overarching
principle in 1 Corinthians
00:24:04.77\00:24:07.31
10:31. He said this, he said
00:24:07.31\00:24:10.08
"Therefore, whether you eat
or drink, or whatever you do,
00:24:10.08\00:24:13.11
do all to the glory of
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00:24:13.11\00:24:19.25
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We've got a lot to pray about.
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Let's pray. Our
Father in heaven,
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challenging subject today,
but a subject that can make
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the difference between life
and death, literally, for so
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many of us that are watching
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saying, "Oh, I
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Lord, we know Jesus said that
we can do all things through
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him who strengthens us.
So Father, I pray your spirit
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will get inside of us,
that you will live your life out
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in us and make in our lives
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made. We thank you for this
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blessing and we pray
in Jesus' name, Amen.
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[Music]
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Thanks for joining me today.
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I look forward to
seeing you again next time.
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Until then,
remember - It Is Written:
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man shall not live by
bread alone, but by every
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from the mouth of God.
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