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>>John Bradshaw:
This is It Is Written.
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I'm John Bradshaw.
Thanks for joining me.
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I wonder if we're convinced yet.
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I think we are, basically,
when it comes to seatbelts.
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The modern seatbelt was invented
in 1959 by an engineer at Volvo.
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New vehicles weren't
required to have seatbelts
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in the United States until 1968.
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And it wasn't until the mid-'80s
that states started making
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the wearing of
seatbelts mandatory.
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But now, authorities
say that wearing seatbelts
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saves as many as 15,000
people a year in this country--
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and, of course, many
more around the world.
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I wouldn't think of
driving without one.
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I hope you're the same.
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We're convinced now
about smoking, I think.
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While there are still
plenty of people who smoke,
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doctors no longer
prescribe tobacco products
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for lung ailments like
they used to years ago.
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Smoking isn't
permitted on public transport.
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I can recall sitting on a plane
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one row behind
the smoking section.
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As a nonsmoker, it
wasn't a lot of fun.
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Seems hard to imagine now, but
now we see cancer death rates
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trending downwards
in the United States,
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thanks largely to improved
treatment for lung cancer
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and because fewer
Americans are smoking.
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So we're
convinced-- at least officially.
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We quit bloodletting years ago.
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We figured out that
mercury is bad for you.
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Lobotomies have
fallen out of favor.
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People now wear sunscreen.
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And we know to put
our children in car seats,
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which, like seatbelts, weren't
mandated until the mid-1980s.
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But there's something else,
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and I'm not sure
we're convinced yet.
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We should be, but
I don't think we are.
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And the COVID-19 pandemic
has revealed this, I think.
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Let me share something with you,
kindly, with malice toward none,
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and in the hope that
this will benefit you
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or someone you know or love.
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When the pandemic
broke out, it became clear
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that some people were
more vulnerable than others.
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We heard about comorbidities,
additional diseases
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or conditions that
might be present in a person.
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If you had
certain comorbidities,
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they could make
COVID-19 a lot more challenging.
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And we understand that.
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If you had
advanced liver cancer, say,
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and then you get hit
with an aggressive virus,
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it doesn't take a
genius to figure out
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that that could
complicate matters.
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Emphysema, chronic bronchitis--
rough when it comes to COVID-19.
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Understandable.
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And some of those comorbidities,
not much you can do about them.
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It's very hard to wind
the clock back on emphysema,
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for example.
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Sickle cell disease-- if
you have it, you have it.
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Heart failure--no
magic wand to take that away,
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meaning that if COVID-19 comes
near, it's a serious threat.
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But here's the thing.
It was during the pandemic
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that a lot of people
realized they had comorbidities
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that they could
do something about.
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The pandemic arrived,
and there were literally
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millions of people
who would have been safer
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had they not been in
the position they were in.
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Now, you understand,
I'm not finding fault.
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It's when your health is
in danger that you realize
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just how
important your health is.
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I spoke with a
woman recently who told me
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that from out of
nowhere she was struck down
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by what she described as
"an aggressive form of cancer."
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She said, "At that time,
everything changed in my life.
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"I was ready to do
whatever I had to do to fight it
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and try to regain my health."
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Thank God, she did just that.
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She told me treatment was tough,
but she came through well,
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and today she is doing great.
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I love to hear
stories like that.
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But back to my point:
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Isn't it better,
as far as you can,
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to avoid being ill and putting
yourself at additional risk?
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Some things you
can't do much about.
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Even the healthiest
people can come down with cancer
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or have a stroke.
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But think about this with me;
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10 1/2% of Americans
suffer from diabetes.
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One in three American
adults has prediabetes.
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Quoting now from
the CDC's website:
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"Prediabetes puts you at
increased risk of developing
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type 2 diabetes,
heart disease, and stroke."
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And diabetes is a
significant comorbidity
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in terms of COVID-19.
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Not that diabetics were ever
more likely to get COVID-19,
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but the American
Diabetes Association says,
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"People with diabetes
are more likely to have
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"serious
complications from COVID-19.
