BILL: A FEW YEARS AGO PROF. LIONEL TIGER, WHO 00:00:01.66\00:00:02.66 LIVES IN NEW YORK CITY, AND TEACHES ANTHROPOLOGY 00:00:02.66\00:00:04.70 AT RUTGERS UNIVERSITY IN NEW JERSEY, BEGAN TO TAKE 00:00:04.70\00:00:09.16 ANOTHER LOOK AT RELIGION. 00:00:09.16\00:00:09.70 AS A YOUNG MAN HE HAD TURNED HIS BACK COMPLETELY 00:00:09.70\00:00:14.33 ON ORGANIZED RELIGION BUT AS A SCIENTIST, HE 00:00:14.33\00:00:15.40 WAS FASCINATED BY THE PERSISTENCE OF RELIGIOUS 00:00:15.40\00:00:19.53 SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT HUMAN HISTORY. HE ESTIMATES THAT 00:00:19.53\00:00:24.46 RELIGIOUS SYSTEMS ARE PRACTISED BY 80% OF 00:00:24.46\00:00:25.40 THE WORLD'S ADULTS. 00:00:25.40\00:00:30.46 GIVEN THAT, HE DECIDED THE SUBJECT WAS WORTHY 00:00:31.23\00:00:32.20 OF SERIOUS SCIENTIFIC SCRUTINY, LEADING HIM AND 00:00:32.20\00:00:35.66 CO-AUTHOR MICHAEL MCGUIRE, A CALIFORNIA RESEARCHER 00:00:35.66\00:00:42.00 AND PSYCHIATRIST, TO WRITE GOD'S BRAIN. 00:00:42.00\00:00:46.76 HE SAID THE TITLE WAS MEANT TO SUGGEST THAT THE 00:01:13.00\00:01:14.00 BRAIN MIGHT ACTUALLY BE GOD'S INSTRUMENT. 00:01:14.00\00:01:18.20 THOUGH PROF. TIGER DOES NOT BELIEVE IN A DIVINE 00:01:18.20\00:01:21.90 PRESENCE ó "I DON'T LIVE WITH THE PERCEPTION OF A 00:01:21.90\00:01:22.86 GOD OVER MY SHOULDER" -ó HE FEELS IF THERE IS A 00:01:22.86\00:01:26.53 GOD, THEN THE BRAIN WOULD BE THE INSTRUMENT A GOD 00:01:26.53\00:01:31.00 WOULD HAVE TO USE. "IT CAN'T BE THE ELBOW OR THE 00:01:31.00\00:01:32.10 PANCREAS," HE SAID. "THE BRAIN DEFINES WHO WE ARE." 00:01:32.10\00:01:40.13 (MUSIC) 00:01:41.03\00:01:49.23 ANNOUNCER: IT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME. 00:01:50.10\00:01:52.63 GOD'S BOOK, THE BIBLE 00:01:52.93\00:01:56.00 STILL RELEVANT IN TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD. 00:01:56.26\00:02:00.66 IT IS WRITTEN. 00:02:00.93\00:02:03.20 SHARING MESSAGES OF HOPE AROUND THE WORLD. 00:02:03.46\00:02:07.13 (MUSIC) 00:02:07.43\00:02:19.03 PROF. TIGER IS BEST POPULARLY KNOWN FOR HIS 00:02:20.66\00:02:21.73 1969 BOOK, MEN IN GROUPS, WHICH COINED THE TERM 00:02:21.73\00:02:25.13 "MALE BONDING." HIS WRITING PARTNER, DR. 00:02:25.13\00:02:29.23 MCGUIRE, IS KNOWN FOR HIS PIONEERING RESEARCH INTO 00:02:29.23\00:02:30.23 THE BODY'S PRODUCTION OF SEROTONIN, THE 00:02:30.23\00:02:34.03 NEUROTRANSMITTERS THAT HELP REGULATE MOOD. 00:02:34.03\00:02:39.30 RELIGION, THEY SAY, MESHES WITH THE BRAIN'S INNATE 00:02:40.23\00:02:41.30 NEEDS BY PROVIDING ANSWERS TO SOME OF THOSE DIFFICULT 00:02:41.30\00:02:45.00 QUESTIONS. THE BRAIN RECOGNIZES A PROBLEM, 00:02:45.00\00:02:50.73 RELIGION TELLS SOMEONE WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT, SO 00:02:50.73\00:02:51.73 THE TWO SYSTEMS NATURALLY WORK IN HARMONY. THE 00:02:51.73\00:02:55.90 AUTHORS DESCRIBE HOW ENTERING A RELIGIOUS 00:02:55.90\00:03:01.23 SERVICE CAN CREATE WHAT THEY CALL "BRAINSOOTHING." 