Participants: Bill Santos
Series Code: IIWC
Program Code: IIWC200925
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00:02 >>BILL: IN HIS BOOK, AN ANTHROPOLOGIST ON MARS,
00:03 NEUROLOGIST OLIVER SACKS TELLS ABOUT VIRGIL, A MAN 00:06 WHO HAD BEEN BLIND FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD. WHEN HE 00:11 WAS 50, VIRGIL UNDERWENT SURGERY AND WAS GIVEN THE 00:12 GIFT OF SIGHT. BUT AS HE AND DR. SACKS FOUND 00:18 OUT, HAVING THE PHYSICAL CAPACITY FOR SIGHT IS NOT 00:23 THE SAME AS SEEING. 00:24 VIRGIL'S FIRST EXPERIENCES WITH SIGHT WERE CONFUSING. 00:29 HE WAS ABLE TO MAKE OUT COLORS AND MOVEMENTS, 00:30 BUT ARRANGING THEM INTO A COHERENT PICTURE WAS 00:34 MORE DIFFICULT. OVER TIME HE LEARNED TO IDENTIFY 00:37 VARIOUS OBJECTS, BUT HIS HABITS--HIS 00:38 BEHAVIORS--WERE STILL THOSE OF A BLIND MAN. DR. 00:43 SACKS ASSERTS, "ONE MUST DIE AS A BLIND PERSON TO 00:50 BE BORN AGAIN AS A SEEING PERSON. IT IS THE INTERIM, 00:51 THE LIMBO . . . THAT IS SO TERRIBLE." 01:01 (MUSIC) 01:09 >>ANNOUNCER: IT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME. 01:12 GOD'S BOOK THE BIBLE. 01:15 STILL RELEVANT IN TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD 01:19 IT IS WRITTEN, 01:22 SHARING MESSAGES OF HOPE AROUND THE WORLD. 01:27 (MUSIC) 01:46 OUR STUDY TODAY TAKES US TO ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN 01:47 PASSAGES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, JESUS HAS A 01:51 PERSONAL ENCOUNTER WITH A MAN NAMED NICODEMUS. 01:56 NICODEMUS WAS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL AND 01:57 INFLUENTIAL MEN IN ALL OF ISRAEL DURING THIS 02:01 TIME PERIOD. NICODEMUS IS A WEALTHY, POWERFUL, 02:06 RELIGIOUS MAN. YET, HE IS A MAN WITH AN ITCH THAT 02:07 NEITR HE, NOR HIS MONEY, NOR HIS POWER CAN SCRATCH. 02:12 WHAT NICODEMUS LEARNED THAT NIGHT WOULD PROVE TO 02:16 BE THE GREATEST LESSONS OF HIS LIFE! 02:24 I WANT TO EAVESDROP ON THIS CONVERSATION BETWEEN 02:25 THE LORD JESUS AND NICODEMUS TODAY. I WANT US 02:28 TO HEAR FOR OURSELVES THE GREAT TRUTHS JESUS SHARED 02:30 WITH THIS MAN. YOU SEE, NICODEMUS CAME TO JESUS 02:31 FOR SOME ANSWERS ABOUT RELIGION, WHAT HE RECEIVED 02:38 WERE SOME ANSWERS ABOUT REDEMPTION. HE CAME TO 02:43 JESUS WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT JESUS. HE WENT AWAY WITH 02:44 MORE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT JESUS AND ABOUT HIMSELF THAN HE 02:50 COULD HAVE EVER IMAGINED HE CAME TO JESUS THAT 02:55 NIGHT TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT LIFE. 02:56 HE LEFT WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE NEW BIRTH. LET'S 02:59 LISTEN IN AS THE TEACHER GETS TAUGHT IN JOHN 3:1 - 03:09 15 05:03 OLD NICODEMUS HAS RECEIVED A LOT OF