Participants: Bill Santos
Series Code: IIWC
Program Code: IIWC201011
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00:01 >>BILL: HOW HAPPY ARE YOU?
00:02 DO TO TEND TO BE MORE OF A PESSIMIST OR AN OPTIMIST? 00:06 DO YOU WANT TO FIND OUT? 00:07 WELL, ON THE INTERNET YOU CAN FIND COUNTLESS NUMBERS 00:09 OF 'HAPPINESS QUIZZES' INCLUDING THIS ONE PUT OUT 00:11 BY TIME MAGAZINE - MORE PROPERLY REFERRED TO AS 00:16 THE "SATISFACTION WITH LIFE QUIZ". YOU READ THE 00:20 FIVE STATEMENTS AND THEN YOU USE THE SCALE OF ONE 00:21 TO SEVEN TO RATE YOUR LEVEL OF AGREEMENT - WHERE 00:26 1 IS "NOT AT ALL TRUE" AND 7 IS "ABSOLUTELY TRUE". 00:34 IN MOST WAYS IS YOUR LIFE CLOSE TO IDEAL. 00:39 THE CONDITIONS OF MY LIFE ARE EXCELLENT. 00:44 I AM SATISFIED WITH MY LIFE. 00:46 SO FAR I HAVE GOTTEN THE IMPORTANT THINGS 00:47 I WANT IN LIFE. 00:50 IF I COULD LIVE MY LIFE OVER I WOULD 00:51 CHANGE ALMOST NOTHING. 00:55 ADD UP OUR SCORE OUT OF A POSSIBLE 30 POINTS - WE 00:56 WILL BE BACK IN 30 SECONDS AND I WILL GIVE 01:00 YOU MY SCORE! 01:06 (MUSIC) 01:14 >>ANNOUNCER: IT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME. 01:17 GOD'S BOOK, THE BIBLE. 01:21 STILL RELEVANT IN TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD. 01:25 IT IS WRITTEN, 01:27 SHARING MESSAGES OF HOPE AROUND THE WORLD. 01:44 28! ACCORDING TO THE QUIZ I AM "VERY SATISFIED WITH 01:45 MY LIFE". THIS QUIZ WAS DEVISED IN 1980 BY 01:51 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PROFESSOR - A FOUNDING 01:55 FATHER OF 'HAPPINESS RESEARCH', RESEARCHERS 01:56 HAVE USED THIS SCALE AROUND THE WORLD. 80% OF 02:01 THOSE ASKED IN A FOLLOW UP TIME MAGAZINE POLL 02:07 ANSWERED 'YES' WHEN ASKED "DO YOU WAKE UP HAPPY?" 02:08 AND 75% OF RESPONDENTS CONSIDERED THEMSELVES 02:14 "OPTIMISTS!" 77% RESPONDED THAT THEIR RELATIONSHIP 02:19 WITH THEIR CHILDREN WAS THE MAJOR SOURCE OF 02:20 HAPPINESS IN THEIR LIFE WHILE 62% CITED THEIR 02:24 RELIGIOUS LIFE AND WORSHIP AS THEIR MAJOR SOURCE OF 02:29 HAPPINESS. SO WHAT MAKES US HAPPY? WELL, ACCORDING 02:30 TO RESEARCH BY DIENER AND OTHERS IT IS NOT WEALTH! 02:37 THE RESEARCH SHOWED THAT ONCE OUR BASIC NEEDS ARE 02:42 MET ADDITIONAL INCOME DOES LITTLE TO RAISE OUR SENSE 02:44 OF SATISFACTION WITH LIFE. 02:48 A GOOD EDUCATION? NO, NEITHER AN EDUCATION NOR A 02:49 HIGH IQ PAVES THE ROAD TO HAPPINESS. YOUTH? NO, 02:54 AS A MATTER OF FACT, OLDER PEOPLE ARE MORE 02:59 CONSISTENTLY SATISFIED WITH THEIR LIVES THAN THE 03:00 YOUNG AND THEY ARE LESS PRONE TO DARK MOODS. 03:05 ACCORDING TO A STUDY AT THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE 03:10 CONTROL AND PREVENTION: 03:26 HOW ABOUT MARRIAGE? 