00:03:01.23\00:03:02.30 LEAVING THE UNPREDICTABILITY OF THE 00:03:02.30\00:03:07.23 WORLD, WITH ITS PROBLEMS AND STRESSES, AN ADHERENT 00:03:07.23\00:03:11.33 ENTERS A "SACRED" LOCATION WHERE SPECIAL 00:03:11.33\00:03:12.20 AND PREDICTABLE RULES OF BEHAVIOUR APPLY. 00:03:12.20\00:03:19.40 NOW YOU'LL NOTICE IN THE PASSAGE THAT AN OFTEN 00:03:57.86\00:03:58.83 REPEATED PHRASE IS THE 00:03:58.83\00:04:01.20 NOW YOU'LL NOTICE IN THE PASSAGE THAT AN OFTEN 00:05:36.56\00:05:37.53 REPEATED PHRASE IS THE THEME, "DO NOT WORRY." 00:05:37.53\00:05:40.20 THAT IS THE HEART AND THE SOUL OF THE PASSAGE, THE 00:05:40.20\00:05:41.16 LORD IS CALL LIFE, IT'S A PE FOR MOST PEOPLE, IT 00:05:41.16\00:05:52.23 OCCUPIES THEIR THINKING FOR A GREAT PORTION 00:05:52.23\00:05:53.20 OF THEIR DAILY WAKENING HOURS. HOWEVER WORRY 00:05:53.20\00:06:01.60 IS A VERY DANGEROUS ITEM, IT TAKES A SEVERE TOLL ON 00:06:01.60\00:06:07.86 PEOPLE, BUT FAR BEYOND ITS PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECT 00:06:07.86\00:06:08.83 IS THE FACT THAT THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT FOR A 00:06:08.83\00:06:13.63 CHRISTIAN, FOR A CHILD OF GOD, WORRY IS A SIN. 00:06:13.63\00:06:18.40 BECAUSE WORRY IS THE EQUIVALENT OF SAYING, GOD 00:06:18.40\00:06:19.36 I KNOW YOU MEAN WELL BY WHAT YOU SAY BUT I'M JUST 00:06:19.36\00:06:25.16 NOT SURE YOU CAN PULL IT OFF. WORRY IS THE SIN OF 00:06:25.16\00:06:30.20 DISTRUSTING THE PROMISE AND THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD, 00:06:30.20\00:06:31.26 AND YET WE DO IT ALL THE TIME. 00:06:31.26\00:06:38.80 ANXIETY IS FOOLISH. AND THE LORD GIVES THREE 00:06:40.63\00:06:41.60 ILLUSTRATIONS, ONE FROM FOOD, ONE FROM THE FUTURE, 00:06:41.60\00:06:44.83 AND ONE FROM FASHION, FOOD, THE FUTURE, AND 00:06:44.83\00:06:50.46 FASHION, AND THESE ARE RELATED TO HIM AS OUR 00:06:50.46\00:06:51.43 FATHER. FIRST OF ALL THE ONE ON FOOD VERSE 26 00:06:51.43\00:06:55.16 THIS IS REALLY FABULOUS. I THINK THE LORD IS STANDING 00:06:55.16\00:06:58.60 ON THE HILLSIDE THERE, UP IN GALILEE LOOKING DOWN 00:06:58.60\00:06:59.63 OVER THAT BEAUTIFUL NORTH END OF THE SEA, THE BREEZE 00:06:59.63\00:07:03.63 WAS RIPPLING ACROSS, THE SUN WAS BRIGHT IN THE SKY, 00:07:03.63\00:07:08.66 AND THE PEOPLE WERE ALL GATHERED AT HIS FEET. A 00:07:08.66\00:07:09.70 LOVELY TIME OF THE YEAR AND A LOVELY PLACE TO 00:07:09.70\00:07:13.30 BE AND I'VE STOOD THERE MYSELF SEVERAL TIMES. AND 00:07:13.30\00:07:17.80 I THINK AS HE WAS SPEAKING TO THEM SOME BIRDS FLEW 00:07:17.80\00:07:18.86 ACROSS. ONE WRITER SAID THAT THE NORTH PART OF THE 00:07:18.86\00:07:21.03 AREA OF GALILEE IS THE, IS THE CROSSROADS OF BIRD 00:07:21.03\00:07:25.03 MIGRATION. IT'S A VERY SPECIAL PLACE WHERE THE 00:07:25.03\00:07:26.03 BIRDS MIGRATE IN THAT PART OF THE WORLD. AND JESUS 00:07:26.03\00:07:33.53 PROBABLY SAW THEM FLY BY AND HE SAID IN VERSE 26 . 