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"In general, people with
diabetes are more likely to have
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"more severe
symptoms and complications
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when infected with any virus."
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So if you could do something
about it, wouldn't you?
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Type 1 diabetes is
where the pancreas produces
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little or no insulin.
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Your body needs insulin to allow
glucose to enter your cells
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and produce energy.
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There's no known way to
prevent Type 1 diabetes,
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and about 1.6
million Americans have it.
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But Type 2 diabetes,
which is often called
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adult-onset diabetes,
now that can be treated.
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In fact, according to the CDC,
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it can be prevented or
delayed through lifestyle.
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In fact, the CDC says that major
risk factors for Type 2 diabetes
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include age, if
you're a little older,
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physical inactivity,
and being overweight.
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And, of course,
those risk factors
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are all kind of connected.
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So let's look at this.
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You're driving in a car;
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you put on a seatbelt,
in case of an accident.
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You quit smoking
to avoid lung cancer.
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You wear sunscreen and a hat
when you go out into the sun,
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and you put your
babies in car seats.
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We call that prevention.
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And as founding
father Benjamin Franklin
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is said to have advised,
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"An ounce of prevention
is worth a pound of cure."
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So what can a person do
to take care of themselves
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a little better?
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I'm going to share with
you what the experts say
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and give you a
number of easy, helpful ways
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that you can tilt the
balances in your favor.
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No, this isn't to
say you're going to avoid
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every illness that
comes by, but it is to say
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that God has given
us a lot of guidance
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that we'd be better off
following than ignoring.
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David wrote in
Psalm 139, verse 14,
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"I will praise You, for I am
fearfully and wonderfully made."
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And John wrote
in 3 John, verse 2,
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"Beloved, I pray that
you may prosper in all things
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and be in health, just
as your soul prospers."
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This matters to
God, and it matters to us
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because our health is
important and it's under attack.
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So how can you protect
yourself against ill health?
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I'll give you five
simple steps in just a moment.
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>>John Bradshaw: Thanks for
joining me on It Is Written.
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Health care is expensive.
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It costs governments
billions of dollars a year.
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It costs companies real money.
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The Kaiser Family Foundation
said a couple of years ago that
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the average cost
of employer-sponsored
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health insurance
for annual premiums was
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"$7,188 for single coverage and
$20,576 for family coverage."
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In the United States,
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trillions of dollars are
spent each year on health.
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So what if we could
avoid a bunch of illnesses?
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When you have a friend
fighting a cold or the flu,
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aren't you glad
you didn't get it?
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It's better to
avoid than to recover.
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When I was about 20 years
old, I looked down at my father.
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He was in a hospital bed,
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about to be wheeled away
to have triple bypass surgery.
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And I knew what got him there.
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It was his lifestyle.
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Not that it was bad; it wasn't.
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What it was...was typical.
He lived like everyone else.
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And so he had the same health
problems as everyone else.
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And I looked at my
father and I thought to myself,
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"I am my father's son.
I'm living just like he lived.
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Which means I'm
heading to where he is."
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And I didn't want
to have bypass surgery.
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So I made a decision
right then and there that I'd do
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whatever I needed to do to avoid
ending up on a hospital bed
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like my dad had.
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I'm going to share
with you what I found out.
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According to the prophet Isaiah,
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followers of Jesus can
look forward to a place
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where "the inhabitant
shall not say, 'I am sick.'"
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That's Isaiah 33:24.
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John wrote in Revelation that
in heaven there'll be no death,
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nor will there be any
pain, Revelation 21:4.
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God told Israel on
their wilderness wanderings
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that, "I will put
none of the diseases on you
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"which I have
brought on the Egyptians.
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For I am the
Lord who heals you."
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Exodus 15:26.
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Now, again, hear me clearly.
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I'm not saying you'll avoid
every illness that comes by.
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But what I'm saying clearly is
that we want to give ourselves
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the best chance to live a
long happy, productive life
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of service to God and others.