03:27 MARRIED PEOPLE ARE GENERALLY HAPPIER THAN 03:31 SINGLES. INTERESTINGLY RELIGIOUS FAITH SEEMS TO 03:32 GENUINELY LIFT THE SPIRIT ALTHOUGH THE RESEARCHERS 03:39 WERE UNABLE TO TELL WHETHER IS WAS THE GOD 03:42 PART OF THE COMMUNITY ASPECT THAT IS CRITICAL - 03:43 I THINK WE KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. FRIENDS? 03:48 A GIANT YES. A 2002 STUDY CONDUCTED AT THE 03:54 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS BY DIENER AND SELIGMAN FOUND 03:55 THAT THE MOST SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS SHARED BY 03:59 THE 10% OF STUDENTS WITH THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF 04:04 HAPPINESS AND THE FEWEST SIGNS OF DEPRESSION WERE 04:05 THE STRONG TIES TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND COMMITMENT 04:10 TO SPENDING TIME WITH THEM - ACCORDING TO DIENER: 04:28 A STUDY CONDUCTED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 04:29 AT DAVIS BY PSYCHOLOGIST ROBERT EMMONS FOUND THAT, 04:32 WHAT HE CALLED, "GRATITUDE EXERCISES" CAN DO A LOT TO 04:37 LIFT ONES MOOD, IMPROVE PHYSICAL HEALTH, RAISE 04:38 ENERGY LEVELS AND FOR PATIENTS WITH 04:43 NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE, RELIEVE PAIN AND FATIGUE. 04:47 ANOTHER HAPPINESS BOOSTER PSYCHOLOGISTS 04:48 SAY IS PERFORMING ACTS OF ALTRUISM OR KINDNESS, 04:52 VISITING A NURSING HOME, HELPING A FRIEND'S CHILD 04:57 WITH HOMEWORK, MOWING A NEIGHBOUR'S LAWN, WRITING 04:58 A LETTER TO A GRANDPARENT. 05:03 DOING FIVE KIND ACTS A WEEK; ESPECIALLY ALL 05:04 IN A SINGLE DAY GAVE A MEASURABLE BOOST TO 05:09 THE SUBJECT'S MOOD. 05:15 ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE LEARNED IN OUR STUDY OF 05:17 THE BEATITUDES IS THAT THE GREEK WORD TRANSLATED 05:20 "BLESSED" MEANS HAPPY. IN CHRIST'S FIRST RECORDED 05:25 SERMON THE FIRST THING HE SAID WAS THAT HE WANTED 05:26 PEOPLE TO BE HAPPY. JESUS SAID THAT A TRULY HAPPY 05:32 PERSON IS NOT SELF- SUFFICIENT BUT A POOR 05:37 BEGGAR THAT REALIZES HE HAS NO RESOURCES IN 05:38 HIMSELF. A HAPPY PERSON IS MEEK RATHER THAN PROUD, 05:44 HE MOURNS OVER SIN AND HIS ISOLATION FROM A HOLY GOD. 05:51 A HAPPY PERSON IS SELF-SACRIFICING AND 05:52 MERCIFUL AND WILLING TO ENDURE PERSECUTION TO MAKE 05:58 PEACE BETWEEN GOD AND MAN. 05:59 MATTHEW 5: 10 - 12 SAYS, 06:33 THOSE WHO DESIRE TRUE HAPPINESS MUST SEEK IT ON 06:34 JESUS' TERMS AS PRESENTED IN THE SERMON ON THE 06:37 MOUNT: THERE WAS A PEANUTS CARTOON YEARS AGO IN WHICH 06:43 LUCY ASKED CHARLIE BROWN IF HE HAS EVER KNOWN 06:44 ANYBODY WHO WAS REALLY HAPPY. BEFORE SHE COULD 06:49 FINISH HER SENTENCE, HOWEVER, SNOOPY CAME 06:55 DANCING ON TIPTOE INTO THE FRAME, HIS NOSE HIGH 06:56 IN THE AIR. HE DANCED AND BOUNCED HIS WAY ACROSS 06:58 TWO FRAMES OF THE CARTOON STRIP. FINALLY, IN