CRITICISM 05:04 FOR APPROACHING JESUS AT NIGHT. SOME PEOPLE HAVE 05:08 SUGGESTED THAT HE CAME AT NIGHT BECAUSE HE WAS 05:10 ASHAMED AND WAS TRYING TO HIDE WHAT HE WAS DOING. I 05:11 DON'T THINK THAT WAS THE CASE AT ALL! I THINK HE 05:18 CAME AT NIGHT BECAUSE HE WAS A BUSY MAN AND HE KNEW 05:24 THAT JESUS WAS ALSO A BUSY MAN. I THINK HE CAME 05:25 AT NIGHT BECAUSE HE WANTED SOME UNINTERRUPTED 05:29 TIME WITH JESUS! 05:36 NOW, YOU WILL NOTICE THAT WHEN THIS MAN CAME TO 05:37 JESUS, HE CAME HUMBLY AND WAS VERY COMPLIMENTARY TO 05:41 JESUS. HE CAME WITH SOME SERIOUS QUESTIONS, BUT I 05:46 DARE SAY THAT HE DID NOT EXPECT THE ANSWER HE 05:47 RECEIVED. JESUS TOLD HIM, "YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN!" 05:52 SURELY, NICODEMUS MUST HAVE THOUGHT THIS WAS A 05:56 MISTAKE. AFTER ALL, IF YOU LOOKED AT THIS MAN AND AT 05:57 ALL THAT HE HAD GOING FOR HIM, YOU WOULD NEVER 06:01 EXPECT HIM TO NEED TO BE BORN AGAIN! NOT NICODEMUS! 06:08 MAYBE THAT WINO NEEDS TO BE SAVED AND BORN AGAIN. 06:09 MAYBE THAT WAYWARD WOMAN NEEDS THE NEW BIRTH. WELL, 06:13 THAT WASTED LIFE DOWN IN THE GUTTER NEEDS TO BE 06:17 BORN AGAIN, BUT SOMEONE LIKE NICODEMUS, WELL 06:18 SURELY THAT DOESN'T APPLY TO HIM. IF YOU LOOKED 06:24 AT THIS MAN YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT HE HAD 06:27 EVERYTHING GOING FOR HIM. 06:29 HE HAD ALL THE PLUSSES AND NONE OF THE MINUSES FROM A 06:32 HUMAN PERSPECTIVE. LOOK AT ALL THIS MAN HAD GOING FOR 06:33 HIM! 1. NICODEMUS WAS A RICH MAN - TRADITION TELLS 06:39 US THAT NICODEMUS WAS ONE OF THE THREE RICHES MEN IN 06:44 JERUSALEM. HE HAD MORE MONEY THAN HE KNEW WHAT TO 06:45 DO WITH! WHAT WE HAVE DOES NOT CHANGE WHAT WE ARE! 06:49 YOU CAN HAVE PLENTY OF MONEY, BUT IT DOES NOT 06:54 CHANGE THE FACT THAT YOU ARE STILL A SINNER IN NEED 06:56 OF A SAVIOR! YOUR MONEY CAN BUY YOU MANY THINGS 06:59 HERE IN THIS WORLD, BUT IT CAN BUY YOU NOTHING IN 07:02 HEAVEN! 2. NICODEMUS WAS A RESPECTABLE MAN - WHEN HE 07:03 WALKED DOWN THE STREETS, PEOPLE KNEW WHO HE WAS 07:10 AND THEY POINTED HIM OUT TO THEIR CHILDREN. HE WAS 07:14 HELD IN GREAT ESTEEM BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM AND SAW 07:15 HIM. HE WAS, AFTER ALL, A RULER IN ISRAEL! STILL, 07:21 WHAT WE ACHIEVE DOES NOT CHANGE WHAT WE ARE! IT IS 07:26 GOOD TO BE RESPECTED AND TO HAVE A GOOD NAME AMONG 07:27 MEN, BUT THAT WILL NOT PROVIDE YOU A PLACE IN 07:33 HEAVEN 3. NICODEMUS WAS A RELIGIOUS MAN - HE WAS A 07:37 PHARISEE! HE KEPT THE LAW. HE WAS MORALLY PURE 07:38 TO A DEGREE THAT YOU AND I CANNOT IMAGINE! HE PAID 07:44 HIS TITHES, DID EVERYTHING THE LAW SAID TO DO; HE 07:48 KEPT THE WRITTEN LAW AND THE TRADITIONS OF THE 07:49 ELDERS. HE NEVER TOUCHED A WOMAN; HE PROBABLY AVOIDED 