00:07:33.53\00:07:38.16 LISTEN, EVERY BIRD THAT LIVES IN THIS WORLD LIVES 00:07:53.16\00:07:54.20 BECAUSE GOD GAVE IT LIFE, RIGHT? GOD GAVE LIFE TO 00:07:54.20\00:07:59.00 EVERY BIRD. AND IF GOD GIVES LIFE TO A BIRD, HE 00:07:59.00\00:08:04.06 DOESN'T SAY, ALL RIGHT BIRD I'VE DONE MY THING, 00:08:04.06\00:08:05.03 I'VE GIVEN YOU LIFE NOW YOU FIGURE OUT HOW TO 00:08:05.03\00:08:08.26 KEEP IT. NO, BIRDS DON'T GET TOGETHER AND SAY, NOW 00:08:08.26\00:08:14.36 WE'VE GOT TO COME UP WITH A STRATEGY TO KEEP 00:08:14.36\00:08:15.46 OURSELVES ALIVE, BIRDS HAVE NO 00:08:15.46\00:08:17.96 SELF CONSCIOUSNESS, NO COGNITIVE PROCESSES, NO 00:08:17.96\00:08:21.96 ABILITY TO REASON, BUT GOD PLANTED WITHIN BIRDS 00:08:21.96\00:08:22.93 SOMETHING CALLED INSTINCT SO THAT BIRDS ARE PLANTED, 00:08:22.93\00:08:27.23 IF YOU WILL, WITH A DIVINE CAPACITY TO FIND WHAT IS 00:08:27.23\00:08:34.46 NECESSARY TO LIVE, GOD DOESN'T JUST CREATE LIFE, 00:08:34.46\00:08:35.46 HE CREATES LIFE AND THEN SUSTAINS LIFE. GOD 00:08:35.46\00:08:42.23 FEEDS THE BIRDS THROUGH THE PROCESS OF THEIR OWN 00:08:42.23\00:08:50.00 INSTINCT, AND THE BIBLE CALLS IT CRYING OUT TO 00:08:50.00\00:08:51.00 GOD, IT SAYS, THE BIRDS CRY OUT TO GOD. NOW IF GOD 00:08:51.00\00:08:56.00 IS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF IRRATIONAL BIRDS WHO CRY 00:08:56.00\00:09:02.40 OUT TO HIM THROUGH THEIR INSTINCT, IS NOT GOD GOING 00:09:02.40\00:09:03.43 TO TAKE CARE OF HIS OWN CHILDREN? AT THE 00:09:03.43\00:09:07.73 END OF VERSE 26, 00:09:07.73\00:09:11.10 NOW BY THE WAY THIS IS NOT AN EXCUSE FOR 00:09:17.13\00:09:18.03 IDLENESS HE SAYS IN 26, 00:09:18.03\00:09:23.96 AND SOMEBODY SAYS, OH THAT'S THE IDEA; I'M JUST 00:09:31.53\00:09:32.53 GOING TO STAND OUT THERE ON THE EDGE OF A TREE WITH 00:09:32.53\00:09:34.60 MY MOUTH OPEN. NOW LISTEN IT NEVER RAINS WORMS, 00:09:34.60\00:09:43.86 NEVER. BIRDS, GOD FEEDS THROUGH AN INSTINCT THAT 00:09:43.86\00:09:44.86 TELLS THEM WHERE TO FIND THAT FOOD, AND THEY GO 00:09:44.86\00:09:49.90 FOR IT, THEY WORK FOR IT, THEY'RE BUSY SEARCHING 00:09:49.90\00:09:53.80 AROUND, GOBBLING UP LITTLE INSECTS, WORMS, PREPARING 00:09:53.80\00:09:54.86 THEIR NESTS, CARING FOR THEIR YOUNG, TEACHING 00:09:54.86\00:09:59.23 THEM TO FLY, PUSHING THEM OUT AT THE RIGHT TIME, 00:09:59.23\00:10:02.46 MIGRATING WITH THE SEASONS, THEY, THEY WORK 00:10:02.46\00:10:03.36 HARD, ALL THIS WORK IS TO BE DONE IF THEY'RE GOING 00:10:03.36\00:10:08.20 TO EAT AND YET THEY DO IT BY INSTINCT, AND THEY 00:10:08.20\00:10:15.26 NEVER OVERDO IT. THEY DON'T SAY, I'M GOING TO 00:10:15.26\00:10:16.26 BUILD BIGGER NESTS, I'M GOING TO STORE MORE 00:10:16.26\00:10:19.73 WORMS, I M GOING TO SAY TO MYSELF, BIRD, EAT, DRINK 00:10:19.73\00:10:24.76 AND BE MERRY. THEY WORK WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF 00:10:24.76\00:10:25.90 GOD'S DESIGN FOR THEM, AND THEY NEVER OVERINDULGE 00:10:25.90\00:10:31.36 THEMSELVES. BIRDS ONLY GET FAT WHEN PEOPLE PUT THEM 