THE 07:02 LAST FRAME, LUCY FINISHED HER SENTENCE, "HAVE YOU 07:03 EVER KNOWN ANYBODY WHO WAS REALLY HAPPY AND WAS STILL 07:09 IN THEIR RIGHT MIND?" 07:10 MODERN TRANSLATORS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT TRANSLATE 07:14 JESUS' TEACHINGS KNOWN AS THE BEATITUDES IN THIS 07:19 WAY: 07:32 THE FAMOUS TELEVISION PASTOR ROBERT SCHULLER 07:33 EVEN GOES SO FAR AS TO CALL THEM THE BEHAPPY 07:35 ATTITUDES. IF JESUS DID INDEED MEAN THESE 07:39 TEACHINGS TO BE AVENUES TO HAPPINESS, WE NEED TO KNOW 07:40 ABOUT THEM, UNDERSTAND THEM, MAKE THEM OUR OWN. 07:44 THEY SEEM TO BE SO OUT OF TOUCH WITH WHAT WE 07:49 CONSIDER TO BE HAPPINESS. 08:04 JESUS SEEMS TO GO OUT OF HIS WAY TO TURN OUR ENTIRE 08:05 SYSTEM OF VALUES UPSIDE DOWN. WHAT DOES HE MEAN, 08:10 "HAPPY ARE THE POOR IN SPIRIT..?" WE DON'T WANT 08:14 TO BE POOR IN ANYTHING. 08:15 "HAPPY ARE THOSE WHO MOURN..." THAT SEEMS LIKE 08:20 A CONTRADICTORY STATEMENT. 08:21 "HAPPY ARE THE MEEK..." 08:22 JUST WHEN YOU AND I HAD SIGNED UP FOR 08:26 ASSERTIVENESS TRAINING. 08:27 "HAPPY THOSE WHO HUNGER AND THIRST FOR 08:30 RIGHTEOUSNESS..." MAYBE SO, BUT THEY AREN'T GOING 08:35 TO BE VERY POPULAR. "HAPPY ARE THE MERCIFUL..." NOT 08:36 ME. I WANT REVENGE! "HAPPY ARE THE PURE IN HEART..." 08:43 JESUS NEVER SAW ANY OF OUR "R" RATED MOVIES. "HAPPY 08:48 ARE THE PEACEMAKERS..." 08:50 JESUS NEVER SAT ACROSS THE TABLE FROM THE RUSSIANS. 08:54 "HAPPY ARE THOSE WHO ARE PERSECUTED FOR 08:56 RIGHTEOUSNESS' SAKE..." 08:59 WHO WANTS TO BE PERSECUTED? WHAT IS JESUS 09:00 SEEKING TO COMMUNICATE TO US ABOUT THE NATURE 09:06 OF HAPPINESS IN THESE BEATITUDES? 09:13 FIRST OF ALL, HAPPINESS DOES NOT CONSIST IN THE 09:14 PURSUIT OF PLEASURE. THE PREACHERS OF THE GOSPEL 09:19 OF SUCCESS ARE WRONG. 09:20 HAPPINESS DOES NOT DEPEND ON WHO YOU ARE OR WHAT 09:24 YOU OWN. MANY PEOPLE NEVER FIND HAPPINESS BECAUSE 09:30 THEY DO NOT KNOW WHERE TO LOOK FOR IT. TOO MANY 09:31 PEOPLE MAKE THE MISTAKE OF SEEKING ONE MORE MATERIAL 09:34 THING, ONE MORE PAY RAISE, ONE MORE PROMOTION, ONE 09:39 MORE PROBLEM SOLVED. "IF ONLY I HAD THAT," THEY 09:40 OFTEN SAY, "I WOULD BE HAPPY." TOO LATE THEY 09:44 LEARN THAT HAPPINESS DOES NOT COME FROM THE OUTSIDE 09:49 BUT FROM WITHIN. NEITHER IS HAPPINESS FOUND IN THE 09:50 AVOIDANCE OF PAIN! THIS IS A MORE SUBTLE TRUTH, 09:56 BUT IT IS EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT. WHEN LEBARON 10:01 BRIGGS WAS THE ACADEMIC DEAN AT HARVARD, A 10:02 GRADUATE STUDENT CAME TO HIS OFFICE TO EXPLAIN WHY 10:06 HE FAILED TO COMPLETE HIS MASTER'S THESIS ON TIME. 10:10 THE STUDENT TOLD HIM, "I HAVEN'T BEEN FEELING 10:11 WELL." DEAN BRIGGS REPLIED, "YOUNG MAN, 10:15 I THINK IT'S TIME YOU REALIZE THAT MOST OF