Participants: Bill Santos
Series Code: IIWC
Program Code: IIWC201028
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00:01 BILL: ONE NIGHT THIS YOUNG BOY WENT TO HIS BEDROOM
00:02 EARLY TO START PRAYING FOR A BABY BROTHER. HE PRAYED 00:04 EVERY NIGHT FOR A WHOLE MONTH, BUT THEN HE BEGAN 00:09 TO GET A LITTLE WEARY. HE QUIT PRAYING FOR A BABY 00:10 BROTHER. AFTER ANOTHER MONTH, HOWEVER, HIS MOTHER 00:14 WENT TO THE HOSPITAL. WHEN SHE CAME BACK HOME, HIS 00:19 PARENTS CALLED HIM INTO THE BEDROOM. WHEN HE CAME 00:21 IN HE SAW A LITTLE BUNDLE LYING RIGHT NEXT TO 00:25 HIS MOTHER. HIS DAD PULLED BACK THE BLANKET AND THERE 00:29 WERE, NOT JUST ONE BABY BROTHER, BUT TWO BABY 00:30 BROTHERS--TWINS! BOBBY'S DAD LOOKED DOWN AT HIM 00:34 AND SAID, "NOW, AREN'T YOU GLAD YOU PRAYED?" YOUNG 00:39 BOBBY HESITATED A LITTLE AND THEN LOOKED UP AT HIS 00:40 DAD AND ANSWERED, "YES, BUT AREN'T YOU GLAD 00:45 I QUIT WHEN I DID?" 00:50 (MUSIC) 00:59 ANNOUNCER: IT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME. 01:01 GOD'S BOOK, THE BIBLE 01:03 STILL RELEVANT IN TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD 01:08 IT IS WRITTEN. 01:12 SHARING MESSAGES OF HOPE AROUND THE WORLD. 01:16 (MUSIC) 01:28 A LITTLE FIVE-YEAR-OLD GIRL WAS WATCHING HER 01:29 MOTHER IN FASCINATION AS SHE WAS RUBBING COLD CREAM 01:33 ON HER FACE. SHE SAID, "MOTHER, WHY DO YOU DO 01:36 THAT?" THE MOTHER REPLIED, "TO MAKE MYSELF 01:37 BEAUTIFUL." WELL, TO THE LITTLE GIRL'S AMAZEMENT, 01:39 IN JUST A MINUTE THE MOTHER BEGAN REMOVING THE 01:46 CREAM WITH A TISSUE SHE HAD JUST PUT ON. THE GIRL 01:47 SAID, "WHAT'S THE MATTER, GIVING UP ALREADY?" I 01:51 SOMETIMES BELIEVE THAT GOD LOOKS AT OUR PRAYER LIVES 01:57 AND ASKS THE QUESTION: "ARE YOU GIVING UP 01:58 ALREADY?" BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THERE ARE PEOPLE 02:01 BOTH INSIDE THE CHURCH AND OUTSIDE THE CHURCH WHO 02:05 HAVE GIVEN UP ON GOD. 02:06 SOME PEOPLE QUIT GOING TO CHURCH BECAUSE THEY GIVE 02:10 UP ON GOD. SOME PEOPLE QUIT PRAYING, THEY QUIT 02:11 WITNESSING, THEY QUIT FINANCIALLY SUPPORTING THE 02:14 CHURCH, BECAUSE THEY GIVE UP ON GOD. MAYBE YOU ARE 02:17 ONE OF THEM. 02:22 JESUS MAKES A PROMISE ABOUT PRAYER IN THE 02:23 PASSAGE WE ARE GOING TO STUDY, WHICH IS ONE OF THE 02:27 GREATEST PROMISES IN ALL OF THE BIBLE. BUT IT IS A 02:31 PROMISE THAT IS BASED ON NEVER GIVING UP ON GOD. 02:32 JESUS SAID, MATTHEW 7: 7 - 11 03:18 WELL, JESUS MAKES A DYNAMIC, DEFINITE 03:19 STATEMENT ABOUT PRAYER THAT ASSUMES ONE VERY 03:23 VITAL FACT-THAT GOD HEARS AND GOD ANSWERS PRAYER. 