00:10:31.36\00:10:37.06 IN CAGES, BIRDS DON'T OVERDO A GOOD THING. IT'S 00:10:37.06\00:10:38.06 MEN WHO HAVE ENOUGH AND THEY GO FOR MORE AND THEY 00:10:38.06\00:10:43.06 STOCKPILE AND THEY STUFF AND THEY HOARD, AND THEY 00:10:43.06\00:10:49.23 IGNORE GOD'S PRIORITIES AND HIS PROMISES AND 00:10:49.23\00:10:50.20 THEY FORFEIT THE CAREFREE HEART. THE BIRDS JUST FLY, 00:10:50.20\00:10:54.13 THEY DON'T WORRY WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO FIND THE 00:10:54.13\00:10:59.60 FOOD THEY JUST FLY TILL THEY FIND IT, AND GOD 00:10:59.60\00:11:00.66 PROVIDES IT. AND BIRDS CAN'T PLAN AHEAD, AND 00:11:00.66\00:11:03.83 BIRDS HAVE NO REASON TO WORRY, AND IF BIRDS DON'T 00:11:03.83\00:11:08.33 HAVE ANY REASON TO WORRY WHAT ARE WE WORRYING FOR? 00:11:08.33\00:11:09.33 ARE WE NOT MUCH BETTER THAN A BIRD? YOU DON'T 00:11:09.33\00:11:13.83 THINK HE'LL FEED YOU? 00:11:13.83\00:11:14.30 THEN HE TAKES A SECOND ILLUSTRATION, I CALL IT 00:11:14.30\00:11:20.43 THE FUTURE, VERSE 27 . 00:11:20.43\00:11:23.63 LISTEN, NOT ONLY WILL YOU NOT LENGTHEN YOUR LIFE BY 00:11:33.10\00:11:34.26 WORRYING YOU'LL PROBABLY WHAT? SHORTEN IT. 00:11:34.26\00:11:36.46 CHARLES MAYO AT THE MAYO CLINIC SAID, 00:11:36.46\00:11:41.03 YOU CAN WORRY YOURSELF TO DEATH BUT YOU'RE NEVER 00:11:55.80\00:11:56.80 GOING TO WORRY YOURSELF TO LIFE, AND YET THAT'S WHAT 00:11:56.80\00:11:59.23 PEOPLE DO. AND WHEN YOU WORRY ABOUT HOW LONG YOUR 00:11:59.23\00:12:04.16 LIFE IS AND WHEN YOU FRET AND FUME ABOUT HOW LONG 00:12:04.16\00:12:05.33 YOU'RE GOING TO LIVE AND WHEN YOU WORRY ABOUT 00:12:05.33\00:12:09.20 ADDING ONTO YOUR LIFE YOU ARE DISTRUSTING GOD AND 00:12:09.20\00:12:13.76 THAT'S FOOLISH BECAUSE GOD IF YOU GIVE HIM YOUR LIFE 00:12:13.76\00:12:14.83 AND YOU'RE OBEDIENT TO HIM WILL GIVE YOU THE FULLNESS 00:12:14.83\00:12:19.00 OF DAYS. I BELIEVE THAT THE GIFT OF LIFE IS A GIFT 00:12:19.00\00:12:23.96 THAT COMES BECAUSE GOD WANTS YOU TO LIVE 00:12:23.96\00:12:24.86 FOR SPIRITUAL REASONS. 00:12:24.86\00:12:30.13 THE THIRD THING, A THIRD ILLUSTRATION OF THE FIRST 00:12:31.80\00:12:32.93 POINT, THE FIRST POINT IS IT'S UNNECESSARY BECAUSE 00:12:32.93\00:12:36.43 OF YOUR FATHER, AND THE FIRST ILLUSTRATION IS FOOD 00:12:36.43\00:12:40.36 AND THE SECOND IS THE FUTURE OR THE LENGTH OF 00:12:40.36\00:12:41.36 LIFE AND THE THIRD IS FASHION. AND THIS IS VERY 00:12:41.36\00:12:44.46 GRAPHIC AND IT REALLY HITS US ALL. THERE ARE SOME 00:12:44.46\00:12:49.86 PEOPLE WHO LIVE FOR THEIR CLOTHES; THE MOST 00:12:49.86\00:12:50.83 IMPORTANT PLACE IN THEIR WHOLE WORLD IS THE CLOSET, 00:12:50.83\00:12:53.63 THAT'S RIGHT. THE CLOSET. 00:12:53.63\00:12:54.13 THEY GO IN THERE AND THEY OPEN THE DOOR AND FEW, YOU 00:12:54.13\00:12:58.16 KNOW IT'S JUST; IT'S SO JAMMED TOGETHER YOU CAN'T 00:12:58.16\00:13:03.90 KEEP IT FROM GETTING WRINKLED. THE CLOSET, THEY 00:13:03.90\00:13:04.90 LIVE FOR CLOTHES. VERSE 28 . 