THE 10:19 WORK DONE IN THIS WORLD IS DONE BY PEOPLE WHO 10:20 AREN'T FEELING WELL." 10:26 MANY OF US DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO GO 10:28 THROUGH LIFE AVOIDING ANY SITUATION THAT IS 10:31 POTENTIALLY UNCOMFORTABLE OR UNPLEASANT. WE WANT 10:35 EVERYBODY TO LIKE US AND WE WILL SACRIFICE EVEN OUR 10:36 OWN SELF-RESPECT AND OUR WITNESS FOR CHRIST IN 10:42 ORDER NOT TO RUFFLE ANYBODY'S FEATHERS. 11:01 THEN WE COME TO CHRIST'S WORDS, "HAPPY ARE YOU 11:02 WHEN MEN REVILE YOU AND PERSECUTE YOU AND 11:06 UTTER ALL KINDS OF EVIL AGAINST YOU FALSELY ON MY 11:07 ACCOUNT..." CHRIST IS NOT TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE 11:08 WHO ARE DELIBERATELY OBNOXIOUS. HE IS TALKING 11:10 ABOUT PEOPLE WHO REALIZE THAT IF YOU HAVE TO MAKE A 11:13 CHOICE BETWEEN BEING LIKED AND BEING RESPECTED, 11:14 CHOOSE RESPECT EVERY TIME. 11:16 YOU WILL STAND TALLER IN YOUR OWN EYES, IN YOUR 11:17 NEIGHBOR'S EYES AND IN GOD'S EYES. HAPPINESS 11:20 IS NOT IN THE PURSUIT OF PLEASURE OR THE AVOIDANCE 11:24 OF PAIN. WHERE THEN IS HAPPINESS TO BE FOUND? 11:25 FIRST OF ALL, HAPPINESS IS FOUND IN PURPOSEFUL 11:35 LIVING. IN THESE SIMPLE SAYINGS ABOUT BLESSEDNESS 11:41 OR HAPPINESS JESUS REALLY GIVES US A PICTURE 11:42 OF A VERY SPECIAL KIND OF PEOPLE. THEY ARE HUMBLE, 11:47 OBEDIENT TO GOD (THAT IS WHAT "MEEKNESS" MEANS), 11:51 PEOPLE WHO KNOW WHAT IT IS TO FACE ADVERSITY. BUT 11:52 THEY ARE ALSO PEACEMAKERS. 11:59 THEY ARE PEOPLE WHO SO THREATEN THE ESTABLISHED 12:01 ORDER OF THINGS THAT THEY ARE PERSECUTED. THEY ARE 12:05 NOT THE PASSIVE PIOUS BUT THE COMPLETELY COMMITTED. 12:10 SUCH A SENSE OF PURPOSE ABOUT LIFE, JESUS WOULD 12:11 HAVE US KNOW, IS ESSENTIAL TO REAL HAPPINESS. THERE 12:16 IS A STORY TOLD ABOUT A YOUNG SOLDIER IN THE US 12:24 CIVIL WAR WHO GOT SICK ON THE BATTLEFIELD AND 12:25 WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL TENT. LYING ON A COT, HE 12:27 PLEADED WITH THE DOCTOR, "OH, DOCTOR, DON'T TELL ME 12:32 I'M NOT FIT FOR DUTY. 12:33 DON'T TELL ME I CAN'T GO BACK. IT'S ONLY A TOUCH OF 12:36 FEVER, DOC, AND THE SOUND OF THE BUGLE WILL MAKE ME 12:37 WELL AGAIN." THAT IS THE FIRST CONCLUSION, WHICH 12:42 WE CAN DERIVE FROM THESE TEACHINGS OF OUR LORD. 12:48 HAPPINESS IS FOUND IN GIVING OURSELVES TO A 12:49 HIGH AND NOBLE PURPOSE. 12:53 SECOND, HAPPINESS IS FOUND IN BEING PEOPLE ORIENTED. 12:54 INDEED, SUCH TERMS AS MEEKNESS AND MERCIFULNESS 13:00 AND PURE IN HEART SUGGEST A WILLINGNESS TO 13:05 SUBORDINATE OUR DESIRES TO THE WELLBEING OF 13:06 OTHERS. PLEASE DO NOT MISUNDERSTAND. WE ARE NOT 13:11 TALKING ABOUT BECOMING A DOORMAT FOR OTHERS TO 13:16 TRAMPLE UPON. 13:18 IT'S LIKE THE WORDS OF THAT FAMOUS 60'S SONG: 13:19 "PEOPLE WHO NEED PEOPLE ARE THE LUCKIEST PEOPLE 13:23 IN THE WORLD." HAPPINESS IS BEING PEOPLE ORIENTED. 