03:28 YOU CAN NEVER GIVE UP ON GOD, AND THERE ARE TWO 03:29 COMMANDS THAT JESUS GIVES TO US, BOTH AS EVIDENCE 03:34 THAT WE DO NOT GIVE UP ON GOD, AND AS REASONS WE 03:39 SHOULD NOT GIVE UP ON GOD. 03:50 PRAYER IS THE ONLY SUBJECT JESUS DISCUSSES TWICE IN 03:51 THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT. 03:54 THIS SIMPLY ILLUSTRATES THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR 03:55 PRAYER IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. THERE ARE THINGS 03:59 THAT GOD DOES BY PRAYER HE DOES NOT DO ANY OTHER WAY. 04:04 IF WE ARE GOING TO INVITE GOD TO FELLOWSHIP WITH 04:05 US, AND INVOLVE GOD IN OUR DAILY LIVES, WE MUST PRAY. 04:14 NOW THERE ARE THREE VERBS IN THIS VERSE: "ASK," 04:15 "SEEK," AND "KNOCK." THESE VERBS ARE IN THE 04:21 IMPERATIVE MOOD. THESE ARE COMMANDS. PRAYER IS NOT A 04:25 REQUEST, IT IS A REQUIREMENT. NOW IF PRAYER 04:26 IS A COMMAND, THEN NOT TO PRAY IS A SIN. YOU MAY 04:31 NEVER THINK OF NOT PRAYING AS A SIN, BUT IT IS AS 04:37 MUCH A SIN AS PROFANITY OR IDOLATRY. 1 SAMUEL 12: 23 04:58 THINK ABOUT THIS. WHEN YOU DON'T PRAY YOU ACTUALLY 04:59 COMMIT THREE SINS AGAINST THREE DIFFERENT PEOPLE. 05:03 FIRST OF ALL, YOU SIN AGAINST THE LORD WHO 05:06 DEMANDS THAT YOU PRAY; YOU SIN AGAINST OTHERS WHO 05:07 DEPEND UPON YOU TO PRAY; AND YOU SIN AGAINST 05:12 YOURSELF BY DENYING A BLESSING THAT COMES WHEN 05:16 YOU PRAY. YOU KNOW THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF 05:18 SIN; THERE IS THE SIN OF OMISSION AND THE SIN OF 05:23 COMMISSION. NOW YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT I MEAN 05:28 BY "SINS OF OMISSION. YOU MAY NOT REALIZE IT, BUT 05:29 THE BIBLE SAYS THERE ARE ACTUALLY TWO WAYS TO SIN. 05:32 YOU CAN SIN BY DOING THE WRONG THING, OR YOU CAN 05:36 SIN BY FAILING TO DO THE RIGHT THING. 05:42 JAMES 4:17 SAYS, 05:56 NOW NOT ONLY ARE THESE VERSES IN THE IMPERATIVE 05:57 MOOD, BUT THEY ARE IN THE PRESENT TENSE. AS I TOLD 06:02 YOU BEFORE, IN THE GREEK LANGUAGE THAT DENOTES 06:06 CONTINUOUS ACTION. WHAT JESUS REALLY SAID WAS, 06:07 "ASK, AND KEEP ON ASKING." 06:15 "SEEK, AND KEEP ON SEEKING." "KNOCK, AND 06:16 KEEP ON KNOCKING." THE IMPLICATION IS, "WHATEVER 06:21 YOU DO, DON'T GIVE UP ON GOD; DON'T QUIT PRAYING." 06:26 YOU WILL ALSO NOTICE THAT EACH ONE OF THESE VERBS 06:27 CALLS FOR MORE EFFORT. ASK IMPLIES SIMPLY MAKING 06:33 A VERBAL REQUEST. SEEK INVOLVES GOING BEYOND 06:37 TALKING TO ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER. 06:39 KNOCK INVOLVES NOT ONLY ASKING AND SEEKING, BUT 06:43 GOING TO A SPECIFIC PLACE AND KNOCKING ON A SPECIFIC 06:51 DOOR TRYING TO FIND A SPECIFIC ANSWER. 