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Here are some of the
simple things that you can do.
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Would you like to
have a superpower?
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Now, there's Superman and
Captain America and Spiderman
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and so on, but according
to an Irish neuroscientist,
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you have a superpower.
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Dr. Shane O'Mara, from
Trinity College in Dublin,
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says there's something
that makes you healthier,
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happier, and smarter, and
he says the data prove it.
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He says those who moved the
least manifest positive traits
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in the lowest measure.
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But he said, "Walkers have
lower rates of depression."
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He says if you
keep your walking speed
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up to about three
miles an hour for 30 minutes,
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four or five times a week,
it does you all kinds of good.
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In a story published by
The Guardian in Great Britain,
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Dr. O'Mara says that "essential
brain-nourishing molecules
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are produced by
aerobically demanding activity,"
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and that this causes
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brain-derived neurotrophic
factor levels to go up,
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which Dr. O'Mara describes as
"a molecular fertiliser produced
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within the brain," increasing
"resilience to ageing,
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"and [resilience to] damage
caused by trauma or infection.
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"Then there's vascular
endothelial growth factor
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"(VEGF), which helps to grow
the network of blood vessels
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carrying oxygen and
nutrients to brain cells."
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And then, of
course, there's the obvious.
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Walking helps with digestion
and focus and weight loss
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and cardiovascular
health and, well, you name it.
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The vast majority
of people can walk.
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If you can't walk a marathon,
walk to the gate and back.
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Start where you
can and go from there.
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If walking isn't your thing,
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run, or bike, or something.
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But those five simple
steps to safeguard your health?
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There's number one: Get moving.
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So what's number two?
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Let's take a look at
what people are eating.
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Writing in The Baltimore
Sun, Audrey Lawson-Sanchez,
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from a public health
advocacy organization,
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points out that UDSA guidelines
for a 2,000 calorie-a-day diet
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approve "the daily consumption
of 12 teaspoons of added sugar
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"and nearly three Big
Macs' worth of saturated fat
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as part of a
health-promoting lifestyle,"
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which is...absurd, of course.
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She writes that food such
as meat-topped pizzas, donuts,
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and cinnamon rolls are
marketed as healthy meals
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in public schools.
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Let me quote; Audrey
Lawson-Sanchez writes,
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"In reality, most Americans
should be reducing the amount
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"of animal protein we
eat and boosting our intake
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"of whole grains,
vegetables, fruits and legumes.
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"While true protein deficiency
is virtually nonexistent
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"in America, 95% of
us are fiber-deficient,
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"and only one in 10 meets
the bare-minimum requirement
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of five servings of
fruits and vegetables per day."
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And we wonder why we're
sick. This isn't rocket science.
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What if we thought
about what we're eating
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and made better decisions?
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The same writer says,
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"Whole plant foods play an
enormous role in preventing
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"and in many cases treating
cardiovascular diseases,
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"high blood pressure,
diabetes, certain cancers
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"and other
devastating chronic illnesses
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"while frequently
consuming animal-source foods
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raises our risk for
these same deadly diseases."
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So it's pretty simple.
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About 655,000 Americans die
from heart disease every year.
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And this is largely why:
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What you put in
affects your health directly.
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So a simple fix is
eat this and not that.
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And good health
doesn't have to be boring.
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Eat good stuff.
Find recipes online.
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Get a cookbook like this
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Any changes you make
towards a more plant-based diet
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will be good for you.
00:14:36.57\00:14:37.91
Remember, we're living in a
world where more and more people
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are sick, at a time
when the healthier you are,
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the better your chances of
resisting lifestyle diseases
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and other illnesses that
threaten to do you real harm.
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So that's two of our five steps.
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I'll have three more coming up,
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including the story
of the Super Bowl winner
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who slept his way to the top.
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>>John Bradshaw: It was
1882 in western North Carolina
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when 19 men and boys
drowned in the Tuckasegee River
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in what was a terrible accident.
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It was an accident that
should never have happened.