13:30 LASTLY, HAPPINESS IS TO BE FOUND IN A PASSION FOR 13:31 GOD. THE MISSIONARY E. 13:35 STANLEY JONES COUNTED HIMSELF TO BE ONE OF THE 13:36 HAPPIEST PEOPLE ALIVE. HE ONCE WROTE: 14:34 FIND A HUMBLE PERSON WITH A PURE HEART, A PURPOSE 14:35 FOR LIVING, A LOVE FOR PEOPLE AND A COMMITMENT 14:38 TO GOD AND YOU WILL FIND A HAPPY MAN OR WOMAN. THOUGH 14:44 THAT PERSON MAY HAVE SUFFERED UNIMAGINABLE 14:45 ILLS, HE OR SHE WILL HAVE A PEACE AND A CONFIDENCE 14:49 THAT NOTHING IN THIS WORLD CAN DEFEAT. DO YOU WANT 14:55 TO BE HAPPY REALLY HAPPY? 14:56 THIS IS THE FORMULA. IT'S NOT FOUND IN PURSUING 15:02 PLEASURE OR AVOIDING PAIN. 15:03 IT IS FOUND IN HAVING SOMETHING GREAT TO LIVE 15:07 FOR, IN LOVING OTHER PEOPLE AND IN PUTTING GOD 15:09 FIRST IN YOUR LIFE. ON THE WALL IN HIS BEDROOM, 15:15 CHARLES SPURGEON HAD A PLAQUE WITH ISAIAH 48:10 15:20 ON IT: 15:54 AN UNKNOWN POET WROTE: 16:18 SO MANY TIMES I'VE QUESTIONED CERTAIN 16:19 CIRCUMSTANCES 16:25 OR THINGS I COULD NOT UNDERSTAND 16:31 MANY TIMES IN TRIALS, WEAKNESS BLURS MY VISION 16:37 AND MY FRUSTRATION GETS SO OUT OF HAND 16:44 ITS THEN I AM REMINDED I'VE NEVER BEEN FORSAKEN 16:50 I'VE NEVER HAD TO STAND ONE TEST ALONE 16:56 AS I LOOK AT ALL THE VICTORIES 17:00 THE SPIRIT RISES UP IN ME 17:04 AND ITS THROUGH THE FIRE MY WEAKNESS IS MADE STRONG 17:10 HE NEVER PROMISED THAT THE CROSS WOULD NOT GET HEAVY 17:20 AND THE HILL WOULD NOT BE HARD TO CLIMB 17:26 HE NEVER OFFERED OUR VICTORIES WITHOUT FIGHTING 17:32 BUT HE SAID HELP WOULD ALWAYS COME IN TIME 17:39 JUST REMEMBER WHEN YOUR STANDING IN THE 17:40 VALLEY OF DECISION 17:45 AND THE ADVERSARY SAYS GIVE IN 17:51 JUST HOLD ON, OUR LORD WILL SHOW UP 17:57 AND HE WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH THE FIRE AGAIN 18:05 I KNOW WITHIN MYSELF THAT I SHOULD PERISH 18:12 BUT IF I TRUST THE HAND OF GOD, HE'LL SHIELD THE 18:13 FLAMES OF HELL, AGAIN 18:22 HE NEVER PROMISED THAT THE CROSS WOULD NOT GET HEAVY 18:29 AND THE HILL WOULD NOT BE HARD TO CLIMB 18:36 HE NEVER OFFERED OUR VICTORIES WITHOUT FIGHTING 18:42 BUT HE SAID HELP WOULD ALWAYS COME IN TIME 18:49 JUST REMEMBER WHEN YOUR STANDING IN THE 18:50 VALLEY OF DECISION 18:55 AND THE ADVERSARY SAYS GIVE IN 19:01 JUST HOLD ON, OUR LORD WILL SHOW UP 19:07 AND HE WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH THE FIRE AGAIN 19:08 JUST HOLD ON, OUR LORD WILL SHOW UP 19:20 AND HE WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH THE FIRE AGAIN 19:56 >>BILL: FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE THANK YOU FOR THE 19:57 CLARITY OF YOUR WORD AND WE THANK YOU THAT 19:59 THE GREATEST