07:54 LOOKING AT THEM WHEN POSSIBLE. HE WOULD NOT 07:58 COME INTO CONTACT WITH A SINNER. HE WAS A HOLY MAN! 07:59 STILL, WHAT WE DO DOES NOT CHANGE WHO WE ARE! 08:06 IN SPITE OF THE OUTWARD ATTEMPTS AT RIGHTEOUSNESS, 08:10 NICODEMUS WAS A RELIGIOUS MAN IN NEED OF A REDEEMER 08:11 IT IS GOOD TO LIVE CLEAN AND HOLY, BUT THAT WILL 08:17 NOT SAVE YOUR SOUL! 08:22 IN VERSE 3, JESUS SAYS THAT WITHOUT THE NEW 08:23 BIRTH, YOU CANNOT "ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD." 08:26 NOTICE WHAT KIND OF PLACE HEAVEN IS. IT IS THE 08:31 "KINGDOM OF GOD." DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT HE IS 08:32 SAYING? IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT HEAVEN "IS A PREPARED 08:39 PLACE FOR A PREPARED PEOPLE." THE NEW BIRTH 08:45 PREPARES YOU FOR LIFE IN A NEW KINGDOM! THE ONLY WAY 08:46 FOR YOU TO GET INTO HEAVEN IS FOR YOU TO FIRST 08:53 GET HEAVEN INTO YOU! 09:00 WHEN JESUS TOLD NICODEMUS THAT HE HAD TO BE BORN 09:01 AGAIN, IT MESSED WITH HIS MIND! NICODEMUS COULD NOT 09:05 GRASP HOW THAT COULD BE HE IMAGINED HIMSELF GOING 09:10 BACK INTO HIS MOTHER'S WOMB TO BE BORN A SECOND 09:11 TIME. HE WANTED TO KNOW HOW THIS COULD HAPPEN, SO 09:14 HE ASKED JESUS ABOUT THE "HOW?" OF THE NEW BIRTH. 09:20 NICODEMUS KNOWS THAT HE IS IN THE PRESENCE OF A 09:21 MYSTERY AND HE WANTS THE ANSWERS. THERE IS NO DOUBT 09:25 THAT THE NEW BIRTH IS A MYSTERIOUS THING. NONE OF 09:30 US TRULY UNDERSTANDS EVERYTHING THERE IS TO 09:31 KNOW ABOUT IT. IT IS STILL A MYSTERY, EVEN TO THOSE 09:35 OF US WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED IT! HOWEVER, DON'T LET THE 09:41 FACT THAT IT IS A MYSTERY CAUSE YOU TO AVOID IT 09:42 ALTOGETHER! YOU DON'T LET THE MYSTERY OF ELECTRICITY 09:48 TO CAUSE YOU TO SIT IN THE DARK DO YOU? THERE ARE 09:51 MANY THINGS THAT WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND IN LIFE, BUT WE 09:52 STILL BELIEVE IN THEM. SO, DO NOT ALLOW THE MYSTERY 09:54 OF THE NEW BIRTH TO KEEP FROM BEING SAVED! WHEN 09:59 JESUS SAYS. 10:08 HE IS TALKING ABOUT PHYSICAL BIRTH AND 10:09 SPIRITUAL BIRTH. HE IS TELLING US THAT FOR A MAN 10:13 TO GET TO HEAVEN HE MUST HAVE TWO BIRTHDAYS. THERE 10:16 MUST BE A DAY WHEN HE WAS BORN INTO THE KINGDOM OF 10:18 MEN AND A DAY WHEN HE IS BORN INTO THE KINGDOM 10:21 OF GOD! JESUS TELLS NICODEMUS THAT JUST AS THE 10:25 WIND CAN BE FELT, IT CAN BE MEASURED AND THE 10:26 EFFECTS OF IT CAN BE SEEN; WHERE IT CAME FROM AND 10:30 WHERE IT WENT TO REMAINS A MYSTERY. THE NEW BIRTH IS 10:36 THE SAME WAY. YOU CANNOT SEE GOD DO HIS WORK IN A 10:37 HEART. BUT, YOU CAN SEE THE EFFECTS OF THE WIND OF 10:42 THE SPIRIT IN A LIFE! WHEN YOU SEE A DRUNKARD LEAVE 10:47 HIS BOTTLE, YOU KNOW GOD HAS BEEN WORKING! WHEN YOU 10:48 