00:13:04.90\00:13:09.70 NOW IN THOSE TIMES IF YOU WERE REALLY POOR AND YOU 00:13:11.80\00:13:12.80 DIDN'T HAVE ANY RESOURCES AND THE STREAMS DRIED UP 00:13:12.80\00:13:17.13 AND THE CROPS DIDN'T COME AND YOU GOT NO MONEY YOU 00:13:17.13\00:13:21.03 COULDN'T BUY ANYTHING. AND IN OUR DAY MAYBE IT ISN'T 00:13:21.03\00:13:22.10 THAT WE'RE SO WORRIED THAT WE CAN'T HAVE ANYTHING, 00:13:22.10\00:13:27.43 BUT IN OUR SOCIETY WE WORRY ABOUT THE FACT THAT 00:13:27.43\00:13:30.50 MAYBE WHAT WE WEAR ISN'T REALLY WHAT'S IN. PEOPLE 00:13:30.50\00:13:31.46 LIVE FOR CLOTHES; THEY MANIFEST A CARNAL, 00:13:31.46\00:13:38.40 SELFISH, WORLDLY, MATERIALISTIC CARE FOR 00:13:38.40\00:13:42.73 CLOTHES. IT ISN'T SO MUCH THAT THEY ARE AFRAID 00:13:42.73\00:13:43.70 THEY'LL HAVE NOTHING TO WEAR IT'S THAT THEY'RE 00:13:43.70\00:13:49.20 AFRAID THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO STAND UP AND LOOK THEIR 00:13:49.20\00:13:53.26 BEST, FEED THEIR PRIDE. 00:13:53.26\00:13:53.80 LUSTING AFTER COSTLY CLOTHES IS A SIN AND IT'S, 00:13:53.80\00:13:55.50 IT'S A SIN IN OUR SOCIETY. 00:13:55.50\00:13:56.06 WE'VE MADE A GOD OUT OF FASHION, WE SINFULLY 00:13:56.06\00:13:59.23 INDULGE IN A MONEY MAD SPENDING SPREE TO BUY 00:13:59.23\00:14:00.23 OURSELVES THE THINGS THAT DRAPE ALL OVER THIS BODY 00:14:00.23\00:14:06.70 AND HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BEAUTY OF THE 00:14:06.70\00:14:11.60 CHARACTER, THAT'S WHY IN FIRST PETER CHAPTER 3 00:14:11.60\00:14:12.56 IT SAYS THAT WE'RE TO BE ADORNED WITH THINGS 00:14:12.56\00:14:16.30 NOT GOLD AND PLATING AND BRAIDING AND FANCY 00:14:16.30\00:14:19.96 GARMENTS BUT THE HEART. 00:14:19.96\00:14:20.50 AND WE WORRY WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH, WE DON'T LOOK GOOD 00:14:20.50\00:14:27.00 ENOUGH. WHEN THE LORD JESUS WHO OWNED ONLY WHAT 00:14:27.00\00:14:28.00 HE WORE ON HIS BACK WAS THE LOVELIEST WHO EVER 00:14:28.00\00:14:33.46 LIVED. AND HE SPEAKS TO THE ISSUE, LOOK WHAT HE 00:14:33.46\00:14:38.43 SAYS IN VERSE 28 . 00:14:38.43\00:14:41.16 HE SAYS, TAKE A LOOK AT THE FIELD LILIES, AND I'M 00:14:43.46\00:14:44.50 SURE HE JUST TURNED HIS ARM AS THEY WERE SITTING 00:14:44.50\00:14:47.40 RIGHT THERE ON THE GRASS, RIGHT ON THE GRASS ON THE 00:14:47.40\00:14:50.30 SIDE OF THE HILL AND HE SAID, LOOK AT THE FIELD 00:14:50.30\00:14:51.30 LILIES, LOOK AT THEM, THEY DON'T SPIN AND THEY DON'T 00:14:51.30\00:14:54.23 TOIL, THEY DON'T MAKE FANCY THREAD AND HANG IT 00:14:54.23\00:14:58.00 ALL OVER THEM, AND SAY I'VE BEEN SCARLET FOR TWO 00:14:58.00\00:14:59.10 DAYS I THINK I'D LIKE TO BE BLUE TOMORROW. AND I'LL 00:14:59.10\00:15:02.43 TELL YOU, YOU CAN TAKE THE GLORIOUS MATERIAL, THE 00:15:02.43\00:15:07.00 MOST BEAUTIFUL THING THAT WAS EVER MADE FOR 00:15:07.00\00:15:07.93 THE GREATEST MONARCH LIKE SOLOMON AND PUT IT UNDER A 00:15:07.93\00:15:11.86 MICROSCOPE AND IT'LL LOOK LIKE SACKCLOTH, AND YOU 00:15:11.86\00:15:17.86 