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In post-slavery America,
the men, like so many others,
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had been leased to
the state as cheap labor.
00:16:00.06\00:16:03.53
Convict leasing existed in
the United States for decades,
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the practice calling into
question our notions of freedom.
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and ask the question,
"Are you really free?"
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Find out where true
freedom can be found
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>>John Bradshaw: On
February the 7th, 2021,
00:16:42.43\00:16:44.83
a 43-year-old quarterback
guided his team to victory
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in the Super Bowl.
00:16:48.64\00:16:50.04
Now, even if
you're not a football fan,
00:16:50.07\00:16:52.37
you have to wonder how
that could even be possible.
00:16:52.41\00:16:54.84
Quarterbacks simply don't
last that long at that level.
00:16:54.88\00:16:59.05
But Tom Brady managed to
win his seventh Super Bowl,
00:16:59.08\00:17:02.38
three more than
any other quarterback.
00:17:02.42\00:17:04.72
He's won better than 1 in 8
of all the Super Bowls played.
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And then...he signed a
contract to keep on playing.
00:17:09.22\00:17:13.83
So what's the key to this
athlete's remarkable success?
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He's not bigger,
faster, or stronger than others
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who play the game.
00:17:19.87\00:17:21.30
It's interesting; Tom
Brady's been really careful
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about his health.
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His diet has been described
as ridiculously strict.
00:17:24.94\00:17:28.58
But, in fact, it's just careful,
00:17:28.61\00:17:31.28
not surprising for a person
whose body is the main tool
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of his trade.
00:17:34.78\00:17:36.15
But there's something else.
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Neurologist Dr. Michael
Howell wrote in the Minneapolis
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Star Tribune that
Brady himself has said,
00:17:40.39\00:17:43.99
"Proper sleep has helped
me get to where I am today
00:17:44.03\00:17:47.83
"as an athlete and it is
something that I continue
00:17:47.86\00:17:50.70
to rely on every day."
00:17:50.73\00:17:52.90
Dr. Howell says, "It would be
better to consider restful sleep
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as an all-natural
performance-enhancing drug."
00:17:56.34\00:18:00.84
The article was subtitled,
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"His success demonstrates the
power of a good night's sleep."
00:18:02.51\00:18:07.02
A report written by researchers
from the University of Otago
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in New Zealand and published
in Frontiers in Psychology
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shows that sleep quality
is "the strongest predictor
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of depressive
symptoms and well-being,"
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and a more "important predictor
of mental health and well-being
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in young adults" than
physical activity and diet.
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The BBC reported
in February of 2021
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that sleep is becoming
really big business, with apps
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and bedtime stories and
music and breathing exercises--
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I'm talking about for adults.
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And they reported that
one major survey showed that
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less than half of all adults
are satisfied with their sleep.
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Dr. Neil Stanley, a
British sleep expert, says
00:18:46.42\00:18:49.06
that people are making it more
complicated than they need to.
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He says you need three
things to get good sleep:
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a dark quiet cool,
comfortable bedroom,
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a relaxed body,
and a quiet mind.
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He says anyone
can do it tonight.
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And in his words,
00:19:04.47\00:19:05.64
"It doesn't cost a
single penny to do any of them."
00:19:05.67\00:19:09.78
If you don't get
enough sleep, not good.
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Your mind will become sluggish.
00:19:12.98\00:19:14.68
A whole night without
sleep and your mind is in
00:19:14.72\00:19:17.19
about the same condition
as if you were legally drunk.
00:19:17.22\00:19:20.79
Dr. Matthew Walker
of UC Berkeley says,
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"The memory inbox of
the brain shuts down."
00:19:23.22\00:19:26.29
And once you've been
awake for 18 hours or so,
00:19:26.33\00:19:28.60
your decision-making and
spatial awareness deteriorate.
00:19:28.63\00:19:32.40
A lack of sleep
affects your heart.