HEAR CLEAN LANGUAGE COME FROM A MOUTH THAT USED TO 10:52 BE A SEWER, YOU KNOW GOD HAS BEEN AT WORK. WHEN YOU 10:58 SEE A VILE WOMAN BECOME A CLEAN WOMAN, YOU KNOW GOD 11:00 HAS PASSED BY. WHEN YOU SEE A WICKED, HATEFUL MAN 11:07 TURN INTO A SWEET, LOVING, HOLY SAINT, YOU KNOW THE 11:14 WIND OF THE SPIRIT HAS BEEN BLOWING IN HIS SOUL 11:15 IT IS A MYSTERY BECAUSE WE DO NOT SEE IT HAPPEN. BUT, 11:19 THERE IS NO DENYING THE EFFECTS OF THE POWER OF 11:25 GOD WHEN HE WORKS IN THE HUMAN HEART. BY THE WAY, 11:26 THE WIND OF THE SPIRIT WAS BLOWING IN THE SOUL OF 11:31 NICODEMUS. BUT, HE COULD NOT CONTROL THAT WIND. IT 11:36 MIGHT BE GONE IN AN INSTANT, NEVER TO RETURN 11:37 THE TIME FOR NICODEMUS TO HEED GOD'S CALL WAS WHEN 11:41 THE WIND WAS MOVING IN HIS HEART. FRIEND, IF THE WIND 11:46 OF THE SPIRIT IS BLOWING IN YOUR SOUL, THE TIME TO 11:47 BE SAVED IS NOW! THE ONLY TIME YOU CAN COME IS 11:52 WHEN HE IS CALLING YOU. 11:59 WHEN NICODEMUS HEARS THESE THINGS, HE WANTS TO 12:00 KNOW HOW THIS IS POSSIBLE. 12:04 JESUS TAKES THESE NEXT FEW VERSES TO EXPLAIN TO 12:05 HIM AND TO US HOW THE NEW BIRTH CAN BECOME A 12:13 REALITY! JESUS TELLS NICODEMUS THAT THE 12:18 SAVIOR'S PART IN THE NEW BIRTH WAS TO LEAVE HEAVEN 12:19 ABOVE, TO COME INTO THIS WORLD TO DIE FOR SIN! 12:22 JESUS REMINDED NICODEMUS OF THE TIME ISRAEL SINNED 12:28 AND GOD SENT SERPENTS IN AMONG THEM TO BITE THEM 12:29 AS THEY DID, MANY PEOPLE IN ISRAEL DIED. WHEN THAT 12:34 TRAGIC EVENT TOOK PLACE, GOD COMMANDED MOSES TO 12:38 MAKE A BRASS SNAKE AND PUT IT ON A POLE. JESUS 12:39 SAID THAT HE WAS LIKE THAT SNAKE! HE CAME TO THIS 12:45 WORLD TO BE PUT UPON A CROSS. HE CAME TO DIE A 12:51 SACRIFICE FOR SIN. HE CAME TO DIE THAT WE, THROUGH 12:52 HIS DEATH, MIGHT LIVE! 12:59 THERE IS NOTHING MORE OWING ON YOUR ACCOUNT IF 13:00 YOU WILL RECEIVE HIM BY FAITH! HE DID HIS PART 13:04 WHEN HE DIED AND ROSE AGAIN FROM THE DEAD. THAT 13:09 IS THE ROLE OF THE SAVIOR! 13:10 WHAT MUST THE SINNER DO TO BE SAVED? THE ANSWER IS 13:16 RIGHT HERE IN VERSE 15. 13:17 IT IS A ONE WORD ANSWER: BELIEVE! JUST LIKE THESE 13:29 PEOPLE IN ANCIENT ISRAEL WHO HAD BEEN BITTEN BY 13:30 THOSE SERPENTS. ALL THEY HAD TO DO WAS LOOK AND 13:33 LIVE! IF YOU NEED TO BE SAVED, THERE IS NOTHING 13:38 LEFT FOR YOU TO DO, BUT TO BELIEVE IN JESUS AND 13:39 RECEIVE HIS FINISHED WORK AT CALVARY AS THE PAYMENT 13:43 FOR YOUR SINS, ROMANS 10:9 14:03 WHAT WAS IT THAT DREW NICODEMUS TO JESUS THAT 14:05 NIGHT? I THINK IT WAS THE EVENTS OF JOHN 2:13-25. 14:09 THERE, JESUS DROVE THE MONEYCHANGERS OUT OF THE 14:15 TEMPLE AND PROCLAIMED THE FACT OF HIS OWN DEATH AND 14:16 RESURRECTION. NICODEMUS SAW WHAT JESUS DID AT THE 14:22 TEMPLE. NO DOUBT NICODEMUS HEARD WHAT JESUS SAID WHEN 14:25 CONFRONTED AT THE TEMPLE. 