DESIRE OF YOUR HEART IS THAT YOUR 20:03 CHILDREN BE HAPPY. MAY EACH AND EVERY PERSON 20:04 WITHIN THE REACH OF MY VOICE TODAY SEEK OUT A 20:08 PURPOSE IN THEIR LIFE, LOVE OTHERS AND MOST 20:14 IMPORTANTLY MAKE YOU FIRST IN THEIR LIFE AND 20:15 IN THAT MAY THEY FIND REAL HAPPINESS. IN JESUS 20:19 NAME I PRAY, AMEN. 20:24 (MUSIC) 20:51 (MUSIC) 21:08 HI, EVERYONE! TODAY, I'VE GOT MY APRON ON, SO LET'S 21:09 DO SOME COOKING! AND, IN PARTICULAR, LET'S COOK UP 21:14 SOME BREAKFAST. REMEMBER, BREAKFAST IS THE MOST 21:18 IMPORTANT MEAL OF YOUR DAY. MAKE IT GOOD AND BIG! 21:19 WHAT'S THAT OLD SAYING? 21:24 "BREAKFAST LIKE A KING, LUNCH LIKE A PRINCE, AND 21:25 SUPPER LIKE A PAUPER." SO, LET ME SHOW YOU HOW TO 21:29 MAKE TWO YUMMY BREAKFAST DISHES FEATURING WHOLE 21:33 GRAINS. GRAB A PEN AND PAPER TO WRITE 21:34 THIS ALL DOWN. 21:37 THE FIRST ONE IS RICE AMBROSIA. THIS DELICIOUS 21:38 RECIPE IS FEATURED IN THE COOKBOOK "VEGETARIAN 21:41 COOKING WITH JEANIE BURKE, RD". IT'S A WONDERFUL WAY 21:46 TO USE RICE AT BREAKFAST. 21:47 HERE ARE THE INGREDIENTS: 21:50 1 16OZ. CAN OF PINEAPPLE TIDBITS 21:53 1 15OZ. CAN OF MANDARIN ORANGES 21:56 2 CUPS OF COOKED BROWN RICE, CHILLED 21:59 1/4 CUP OF CHOPPED PECANS 22:02 1/4 CUP OF DRY, UNCOOKED OAT BRAN 22:05 2 CUPS OF SEEDLESS GRAPES, WASHED WELL AND PATTED DRY 22:09 1/2 CUP OF RAISINS 22:10 8OZ. OF STRAWBERRY YOGURT (I USE A SOY YOGURT) 22:14 DRAIN THE LIQUID FROM THE CANNED FRUIT. ADD ALL 22:15 INGREDIENTS TOGETHER AND MIX GENTLY. CHILL 22:19 THE MIXTURE UNTIL YOU ARE READY TO SERVE IT. WASN'T 23:08 THAT SIMPLE? THIS DELICIOUS RICE WILL KEEP 23:09 IN THE REFRIGERATOR FOR 2 DAYS. OUR SECOND RECIPE IS 23:13 BAKED OATMEAL WITH CASHEW CREAM. MANY OF MY FRIENDS 23:19 MAKE THIS DELIGHTFUL RECIPE, AND THEY ALL MAKE 23:20 IT DIFFERENTLY. HERE'S HOW I LIKE TO MAKE THIS 23:24 DELICIOUS OATMEAL: 23:27 2&1/2 CUPS OF ROLLED OATS 23:30 1/2 CUP OF DRIED DATES, CHOPPED 23:32 1/2 CUP OF RAISINS 23:33 1 LARGE APPLE, CHOPPED INTO SMALL 23:34 CHUNKS (OR GRATED) 23:37 1 PEAR, CHOPPED INTO SMALL CHUNKS (OR GRATED) 23:41 1 BANANA, CHOPPED 23:43 1/4 CUP UNSWEETENED COCONUT 23:45 2 CUPS MILK (I USE SOY OR ALMOND MILK) 23:49 1/2 TEASPOON SALT 23:50 2 TEASPOONS VANILLA 23:54 PLACE THE APPLE, PEAR, AND BANANA CHUNKS IN A GREASED 23:56 CASSEROLE DISH. SPRINKLE THE DATES AND RAISINS ON 24:00 TOP, FOLLOWED BY THE OATS, FOLLOWED BY THE COCONUT. 24:03 MIX TOGETHER THE MILK, SALT, AND VANILLA, AND 24:04 POUR IT OVER TOP. BAKE AT 350 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT OR 24:10 175 DEGREES CELSIUS FOR AROUND 40 MINUTES. SERVE 24:16 IT WITH THIS DELICIOUS RECIPE FOR CASHEW CREAM. 