00:19:32.43\00:19:35.20
Research indicates that on the
Monday after daylight savings
00:19:35.24\00:19:38.41
starts in spring, there's
a 25% increase in the risk
00:19:38.44\00:19:42.81
of having a heart attack.
00:19:42.84\00:19:44.71
Sleep deprivation
affects your endocrine system,
00:19:44.75\00:19:47.58
your immune system.
00:19:47.62\00:19:48.82
In fact, not sleeping profoundly
increases your cancer risk.
00:19:48.85\00:19:54.92
It's better to
just get some sleep.
00:19:54.96\00:19:58.13
And if you think you can get
by on four hours' sleep a night,
00:19:58.16\00:20:01.80
the experts say
you really cannot.
00:20:01.83\00:20:05.13
I'm going to give you a fourth
step to safeguard your health,
00:20:06.13\00:20:09.54
and these are
things anyone can do.
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Remember why it matters.
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First Corinthians 6:19 and 20:
00:20:13.68\00:20:16.28
"Or do you not know
that your body is the temple
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"of the Holy Spirit who is
in you, whom you have from God,
00:20:19.18\00:20:22.92
"and you are not your own?
00:20:22.95\00:20:24.92
"For you were bought at a price;
00:20:24.95\00:20:27.39
"therefore glorify God in
your body and in your spirit,
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which are God's."
00:20:32.29\00:20:33.63
This matters spiritually.
00:20:33.66\00:20:36.03
Number four: Quit alcohol.
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Now, I know it's
fashionable to suggest
00:20:39.60\00:20:41.44
that people reduce
their alcohol consumption.
00:20:41.47\00:20:44.64
But the only
reduction that really helps you
00:20:44.67\00:20:47.51
is to reduce
alcohol consumption to zero.
00:20:47.54\00:20:50.95
You got to love the
ads that encourage you
00:20:50.98\00:20:53.05
to "drink responsibly."
00:20:53.08\00:20:55.25
Those ads are
encouraging you to drink.
00:20:55.28\00:20:58.49
They say so straight out.
00:20:58.52\00:21:00.46
"Drink responsibly"
simply means, "Drink."
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Stop drinking and
you'll sleep better,
00:21:04.16\00:21:06.39
and you may well experience
fewer mental health challenges
00:21:06.43\00:21:09.10
because alcohol is a depressant.
00:21:09.13\00:21:11.83
It's also a carcinogen.
00:21:11.87\00:21:13.57
Alcohol causes cancer.
00:21:13.60\00:21:16.17
The CDC reports that
alcohol can cause injury,
00:21:16.20\00:21:19.07
such as "motor vehicle crashes,
falls, drownings, and burns."
00:21:19.11\00:21:22.84
It's responsible for
"violence, including homicide,
00:21:22.88\00:21:26.25
suicide, sexual assault,
and intimate partner violence."
00:21:26.28\00:21:30.35
It leads to
risky sexual behavior
00:21:30.39\00:21:32.29
and the problems
that come with that,
00:21:32.32\00:21:34.19
as well as miscarriage
and fetal alcohol syndrome.
00:21:34.22\00:21:37.89
A senior author
of a health study
00:21:37.93\00:21:39.79
published in The Lancet says,
00:21:39.83\00:21:42.00
"The health risks associated
with alcohol are massive."
00:21:42.03\00:21:46.43
The study says there is no
safe level of drinking alcohol.
00:21:46.47\00:21:51.44
The study came out of
the University of Washington,
00:21:51.47\00:21:53.54
School of Medicine.
00:21:53.58\00:21:54.71
"But wait," I hear someone say.
00:21:54.74\00:21:57.08
"What about the
benefits of red wine?"
00:21:57.11\00:21:59.21
Well, let's slow down here.
00:21:59.25\00:22:01.82
There may be beneficial
antioxidants in red wine.
00:22:01.85\00:22:05.75
But you do know that you can
get antioxidants in blueberries,
00:22:05.79\00:22:09.66
artichokes, and kale.
00:22:09.69\00:22:12.16
And according
to the Mayo Clinic,
00:22:12.19\00:22:13.96
studies on
resveratrol are mixed.