14:26 WHAT HE SAW AND WHAT HE HEARD CREATED A HUNGER 14:31 WITHIN HIS SOUL TO KNOW MORE ABOUT JESUS. SO, 14:32 HE CAME AND HE HEARD THE GOSPEL. DID NICODEMUS 14:36 EVER GET SAVED? I THINK HE DID! WHY? NICODEMUS STOOD 14:43 UP FOR JESUS BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN, JOHN 7:45-53. 15:45 AND, NICODEMUS HELPED JOSEPH OF ARIMATHAEA BURY 15:46 THE BODY OF JESUS AFTER THE CRUCIFIXION, 15:51 JOHN 19: 38 - 39 16:23 NICODEMUS PUT HIS WALLET AND HIS WELLBEING ON THE 16:24 LINE FOR JESUS. THAT IS THE KIND OF THING A SAVED 16:29 MAN DOES: HE BEARS FRUIT AS WE CLOSE TODAY, I WANT 16:35 TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION BACK TO JOHN 2: 24 - 25 16:36 BEFORE NICODEMUS EVER CAME TO JESUS, JESUS KNEW 16:47 WHAT WAS IN THE HEART OF NICODEMUS! JESUS KNEW WHAT 16:51 HE NEEDED WHEN HE CAME THAT NIGHT. JESUS CUT 16:52 THROUGH ALL THE RELIGIOUS TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION 16:58 BACK TO JOHN 2: 24 - 25 BEFORE NICODEMUS EVER CAME 17:01 TO JESUS, JESUS KNEW WHAT WAS IN THE HEART OF 17:02 NICODEMUS! JESUS KNEW WHAT HE NEEDED WHEN HE CAME 17:07 THAT NIGHT. JESUS CUT THROUGH ALL THE RELIGIOUS 17:12 NONSENSE AND ALL THE FOOLISHNESS AND JESUS TOLD 17:14 NICODEMUS EXACTLY WHAT HE NEEDED TO HEAR! HE TOLD 17:19 HIM HOW TO BE SAVED. DID YOU NOTICE THAT VERSE 24 17:24 SAYS, ".HE KNEW ALL MEN". 17:25 AND, VERSE 25 SAYS, ".HE KNEW WHAT WAS IN MAN". 17:30 JESUS KNOWS YOU TOO! HE KNOWS WHETHER YOU ARE 17:31 SAVED OR NOT! HE KNOWS WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE 17:38 BEEN BORN AGAIN. HE KNOWS ALL THERE IS ABOUT YOU AND 17:43 HE KNOWS HE LOVES YOU. 17:44 HE ALSO KNOWS THAT IF YOU WILL COME TO HIM, HE WILL 17:49 SAVE YOU BY HIS GRACE. 17:50 HE KNOWS THAT IF YOU WILL COME TO HIM LIKE YOU ARE, 17:55 YOU CAN FINISH WATCHING THIS LIKE YOU OUGHT TO 17:56 BE IF YOU ARE NOT SAVED TODAY, LET ME INVITE 18:02 YOU TO COME TO JESUS FOR SALVATION RIGHT NOW. 18:12 WHEN I AM WEAK, 18:14 YOU CARRY EVERY BURDEN 18:19 WHEN I'M ALONE, 18:22 YOU'RE JUST A BREATH AWAY 18:27 WHEN I AM RESTLESS, 18:31 YOU'RE THE ONE WHO STILLS ME 18:34 AND WHERE I FAIL, 18:37 YOU ALWAYS STAY THE SAME 18:42 IN YOU ALONE, 18:45 I'M LIFTED UP TO HEAVEN 18:49 IN YOU ALONE, 18:52 SOAR ON BORROWED WINGS 18:57 WHEN I REACH THE END, 19:00 YOU ARE JUST BEGINNING 19:05 IN YOU ALONE, 19:07 I FIND ALL THAT I NEED 19:13 WHEN I AM LOST, 19:16 YOU RESCUE ME FROM DANGER 19:19 AND WHEN I FALL, 19:22 YOU PICK ME UP AGAIN 19:26 WHEN I RESIST, 19:30 YOU LOVE PAST MY DEFENSES 19:35 AND THOUGH I STRAY, 19:38 YOU'RE PATIENT TO THE END 19:42 IN YOU ALONE, 19:45 I'M LIFTED UP TO HEAVEN 19:50 IN YOU ALONE, 19:53 SOAR ON BORROWED WINGS 19:57 WHEN I REACH THE END, 20:01 YOU ARE JUST BEGINNING 20:05 IN YOU ALONE, 20:08 I FIND ALL THAT I NEED 20:16 IN YOU ALONE, 20:19 SOAR ON BORROWED WINGS 20:27 WHEN I REACH THE END, 20:39 YOU ARE JUST BEGINNING 20:45 IN YOU ALONE, 20:55 IN YOU ALONE 21:08 IN YOU ALONE. 