24:17 HERE ARE THE INGREDIENTS: 24:27 3/4 CUP OF CASHEWS (OR A MIXTURE OF 24:28 NUTS, IF YOU WISH) 24:32 6-8 DRIED DATES 24:34 1/2 CUP OF HOT WATER 24:36 1/2 CUP OF WATER 24:39 1 TEASPOON OF VANILLA 24:41 A PINCH OF SALT 24:42 FIRST, WASH THE CASHEWS REALLY WELL. THEN SOAK 24:43 THEM WITH THE DATES IN THE 1/2 CUP OF HOT WATER FOR 24:47 10 MINUTES. BLEND WITH THE REMAINING INGREDIENTS 24:51 UNTIL IT'S ALL CREAMY. 24:52 NICE AND EASY, AND TOTALLY DELICIOUS. NOW, HAVE FUN 24:58 EXPERIMENTING WITH THE BAKED OATMEAL, BECAUSE YOU 24:59 CAN USE VARIOUS FRUITS, BERRIES, DRIED 25:02 CRANBERRIES, WHATEVER YOU LIKE. AND, YOU CAN ADJUST 25:06 THE SWEETNESS BY USING LESS DATES OR RAISINS; 25:07 AGAIN, HOWEVER YOU LIKE IT. MAKE IT YOUR OWN 25:10 RECIPE, AND ENJOY YOUR BREAKFAST. 25:15 I'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME. 25:16 (MUSIC) 25:21 >>MATTHEW: IF YOU ARE ENJOYING THIS SERIES ON 25:22 THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT AND WOULD LIKE TO DEEPEN 25:24 YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF SCRIPTURE, THEN WHY NOT 25:27 ENROLL TODAY IN IT IS WRITTEN CANADA'S DISCOVER 25:28 BIBLE SCHOOL. THE LESSONS ARE SENT BY MAIL, THEY 25:32 ARRIVE POSTAGE PAID AND YOU CAN STUDY THEM IN THE 25:36 COMFORT OF YOUR OWN HOME. 25:37 THOUSANDS HAVE CHOSEN THE DISCOVER BIBLE SCHOOL AS 25:40 THEIR PREFERRED METHOD OF STUDY. IF THIS SOUNDS LIKE 25:41 SOMETHING THAT WOULD HELP YOU THEN ENROLL TODAY. 25:45 HERE IS THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO GET YOUR FIRST 25:49 LESSON. 26:50 >>BILL: WELL LET ME THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AGAIN 26:51 THIS WEEK. LET ME REMIND YOU OF OUR WEB-SITE 26:53 ITISWRITTENCANADA.CA ON THE WEB-SITE YOU CAN SEND 26:57 A PRAYER REQUEST, YOU KNOW OUR TEAM MEETS EVERY 26:58 MORNING TO PRAY OVER THOSE PRAYER REQUESTS, YOU CAN 27:01 MAKE A DONATION TO OUR MINISTRY. YOU CAN ALSO 27:05 SIGN UP FOR OUR CORRESPONDENCE BIBLE 27:07 SCHOOL - I TELL YOU IT IS A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL WAY 27:10 TO REALLY IMMERSE YOURSELF IN THE STUDY OF GOD'S 27:13 WORD. WE SEND YOU THE LESSONS BY CORRESPONDENCE, 27:14 BY MAIL FREE OF CHARGE WITH NO OBLIGATION ON YOUR 27:19 PART. YOU CAN ALSO VISIT OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, YOU CAN 27:22 FOLLOW US ON TWITTER. WELL WE'LL BE PRAYING THAT THE 27:23 GOOD LORD ALLOWS US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE BACK 27:27 HERE AGAIN NEXT WEEK AND I HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US. 27:29 UNTIL THEN REMEMBER, IT IS WRITTEN, MAN SHALL NOT 27:30 LIVE BY BREAD ALONE, BUT BY EVERY WORD THAT PROCEED 27:34 FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD. |
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