00:22:14.00\00:22:16.87
Some studies show
that it doesn't do anything
00:22:16.90\00:22:19.47
to prevent heart disease, which
is the claim so often made.
00:22:19.50\00:22:23.44
And keep in mind, anyone serious
about the health of their heart
00:22:23.47\00:22:26.98
is going to find a
way to help their heart
00:22:27.01\00:22:28.51
that doesn't include
destroying brain cells
00:22:28.54\00:22:31.35
by imbibing something
known to cause cancer.
00:22:31.38\00:22:34.65
Here's the Mayo Clinic:
00:22:34.68\00:22:35.92
"Simply eating grapes or
drinking grape juice might be
00:22:35.95\00:22:40.19
a way to get resveratrol
without drinking alcohol."
00:22:40.22\00:22:44.33
If you want any
benefit from resveratrol,
00:22:44.36\00:22:47.36
drink grape juice,
or eat grapes, simple.
00:22:47.40\00:22:51.43
And the same source says,
00:22:51.47\00:22:53.23
"There's still no clear evidence
that beer, white wine or liquor
00:22:53.27\00:22:58.71
aren't any better than
red wine for heart health."
00:22:58.74\00:23:03.21
And not many people are
promoting whiskey or beer
00:23:03.24\00:23:05.28
for the health of your heart.
00:23:05.31\00:23:06.82
You know, if you want it,
you're going to justify it.
00:23:06.85\00:23:10.49
But if you want to
treat your body as the temple
00:23:10.52\00:23:12.45
of the Holy Spirit, then you
know what you're going to do.
00:23:12.49\00:23:15.99
So that's four steps to
safeguarding your health.
00:23:16.99\00:23:20.36
Let's look at one more.
00:23:20.40\00:23:22.63
Number five, which
really is number one,
00:23:22.66\00:23:27.10
and that is...trust in God.
00:23:27.14\00:23:31.11
Look at Isaiah 26 in verse 3:
00:23:31.14\00:23:33.44
"You will keep him in perfect
peace, whose mind is stayed
00:23:33.48\00:23:36.75
on You, because
he trusts in You."
00:23:36.78\00:23:39.65
Now, how would you
like perfect peace?
00:23:39.68\00:23:42.78
There you go. You can have it.
00:23:42.82\00:23:45.12
Keep your mind fixed,
focused, on God and His Word.
00:23:45.15\00:23:50.93
Trust in God.
00:23:50.96\00:23:52.43
Psalm 32, verse 10:
00:23:52.46\00:23:54.00
"Many sorrows
shall be to the wicked;
00:23:54.03\00:23:56.46
but he who trusts in the
Lord, mercy shall surround him."
00:23:56.50\00:24:01.90
These are great
promises. I'll give you another.
00:24:01.94\00:24:04.57
This is in the book
of Proverbs, chapter 3:
00:24:04.61\00:24:06.74
"Trust in the Lord
with all thine heart;
00:24:06.78\00:24:08.88
"and lean not unto
thine own understanding.
00:24:08.91\00:24:11.25
In all thy ways acknowledge Him,
and He shall direct thy paths."
00:24:11.28\00:24:15.48
Proverbs 3:5 and 6.
00:24:15.52\00:24:17.65
We're talking about
mental health, emotional health,
00:24:17.69\00:24:21.02
spiritual health.
00:24:21.06\00:24:22.52
What we know is that
some people cannot exercise
00:24:22.56\00:24:25.56
because of medical conditions.
00:24:25.59\00:24:27.23
They can't be as fit as
they'd like because of bad knees
00:24:27.30\00:24:29.70
or a bad back or
something like that.
00:24:29.73\00:24:31.97
Some people
have tried and tried,
00:24:32.00\00:24:35.10
but if you start
with trust in God,
00:24:35.14\00:24:38.31
you'll have the foundation
for every other important thing
00:24:38.34\00:24:41.14
in your life.