TAKE THE PETAL OF A FLOWER AND PUT IT UNDER A 00:15:17.86\00:15:18.96 MICROSCOPE AND YOU'LL SEE THE DIFFERENCE. HOW DO 00:15:18.96\00:15:23.90 THEY GROW, HE SAYS, HOW DO THEY GROW? EASILY, FREELY, 00:15:23.90\00:15:29.06 GORGEOUSLY, EFFORTLESSLY THEY FLOURISH. OH THE 00:15:29.06\00:15:30.03 STUPIDITY OF PRIDE IN YOUR DRESS. IT'S AN INDICTMENT 00:15:30.03\00:15:36.10 OF OUR DAY; WE SPEND SO MUCH TIME AND EFFORT. AND 00:15:36.10\00:15:40.73 THEY KEEP CHANGING THE FASHION ON US ALL THE 00:15:40.73\00:15:41.76 TIME, YOU KNOW THAT? JUST YOU KNOW THIS IS OUT AND 00:15:41.76\00:15:46.13 THIS IS IN, AND IT GOES SO FAST THAT YOU CANNOT KEEP 00:15:46.13\00:15:51.33 UP WITH IT. NOW I'M NOT SAYING LOOK SEEDY AND 00:15:51.33\00:15:52.46 TACKY THAT'S A NEGATIVE DISTRACTION THAT MAKES 00:15:52.46\00:16:01.73 PEOPLE THINK YOU HAVE NO CARE FOR YOURSELF. BUT I 00:16:01.73\00:16:04.80 AM SAYING YOU CAN LOSE YOUR SENSE OF PERSPECTIVE, 00:16:04.80\00:16:05.83 AND WHEN YOU GET ALL SAID AND DONE YOU'RE ONE STEP 00:16:05.83\00:16:11.03 SHORT OF REAL BEAUTY THAT ONLY GOD CAN GIVE. 00:16:11.03\00:16:20.83 WHAT THE LORD SAYS HERE IS NOT PIE IN THE SKY, 00:16:22.20\00:16:23.20 HE WILL GIVE YOU FOOD, HE WILL GIVE YOU CLOTHING, HE 00:16:23.20\00:16:28.33 WILL DETERMINE THE LENGTH OF YOUR LIFE, AND SUSTAIN 00:16:28.33\00:16:31.23 IT, THAT'S VERY TANGIBLE STUFF. YOU HAVE NO GROUNDS 00:16:31.23\00:16:32.26 FOR FINANCIAL WORRY IF YOUR HEART IS RIGHT. THE 00:16:32.26\00:16:37.06 KEY IS "YOU SEEK FIRST (VERSE 33) THE KINGDOM OF 00:16:37.06\00:16:43.33 GOD, AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS," AND ALL 00:16:43.33\00:16:44.16 THIS STUFF WILL BE ADDED. 00:16:44.16\00:16:47.53 THE KEY IS YOU PUT YOUR HEART AND YOUR TREASURE IN 00:16:47.53\00:16:48.60 HEAVEN AND GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF ALL THE EARTHLY 00:16:48.60\00:16:55.10 THINGS. YOU KNOW I, I JUST BELIEVE IN MY HEART THAT I 00:16:55.10\00:17:02.16 DON'T WANT TO GIVE ONE MINUTE A DAY THINKING 00:17:02.16\00:17:03.13 ABOUT PHYSICAL MUNDANE EARTHLY THINGS. GOD'S 00:17:03.13\00:17:09.66 GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THAT. WHY SHOULD I FEEL 00:17:09.66\00:17:15.13 DISCOURAGED? WHY SHOULD THE SHADOWS COME? WHY 00:17:15.13\00:17:16.13 SHOULD MY HEART FEEL LONELY? AND LONG FOR 00:17:16.13\00:17:21.93 HEAVEN AND HOME. WHEN JESUS IS MY PORTION. MY 00:17:21.93\00:17:27.63 CONSTANT FRIEND IS HE. 00:17:27.63\00:17:28.13 HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW, AND I KNOW HE WATCHES ME. 00:17:28.13\00:17:32.00 WHY SHOULD I FEEL DISCOURAGED? 00:17:42.03\00:17:50.36 WHY SHOULD THE SHADOWS COME? 00:17:50.70\00:17:57.06 WHY SHOULD MY HEART FEEL LONELY? 00:17:57.73\00:18:05.70 AND LONG FOR HEAVEN AND HOME. 00:18:06.33\00:18:13.73 WHEN JESUS IS MY PORTION. 