21:20 >>BILL: LET US PRAY. 21:21 FATHER IN HEAVEN, I PRAY THAT YOU RECEIVE THOSE 21:22 THAT ARE SURRENDERING THEIR LIVES TO YOU RIGHT 21:23 NOW. MAY THEY FEEL THE WARMTH OF YOUR LOVE IN 21:26 THEIR LIVES. TRANSFORM THEM, GUIDE THEM AND 21:33 PROTECT THEM. WE PRAY IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. 21:38 (MUSIC) 21:56 HI, EVERYONE! IT SEEMS THAT LOSING WEIGHT IS ON 21:57 EVERYONE'S MINDS THESE 21:58 (MUSIC) 22:13 HI, EVERYONE! IT SEEMS THAT LOSING WEIGHT IS ON 22:14 EVERYONE'S MINDS THESE DAYS. DO YOU KNOW THAT 2 22:17 OUT OF EVERY 3 CANADIANS ARE OVERWEIGHT? AND THAT 22:22 THE NUMBER OF OBESE CHILDREN HAS NEARLY 22:23 TRIPLED IN THE LAST 25 YEARS? WE HAVE AN OBESITY 22:27 EPIDEMIC ACROSS NORTH AMERICA. WHAT'S THE BEST 22:30 WAY TO LOSE WEIGHT? FIRST OF ALL, DON'T DIET! THAT'S 22:31 RIGHT - NO MORE DIETING. 22:37 DO DIETS WORK? WELL, IF THEY DID, THE DIET 22:38 INDUSTRY WOULD BE OUT OF BUSINESS! INSTEAD, 22:42 THEY ARE RAKING IN YOUR HARD-EARNED DOLLARS BY THE 22:46 BUSHEL-FULL. WHAT'S CAUSING THIS WEIGHTY 22:47 ISSUE? CONSIDER THE FACT THAT OVER THE YEARS OUR 22:52 WORK HAS BECOME LESS PHYSICALLY DEMANDING! 22:56 WE'RE NOT WALKING OR BICYCLING ANYMORE, INSTEAD 22:57 WE TAKE THE CAR OR PUBLIC TRANSIT TO WORK. OUR 23:01 LEISURE TIME IS SPENT WATCHING TELEVISION, 23:04 LISTENING TO THE RADIO, BROWSING THE INTERNET - 23:05 ALL PASSIVE PURSUITS. AND THEN, WHEN IT COMES TO 23:10 FOOD, SERVING SIZES ARE OFTEN DOUBLE AND TRIPLE 23:15 WHAT THEY USED TO BE YEARS AGO. SO, WE ARE EATING 23:16 MORE AND DOING LESS, GIVING ALL THOSE EXTRA 23:20 CALORIES A CHANCE TO SETTLE NICELY ON OUR 23:23 STOMACHS, OUR HIPS, OUR CHINS - ALL OVER OUR 23:24 BODIES. THE TROUBLE WITH EXTRA WEIGHT IS THAT 23:29 IT PUTS SO MUCH PRESSURE ON VARIOUS PARTS OF YOUR 23:33 BODY, INCLUDING YOUR HEART, YOUR KNEES, AND 23:34 EVEN YOUR BRAIN. ONE RESEARCH STUDY SHOWED 23:38 THAT OVER A PERIOD OF 24 YEARS WOMEN WHO WERE MORE 23:42 OVERWEIGHT EXPERIENCED MORE LOSS OF BRAIN 23:43 TISSUE FURTHERMORE, BEING OVERWEIGHT INCREASES YOUR 23:48 RISK OF SO MANY DISEASES, INCLUDING: HIGH BLOOD 23:51 PRESSURE, HEART DISEASE, STROKE, DIABETES, 23:53 OSTEOARTHRITIS, GALLBLADDER DISEASE, 23:55 SLEEP APNEA, CANCERS SUCH AS BREAST, COLON, AND 24:01 ENDOMETRIAL. AND, DID YOU KNOW THAT EVERY EXTRA 24:02 POUND REQUIRES ONE MILE OF NEW CAPILLARIES! WHAT 24:08 TO DO ABOUT EXTRA WEIGHT AGAIN, PLEASE, DON'T DIET. 24:15 THE ONLY WAY TO ACHIEVE LASTING RESULTS IS TO 24:16 CHANGE YOUR