00:24:41.18\00:24:42.38
It's not easy to have positive
interpersonal relationships
00:24:42.41\00:24:45.61
if you're not right with God.
00:24:45.65\00:24:47.58
It's hard to
have a happy marriage
00:24:47.62\00:24:49.58
if you're not on the
same wavelength as God.
00:24:49.62\00:24:52.12
And trusting God is
actually good for you.
00:24:52.15\00:24:56.26
Trusting God doesn't mean
everything about your life
00:24:56.29\00:24:58.39
will go right.
00:24:58.43\00:24:59.69
It doesn't mean you won't
ever be faced with hardships;
00:24:59.73\00:25:02.10
that's far from true.
00:25:02.13\00:25:04.13
But knowing God, trusting God,
it enables you to get through
00:25:04.17\00:25:08.90
those tough times
and to see past them,
00:25:08.94\00:25:11.31
to know that
there's a better day ahead,
00:25:11.34\00:25:13.27
and to know that whatever
you're facing, God is with you.
00:25:13.31\00:25:16.75
Jesus is coming back to
this world one day soon.
00:25:16.78\00:25:21.18
If you've accepted Him
as your Lord and Savior,
00:25:21.22\00:25:23.59
if you've entered into
a relationship with Him,
00:25:23.62\00:25:26.65
you've got absolutely
everything to look forward to.
00:25:26.69\00:25:30.36
Allow Him into your
life, fully into your life.
00:25:30.39\00:25:34.10
Surrender your life to Him.
00:25:34.13\00:25:36.00
Don't go on resisting.
00:25:36.03\00:25:37.90
Trust in God.
00:25:37.93\00:25:39.60
And all those other things
you do to bless your health
00:25:39.63\00:25:42.64
are going to add together
00:25:42.67\00:25:43.81
to give you a happier and
healthier life in this world
00:25:43.84\00:25:47.98
and eternal life
in the world to come.
00:25:48.01\00:25:52.18
Five steps to
safeguard your health,
00:25:52.21\00:25:55.15
and all of them really
begin with a step of faith.
00:25:55.18\00:25:59.82
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>>John Bradshaw: Let
me pray with you now.
00:26:32.15\00:26:33.99
Our Father in heaven, we thank
You for the gift of health.
00:26:34.02\00:26:37.59
Some of us, we're struggling
because of ill health,
00:26:37.63\00:26:40.33
in many cases not
because of anything we've done.
00:26:40.36\00:26:43.97
Thank You that You're
with us in those moments.
00:26:44.00\00:26:46.97
I pray that, where we
can, we'd follow Your leading
00:26:47.00\00:26:51.34
to better health, to
safeguard our health,
00:26:51.37\00:26:54.41
knowing that our bodies are
the temple of the Holy Spirit.
00:26:54.44\00:26:58.98
Thank You that You
are the Lord who heals.
00:26:59.01\00:27:01.35
Thank You that we are
fearfully and wonderfully made.
00:27:01.38\00:27:04.62
Lord, connect us with Yourself.
00:27:04.65\00:27:06.65
My friend, if there's
something you want to surrender
00:27:06.69\00:27:08.89
to God right now,
if there's a bad habit,
00:27:08.92\00:27:10.93
if there's an addiction,
00:27:10.96\00:27:11.93
if there's a practice
you know is harming you,
00:27:11.96\00:27:14.60
surrender it to God now.
00:27:14.63\00:27:15.93
Would you do it while we pray?
00:27:15.96\00:27:17.53
Lord, here it is.
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Here's that thing
that's doing me harm.
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Pray that prayer.
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I yield it to You
so You can take it away
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and set me on a
more healthy trajectory.
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And we thank You in advance
for good health in this world
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and eternal life
in the world to come.
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And it's in
Jesus' name that we pray.
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Amen.
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Thank you so
much for joining me.
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I'm looking forward to
seeing you again next time.
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Until then, remember:
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"It is written, 'Man
shall not live by bread alone,
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but by every word that proceeds
from the mouth of God.'"
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