00:18:14.06\00:18:22.56 MY CONSTANT FRIEND IS HE. 00:18:22.83\00:18:30.60 HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW, 00:18:30.93\00:18:39.20 AND I KNOW HE WATCHES ME. 00:18:39.60\00:18:48.00 HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW, 00:18:48.26\00:18:56.90 AND I KNOW HE WATCHES ME. 00:18:57.16\00:19:03.86 I SING BECAUSE I'M HAPPY. 00:19:04.20\00:19:13.33 I SING BECAUSE I'M FREE. 00:19:13.63\00:19:22.06 FOR HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW, 00:19:22.33\00:19:30.73 AND I KNOW HE WATCHES ME. 00:19:31.23\00:19:42.86 WHENEVER I AM TEMPTED, 00:19:44.60\00:19:52.53 WHENEVER CLOUDS ARISE. 00:19:52.76\00:20:00.96 WHEN SONGS GIVE PLACE TO SIGHING. 00:20:01.33\00:20:09.70 WHEN HOPE WITHIN ME DIES. 00:20:09.96\00:20:17.56 I DRAW THE CLOSER TO HIM; 00:20:17.86\00:20:26.10 FROM CARE HE SETS ME FREE. 00:20:26.33\00:20:34.60 FOR HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW 00:20:34.93\00:20:43.03 AND I KNOW HE WATCHES ME. 00:20:43.26\00:20:51.86 FOR HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW 00:20:52.16\00:21:03.50 AND I KNOW HE WATCHES ME. 00:21:03.86\00:21:10.16 I SING BECAUSE I'M HAPPY. 00:21:10.50\00:21:17.90 I SING BECAUSE I'M FREE. 00:21:18.16\00:21:26.53 FOR HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW, 00:21:26.76\00:21:35.16 AND I KNOW HE WATCHES ME 00:21:35.63\00:21:43.43 FOR HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW, 00:21:43.83\00:21:53.56 AND I KNOW HE WATCHES ME 00:21:55.06\00:22:11.23 (MUSIC) 00:22:22.10\00:22:39.63 HI, EVERYONE! TODAY, I HAVE MY APRON ON, WHICH 00:22:39.93\00:22:41.03 MEANS WE'RE COOKING! I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME 00:22:41.03\00:22:44.63 DELICIOUS AND REALLY EASY WAYS TO USE BEANS. YOU'VE 00:22:44.63\00:22:49.00 HEARD ME TALK BEFORE ABOUT HOW GOOD BEANS ARE FOR 00:22:49.00\00:22:50.03 YOU! THEY'RE CHOCK FULL OF PROTEIN, FIBRE, 00:22:50.03\00:22:54.83 MINERALS, PHYTONUTRIENTS, AND THEY ARE LOW IN FAT, 00:22:54.83\00:22:58.73 CHOLESTEROL, AND SODIUM. I THINK MOST PEOPLE PROBABLY 00:22:58.73\00:22:59.83 PURCHASE THE CANNED BEANS BECAUSE IT'S MORE 00:22:59.83\00:23:05.60 CONVENIENT. JUST BE SURE TO WASH THEM WELL IN A 00:23:05.60\00:23:08.03 COLANDER UNDER RUNNING WATER TO RINSE OFF ANY 00:23:08.03\00:23:09.00 ADDED SODIUM. LET'S LOOK AT TWO EASY WAYS TO ENJOY 00:23:09.00\00:23:13.96 CHICKPEAS. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A PEN AND PAPER TO 00:23:13.96\00:23:17.96 WRITE THESE RECIPES DOWN! FIRST, LET'S MAKE 00:23:17.96\00:23:18.93 A DELIGHTFUL CHICKPEA SANDWICH SPREAD. 00:23:18.93\00:23:22.46 THE INGREDIENTS ARE: 00:23:22.46\00:23:23.83 MIX ALL OF THESE TOGETHER WHICH I'M GOING TO DO 00:23:40.13\00:23:41.13 RIGHT NOW. I'VE GOT HERE MY NICE ROUGHLY MASHED 00:23:41.13\00:23:43.40 CHICKPEAS, AND THEN WE'RE JUST GOING TO TOSS IN THE 00:23:43.40\00:23:48.30 GRATED CARROTS - LOOK AT THE BEAUTIFUL COLOUR, AND 00:23:48.30\00:23:49.30 YOU KNOW THERE A LOT OF PHYTO-NUTRIENTS THERE. WE 00:23:49.30\00:23:53.40 GOT