LIFESTYLE. SO, EATING HEALTHFULLY AND 24:21 BEING PHYSICALLY ACTIVE EVERY DAY. IF YOU'RE 24:25 WONDERING ABOUT PORTION CONTROL WHEN YOU'RE 24:26 EATING, THINK ABOUT IT THIS WAY. PICTURE YOUR 24:30 DINNER PLATE. FULLY HALF OF IT SHOULD BE 24:33 VEGETABLES, YOU CAN STACK THEM AS HIGH AS YOU WANT 24:34 ONE QUARTER OF YOUR PLATE SHOULD BE YOUR 24:38 CARBOHYDRATE SUCH AS BROWN RICE, WHOLE GRAIN PASTA, 24:42 OR POTATOES, AND THE OTHER QUARTER SHOULD BE YOUR 24:43 PROTEIN - BEANS OR TOFU ARE A GOOD IDEA. 24:48 DECREASING THE AMOUNT OF ANIMAL-BASED FOODS IN YOUR 24:52 EVERY DAY EATING WILL SUBTRACT CALORIES AS 24:53 WELL AS SATURATED FAT AND CHOLESTEROL. AND, HERE'S 24:56 SOMETHING INTERESTING, RESEARCH HAS FOUND THAT IF 25:01 YOU WANT TO LOSE WEIGHT, YOU SHOULD HAVE A GOOD, 25:02 BIG BREAKFAST! YOU'LL BURN THOSE CALORIES THROUGHOUT 25:08 THE DAY, AND YOU'LL LIKELY ALSO SNACK LESS IF YOU 25:13 HAVE A GOOD BREAKFAST. 25:14 THEN, EATING A SMALL MEAL IN THE EVENING IS IDEAL. 25:18 REMEMBER THE OLD ADAGE: BREAKFAST LIKE A KING, 25:19 LUNCH LIKE A PRINCE, DINNER LIKE A PAUPER. 25:26 CHANGING THE WAY YOU EAT AND ADDING IN PHYSICAL 25:29 ACTIVITY EVERY DAY - WALKING IS A REALLY GOOD 25:30 IDEA; WALK EVERYWHERE - THESE WILL START YOU ON 25:35 YOUR WAY TO A HEALTHIER, TRIMMER YOU. SEE YOU NEXT 25:39 TIME! 25:41 (MUSIC) 26:15 >>MATTHEW: WHEN YOU SENSE THAT SOMETHING IS MISSING 26:16 IN YOUR LIFE, WHERE DO YOU TURN? MILLIONS LIKE 26:18 NICODEMUS HAVE TURNED TO A RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS 26:23 CHRIST. THE BOOK "HAPPINESS DIGEST" SHOWS 26:24 HOW YOU CAN EXPERIENCE HIS JOY AND GUIDANCE IN YOUR 26:27 LIFE. IT IS A GIFT FROM IT IS WRITTEN TO YOU. HERE IS 26:34 THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO GET YOUR COPY. 26:40 >>BILL: WELL WE HAVE COME TO THE END OF ANOTHER IT 26:41 IS WRITTEN PROGRAM. I'M SO 27:41 >>BILL: WELL WE HAVE COME TO THE END OF ANOTHER IT 27:42 IS WRITTEN PROGRAM. I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU TOOK 27:45 THE TIME TO BE WITH US REMEMBER TO VISIT OUR 27:48 WEB-SITE - TISWRITTENCANADA.CA - 27:50 THERE YOU CAN SEE ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS, YOU CAN SEND 27:54 US A PRAYER REQUEST - WE LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. OUR 27:58 GOAL IS TO BE BACK HERE NEXT WEEK, WE PRAY THAT 27:59 WILL BE THE REALITY, I HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US. 28:04 UNTIL THEN, REMEMBER, IT IS WRITTEN, MAN SHALL NOT 28:08 LIVE BY BREAD ALONE BUT BY EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS 28:10 FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD. 28:17 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ |
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