06:56 NOW PRAYER OBVIOUSLY BEGINS WITH ASKING. "ASK, 06:57 AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU." THE GREATEST 07:01 PROBLEM WITH PRAYER IS NOT UNANSWERED PRAYER, BUT 07:04 UNASKED PRAYER. JAMES 4:2 LAST PART SAYS, 07:17 NOW ASKING EXPRESSES DEPENDENCE. WHEN YOU PRAY 07:18 YOU ARE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT YOU ARE TOTALLY DEPENDENT 07:25 ON GOD. YOU NEVER GET SO RICH, OR SO STRONG, THAT 07:29 YOU DON'T DEPEND ON GOD. 07:30 THAT IS ONE REASON WE MUST ASK BECAUSE IT EXPRESSES 07:38 OUR DEPENDENCE. BUT THE NEXT STEP IS SEEKING. 07:39 "SEEK, AND YOU WILL FIND." 07:45 SEEKING EXPRESSES OUR DESIRE. YOU SEE, THERE ARE 07:46 TIMES THAT WE NEED TO PRAY EVEN WHEN WE DO NOT KNOW 07:51 WHAT TO PRAY FOR, OR HOW TO PRAY. SEEKING IS A 07:56 DEEPER LEVEL OF PRAYING THAN JUST ASKING. WHEN YOU 07:57 ASK, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE ASKING FOR, BUT WHEN YOU 08:03 ARE SEEKING, YOU'RE NOT SURE AND YOU'RE TRYING TO 08:07 FIND WHAT IT IS GOD IS WANTING FROM YOU, OR GOD 08:09 IS WANTING FOR YOU. PAUL TALKED ABOUT THAT TYPE 08:15 OF PRAYING IN ROMANS 8: 26 - 27 WHEN HE SAID . 08:45 BUT THERE'S ALSO THE DISCIPLINE OF KNOCKING. 08:46 "KNOCK, AND IT WILL BE OPENED TO YOU." NOW 08:51 KNOCKING EXPRESSES OUR DETERMINATION. THE 1992 08:56 SUMMER OLYMPICS FEATURED SOME TREMENDOUSLY POIGNANT 08:57 MOMENTS. IN THE 400 METER SEMIFINAL BRITISH RUNNER 09:05 DEREK REDMOND TORE A HAMSTRING AND FELL TO THE 09:11 TRACK. HE STRUGGLED TO HIS FEET AND BEGAN TO HOBBLE, 09:12 DETERMINED TO COMPLETE THE RACE. HIS FATHER RAN FROM 09:16 THE STANDS TO HELP HIM OFF THE TRACK, BUT THE ATHLETE 09:22 REFUSED TO QUIT. HE LEANED ON HIS FATHER, AND THE TWO 09:23 LIMPED TO THE FINISH LINE TOGETHER, TO DEAFENING 09:30 APPLAUSE. NOW WHY ARE WE TO KEEP ASKING, AND KEEP 09:36 SEEKING, AND KEEP KNOCKING? WELL, THERE ARE 09:37 TWO REASONS. FIRST OF ALL, BECAUSE OF WHAT 09:42 GOD SAYS: (VERSE 8) 09:55 EVERYONE THAT ASKS RECEIVES. NOW YOU MAY NOT 09:56 ALWAYS RECEIVE THE SAME THING YOU ARE ASKING FOR; 10:01 YOU MAY GET SOMETHING BETTER. EVERYONE WHO 10:08 SEEKS, FINDS. NOW YOU MAY NOT FIND IT AT THE TIME 10:09 YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IT, BUT IN GOD'S TIME YOU 10:15 WILL FIND IT. EVERYONE WHO KNOCKS, A DOOR WILL OPEN. 10:21 IT MAY NOT BE THE DOOR THAT YOU THOUGHT WOULD 10:22 OPEN, BUT IT WILL BE A DOOR TO SOMETHING 10:26 MUCH BETTER. BUT NOT ONLY BECAUSE GOD SAID SHOULD WE 10:32 CONTINUE TO PRAY, BUT BECAUSE OF WHO GOD 10:33 IS. (VERSES 9 - 11) 11:03 YOU SEE, THIS IS WHY PRAYER IS SO WONDERFUL. 