THE CELERY . AND THE ONION. YOU CAN MIX THAT 00:23:53.40\00:24:02.10 ALL TOGETHER NICELY - WE GOT SOME MOCK CHICKEN 00:24:02.10\00:24:03.06 SEASONING HERE - AND JUST TO TASTE. YOU MIGHT NOT 00:24:03.06\00:24:07.36 EVEN NEED A LOT OF IT. AND THEN WERE JUST GOING TO 00:24:07.36\00:24:10.80 ADD IN SOME SOY MAYONNAISE. THIS IS JUST 00:24:10.80\00:24:11.66 SUCH AN EASY RECIPE AND IT'S TOTALLY, TOTALLY 00:24:11.66\00:24:16.16 DELICIOUS. YOU CAN SERVE THIS ON PITA BREAD, ON 00:24:16.16\00:24:22.93 CRACKERS, OR IN A SANDWICH AND LOOK HOW WONDERFUL IT 00:24:22.93\00:24:24.00 LOOKS ON A PIECE OF BREAD. 00:24:24.00\00:24:29.16 JUST PUT THAT ON THERE AND YOU'VE GOT A NICE 00:24:29.16\00:24:30.23 OPEN-FACE SANDWICH READY TO GO. BEAUTIFUL COLOURS, 00:24:30.23\00:24:36.40 DELICIOUS. ANY WAY YOU SERVE THIS IT IS DELICIOUS 00:24:36.40\00:24:41.26 AND TOTALLY NUTRITIOUS. 00:24:41.26\00:24:41.80 NOW WE GOT OUR SECOND RECIPE. IT IS 00:24:41.80\00:24:45.20 CHICKPEA/ZUCCHINI PASTA SAUCE. THIS IS SO EASY! 00:24:45.20\00:24:49.96 SAUTE THE CHICKPEAS, ZUCCHINI, ONION, AND 00:25:07.70\00:25:08.60 GARLIC IN ABOUT A 4 CUP OF WATER UNTIL THE ZUCCHINI 00:25:08.60\00:25:11.20 IS JUST A LITTLE BIT SOFT THEN ADD YOUR FAVOURITE 00:25:11.20\00:25:15.73 HERBS. ADD THE TOMATO SAUCE AND SIMMER FOR 00:25:15.73\00:25:16.76 ABOUT 5-10 MINUTES SO THE FLAVOURS ALL BLEND 00:25:16.76\00:25:20.56 TOGETHER FRAGRANTLY. THEN, SERVE THIS DELICIOUS SAUCE 00:25:20.56\00:25:26.63 WITH WHOLE WHEAT PASTA. 00:25:26.63\00:25:27.16 AND YOU KNOW, LEFTOVER SAUCE IS REALLY YUMMY ON 00:25:27.16\00:25:31.33 TOAST. THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS YOU CAN ENJOY CHICK 00:25:31.33\00:25:32.30 PEAS. BLEND THEM UP AS HUMMUS, OR ADD THEM TO 00:25:32.30\00:25:36.10 SALADS AND RICE. AND, THE SAME GOES FOR ANY BEAN. 00:25:36.10\00:25:41.20 MAKE SURE TO ENJOY BEANS AT LEAST SEVERAL TIMES A 00:25:41.20\00:25:42.16 WEEK. CONSIDER THIS: ONE CUP OF COOKED CHICKPEAS 00:25:42.16\00:25:48.00 CONTAINS 14.5 GRAMS OF HEALTHY PROTEIN. A 00:25:48.00\00:25:53.53 TWO-OUNCE SERVING OF CHICKEN HAS 15.3 GRAMS OF 00:25:53.53\00:25:54.50 PROTEIN. SO, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS PRACTICALLY 00:25:54.50\00:25:59.00 NO DIFFERENCE WITH THE PROTEIN FACTOR. THE BONUS 00:25:59.00\00:26:02.76 COMES, THOUGH, FROM THE CHICKPEAS BECAUSE THERE'S 00:26:02.76\00:26:03.80 NO NEED TO WORRY ABOUT SATURATED FAT 00:26:03.80\00:26:07.63 OR CHOLESTEROL, BOTH OF WHICH YOU'LL FIND IN THE 00:26:07.63\00:26:11.86 CHICKEN. AND, THE HIGH FIBRE CONTENT OF BEANS 00:26:11.86\00:26:12.83 HELPS THEM LOWER YOUR CHOLESTEROL, MAINTAIN YOUR 00:26:12.83\00:26:19.50 BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS EVENLY, AND FILL YOU UP SO YOU 00:26:19.50\00:26:23.96 DON'T OVEREAT. WHEN IT COMES TO BEANS, HOWEVER 00:26:23.96\00:26:24.96 YOU EAT THEM, ENJOY THEM IN GOOD HEALTH. 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