11:04 THE REASON WHY WE OUGHT TO PRAY IS NOT BECAUSE GOD 11:09 WILL ALWAYS GIVE US WHAT WE WANT, BUT HE WILL 11:17 ALWAYS GIVE US WHAT HE WANTS. THAT'S WHY HE GOES 11:18 ON TO SAY IN VERSE 11 - IF YOU THEN, BEING EVIL, KNOW 11:22 HOW TO GIVE GOOD GIFTS TO YOUR CHILDREN, HOW MUCH 11:26 MORE WILL YOUR FATHER WHO IS IN HEAVEN GIVE WHAT 11:27 IS GOOD TO THOSE WHO ASK HIM!" 11:35 A PASTOR IN A DROUGHT-STRICKEN PART OF 11:36 THE SOUTH IMPLORED HIS PEOPLE TO BEGIN PRAYING 11:41 FOR RAIN. IN FACT, HE ASKED EACH MEMBER OF THE 11:42 CHURCH TO JOIN IN A PRAYER VIGIL THAT WOULD CONTINUE 11:43 DAY AND NIGHT UNTIL GOD GRANTED THEIR REQUEST. 11:49 NEVER HAD THERE BEEN A GREATER SENSE OF URGENCY 11:54 IN THAT CHURCH THAN WAS REVEALED OVER THE NEXT 11:55 FEW DAYS. AT ANY HOUR, ONE MIGHT PASS THAT SMALL 12:02 RURAL CHURCH AND FIND THE LIGHTS ON AND SOMEONE AT 12:08 THE ALTAR PRAYING. 12:09 FINALLY, LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING, SOME DARK CLOUDS 12:13 BEGAN TO ROLL IN. SOON RAIN BEGAN FALLING 12:14 IN TORRENTS. FOR FOUR STRAIGHT DAYS IT RAINED 12:19 WITHOUT CEASING. THE CREEKS BEGAN OVERFLOWING 12:24 THEIR BANKS. IT BECAME NECESSARY TO EVACUATE 12:25 PERSONS FROM THEIR HOMES. 12:31 STILL THE WATER KEPT RISING. THE ENTIRE 12:32 COMMUNITY WAS NOW UNDER WATER. AS RESCUE WORKERS 12:35 MADE THEIR WAY IN A BOAT THROUGH THE PERILOUS 12:41 FLOODWATER EVACUATING THE LAST RELUCTANT STRAGGLERS, 12:42 ONE OF THE BOATS PASSED THAT LITTLE COUNTRY 12:45 CHURCH, NOW ALMOST COMPLETELY SUBMERGED. 12:49 THERE SAT THE PASTOR ON THE ROOF OF THE CHURCH 12:50 WITH A LOOK OF GRAND SATISFACTION ON HIS FACE. 12:55 HE COULD BE HEARD SAYING TO HIMSELF AS HE SURVEYED 13:02 THE FLOOD WATERS AROUND HIM, "NOT BAD FOR A SMALL 13:03 CHURCH LIKE OURS. NOT BAD." 13:13 BILLY GRAHAM ONCE SAID, 13:22 THAT IS A TRAGIC BUT A TRUE STATEMENT. I 13:23 SOMETIMES WONDER WHERE WE COULD HAVE BEEN AND WHAT 13:25 WE COULD HAVE DONE IF WE JUST PRAYED MORE. THIS IS 13:30 AN OLD RABBINICAL WAY TO ARGUE, THE "HOW MUCH MORE" 13:31 ARGUMENT, THE "HOW MUCH MORE" APPROACH. "HOW 13:36 MUCH MORE THAN YOU WHO ARE EVIL SHALL YOUR HEAVENLY 13:40 FATHER, IMPLIED, WHO IS NOT EVIL, WHO IS PERFECTLY 13:42 HOLY, GIVE?" I MEAN, IF YOU WHO ARE AT HEART EVIL 13:46 GIVE GOOD GIFTS TO YOUR CHILDREN, HOW MUCH MORE 13:53 SHALL YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER WHO IS HOLY GIVE TO HIS 13:54 CHILDREN? IF YOU WHO CAN ONLY LOVE IMPERFECTLY 14:01 GIVE GOOD GIFTS TO YOUR CHILDREN, HOW MUCH MORE 14:07 WILL YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER WHO LOVES PERFECTLY GIVE 14:08 TO HIS CHILDREN? IF YOU WHO ARE LIMITED IN 14:14 YOUR WISDOM GIVE TO YOUR CHILDREN WHAT YOU THINK IS 14:17 BEST, HOW MUCH MORE WILL YOUR FATHER WHO IS 14:18 PERFECTLY WISE GIVE THE BEST TO HIS CHILDREN? 14:24 THE WHOLE THING SETS A HUGE GULF IN OUR 14:29 UNDERSTANDING. YOU CAN GO TO GOD BECAUSE HE'S A 14:30 LOVING FATHER. BUT HE'S A LOVING FATHER FAR BEYOND 14:37 THE MOST LOVING FATHER IN THIS WORLD WHO IS BY 14:43 NATURE EVIL AND WHO DOES HIS BEST TO GIVE GOOD 14:44 GIFTS OUT OF A CORRUPT AND FALLEN HEART. HOW MUCH 14:50 MORE WILL YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER LOVE YOU WITH A 14:56 PERFECT LOVE? HOW MUCH MORE WITH PERFECT WISDOM 14:57 AND PERFECT COMPASSION AND PERFECT MERCY AND GRACE, 15:02 AND PERFECT UNDERSTANDING OF YOUR SITUATION AND 15:08 PERFECT GOODNESS GIVE TO YOU? SO WHEN YOU GO TO GOD 15:09 AND YOU GO WITH BOLDNESS AND YOU GO WITH 15:17 PERSISTENCE AND YOU RUSH IN AND YOU UNLOAD WHAT'S 15:22 ON YOUR HEART, AND FIRST YOU ASK AND THEN YOU START 15:23 PLEADING AND THEN YOU START BANGING, KNOW THIS, 15:27 THAT GOD IS DELIGHTED WITH THAT...DELIGHTED WITH THAT 15:32 BECAUSE HE WITH HIS PERFECT LOVE AND PERFECT 15:33 WISDOM AND PERFECT POWER AND PERFECT PROVISION IS 15:39 ABLE TO GIVE THE BEST TO HIS CHILDREN. IN FACT, 15:44 PSALM 84:11 15:57 HE HOLDS NOTHING BACK. SO HOW MUCH MORE SHALL YOUR 15:58 HEAVENLY FATHER GIVE THAN ANY EARTHLY FATHER. YOU 16:04 KNOW, JOHN 13:1, "HAVING LOVED HIS OWN WHO WERE IN 16:15 THE WORLD, HE LOVED THEM TO THE END. EIS TELOS, TO 16:16 THE MAX, TO THE END, TO THE FINISH, COMPLETELY, 16:21 TOTALLY, LIMITLESSLY, INFINITELY." IT'S OUT OF 16:25 THAT LOVE, IT'S OUT OF THAT WISDOM, IT'S OUT OF 16:26 THOSE RESOURCES THAT GOD GIVES. 16:41 THE ONE TRUE AND LIVING GOD, THE ONLY GOD, THE 16:42 TRUE GOD, THE GOD OF THE BIBLE, THE GOD AND FATHER 16:47 OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE 16:51 DEITIES AND THE GODS FABRICATED BY MEN 16:52 AND DEMONS. AND THE DIFFERENCE IS IN HIS 16:56 ESSENTIAL NATURE. HE IS LOVING, MERCIFUL, 17:01 GRACIOUS, FORGIVING, APPROACHABLE, AVAILABLE 17:02 AND GENEROUS. AND IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT 17:08 ANCIENT HISTORY AND THE HISTORY OF MONARCHS, YOU 17:14 KNOW THAT THEY ARE BASICALLY TYPICALLY 17:15 UNAVAILABLE, UNAPPROACHABLE. NOW THAT 17:19 IS A TYPICAL WAY THAT MONARCHS FUNCTIONED. YOU 17:25 APPROACHED ONLY WHEN YOU WERE INVITED. YOU 17:26 APPROACHED SOMEWHAT DELICATELY. YOU MAY 17:29 HAVE APPROACHED GOING IN BACKWARDS, IN SOME CASES 17:33 CRAWLING AND TYPICALLY THE KING WAS ELEVATED SO THAT 17:34 IT WAS CLEAR TO YOU THAT HE WAS WAY ABOVE YOU AND 17:40 YOU WERE SOMEWHERE UNDER HIS FEET. YOU APPROACH 17:44 WITH A CERTAIN HESITANCY, WITH A CERTAIN DELICACY 17:46 AND YOU CERTAINLY DIDN'T APPROACH WITH AN ATTITUDE 17:52 DEMANDING ANYTHING. 17:53 BUT OUR GOD IS JUST THE OPPOSITE. HE'S ABSOLUTELY 17:56 AVAILABLE, ABSOLUTELY APPROACHABLE, GRACIOUS, 18:02 MERCIFUL, COMPASSIONATE, KIND AND YOU CAN GO INTO 18:03 HIS PRESENCE BOLDLY AND ASK FOR WHATEVER YOU 18:09 WANT. YOU CAN GO INTO HIS PRESENCE ANY TIME AND NOT 18:14 INTERRUPT HIM. IN FACT, HE DESIRES YOU TO 18:15 DO THAT. HEBREWS 4: 16 18:20 WHY NOT COME TO HIM RIGHT NOW - ON YOUR 18:21 KNEES AND YOU FIND POWER, 18:35 WHY NOT COME TO HIM RIGHT NOW - ON YOUR 18:36 KNEES AND YOU FIND POWER, INCREDIBLE, DIVINE POWER 18:41 TO MEET ALL YOUR NEEDS . 19:01 THERE ARE DAYS WHEN I FEEL 19:05 THE BEST OF ME IS READY TO BEGIN. 19:12 THEN THERE'RE DAYS WHEN I FEEL 19:15 I'M LETTING GO AND SOARING ON THE WIND. 19:22 'CAUSE I'VE LEARNED IN LAUGHTER OR IN 19:23 PAIN HOW TO SURVIVE. 19:32 I GET ON MY KNEES, 19:37 I GET ON MY KNEES; 19:42 THERE I AM BEFORE THE LOVE THAT CHANGES ME. 19:52 SEE I DON'T KNOW HOW, BUT THERE'S POW'R 19:53 WHEN I'M ON MY KNEES. 20:09 I CAN BE IN A CROWD 20:15 OR BY MYSELF, ALMOST ANYWHERE 20:20 WHEN I FEEL THERE'S A NEED TO TALK WITH 20:21 GOD; HE IS EMMANUEL. 20:30 WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES NO DARKNESS THERE, 20:36 THERE'S ONLY LIGHT. 20:40 I GET ON MY KNEES; I GET ON MY KNEES; 20:51 THERE I AM BEFORE THE LOVE THAT CHANGES ME. 20:59 SEE I DON'T KNOW HOW, BUT THERE'S POW'R 21:04 IN THE BLUE SKIES, IN THE MIDNIGHT 21:14 WHEN I'M ON MY KNEES. 21:25 I GET ON MY KNEES, 21:30 I GET ON MY KNEES; 21:35 THERE I AM BEFORE THE LOVE THAT CHANGES ME. 21:44 SEE I DON'T KNOW HOW, BUT THERE'S POW'R 21:49 WHEN I'M ON MY. 21:50 WHEN I'M ON MY, 21:56 WHEN I'M ON MY KNEES. 22:23 >>BILL: FATHER IN HEAVEN, THANK YOU FOR THESE 22:24 MOMENTS THAT WE HAVE SPENT IN SCRIPTURE. FATHER, MAY 22:28 YOU ACCEPT THOSE THAT ARE BOLDY COMING INTO YOUR 22:31 PRESENCE RIGHT NOW, I PRAY IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. 22:36 (MUSIC) 22:51 (MUSIC) 23:08 >>BEV: HI EVERYONE IF YOU'RE LIKE ME, YOU LOVE 23:09 BEING OUT IN THE SUN. 23:11 SUNSHINE BOOSTS OUR SPIRITS AND BRINGS JOY TO 23:12 OUR LIVES. OUR BODIES NEED SUNLIGHT IN ORDER TO STAY 23:17 HEALTHY, SO GETTING PROPER AMOUNTS OF SUNSHINE EACH 23:21 DAY IS IMPORTANT. 23:22 EXCESSIVE EXPOSURE TO SUNLIGHT, HOWEVER, CAN BE 23:26 DETRIMENTAL TO OUR HEALTH, RESULTING IN PREMATURE 23:27 WRINKLING, AGING OF THE SKIN, AND SKIN CANCER. 23:29 BUT, IN THE RIGHT AMOUNTS SUNLIGHT ENHANCES OUR 23:34 LIVES BY: 23:36 1) IMPROVING OUR SLEEP. 23:37 HOW DOES SUNLIGHT IN THE DAY IMPROVE OUR SLEEP AT 23:40 NIGHT? HAVE YOU HEARD OF MELATONIN? IT'S A HORMONE 23:41 IN OUR BODIES THAT ENHANCES SLEEP. AS WE 23:45 AGE, OUR BODIES PRODUCE LESS AND LESS MELATONIN. 23:50 STUDIES SHOW THAT DAILY EXPOSURE TO SUNLIGHT 23:51 HELPS BOOST OUR BODY'S PRODUCTION OF MELATONIN. 23:55 SO, WE SLEEP BETTER. 23:59 2) IMPROVING OUR MOOD. MOST PEOPLE SEEM TO 24:00 FUNCTION AND FEEL SO MUCH BETTER WHEN THE SUN IS 24:03 SHINING. I KNOW I DO! IT IS WELL DOCUMENTED THAT 24:07 SEASONAL VARIATIONS IN LIGHT LEVELS CAN HAVE 24:08 PROFOUND EFFECTS ON MENTAL HEALTH. ACCORDING TO THE 24:12 BOOK, HEALTH POWER, BY DRS. DIEHL AND LUDINGTON, 24:16 "COMBINED WITH ACTIVE EXERCISE, SUNSHINE IS 24:17 AN IMPORTANT ADJUNCT IN TREATING ACUTE AND 24:20 CHRONIC DEPRESSIONS." 24:26 SUNLIGHT ALSO HELPS BOOST OUR IMMUNE SYSTEM AND 24:27 EVEN ALLEVIATES PAIN FROM SWOLLEN ARTHRITIC JOINTS! 24:33 AND, OF COURSE, WE ALL KNOW THAT WE NEED THE KISS 24:35 OF THE SUN TO ENABLE OUR BODIES TO MANUFACTUR 24:36 VITAMIN D. OUR BODIES NEED VITAMIN D IN ORDER TO USE 24:39 CALCIUM TO BUILD STRONG, HEALTHY BONES AND FOR 24:44 OTHER FUNCTIONS IN OUR BODIES. SO, GET ON OUT 24:45 THERE INTO THE GORGEOUS SUNSHINE AND GET SOME 24:49 VITAMIN D HAPPENING. BE CAREFUL, THOUGH; THE BEST 24:53 HOURS TO BE OUT IN THE SUN ARE BEFORE 10:00 AM AND 24:54 AFTER 2:00 PM. JESUS TELLS US IN JOHN 8:12 THAT HE IS 24:58 THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. AS THE SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, 25:05 HE BRINGS LIGHT AND HEALING TO OUR SOULS. I 25:06 LOVE THAT! IF YOU WANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON 25:09 HEALTHY EATING, VISIT OUR IT IS WRITTEN WEBSITE AT 25:14 WWW.IIW.CA, GO TO THE LIVE HEALTHY PAGE, AND YOU'LL 25:16 FIND LINKS TO LOTS OF GREAT RESOURCES. 25:21 SEE YOU NEXT TIME! 25:30 >>MATTHEW: IF YOU ARE ENJOYING THIS SERIES ON 25:31 THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT AND WOULD LIKE TO DEEPEN 25:33 YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF SCRIPTURE, THEN WHY NOT 25:36 ENROLL TODAY IN IT IS WRITTEN CANADA'S DISCOVER 25:37 BIBLE SCHOOL. 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