Participants: Bill Santos
Series Code: IIWC
Program Code: IIWC201125
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00:02 >>Bill: The French philosopher, Jean Jacques
00:03 Rousseau, once said, "Happiness is a good bank 00:05 account, a good cook, and a good digestion." That is 00:10 what he would call today "the good life." There are 00:11 many today who would agree with him. There are some 00:16 who say that the good life is physical. They believe 00:20 it just doesn't get any better than a hot tub, a 00:21 back rub, and a drink at the pub. But then there 00:25 are others who say the good life is material. 00:29 They think that got the mansion, the 00:30 Mercedes, and the money, you are living the good 00:33 life. But God says the good life is spiritual. 00:42 (MUSIC) 00:54 >>ANNOUNCER: IT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME... 00:56 GOD'S BOOK, THE BIBLE. 01:00 STILL RELEVANT IN TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD. 01:04 IT IS WRITTEN . . . 01:07 SHARING MESSAGES OF HOPE AROUND THE WORLD. 01:11 (MUSIC) 01:29 Contrary to many opinions, goodness is not feeling 01:30 good, looking good, or owning good; it is being 01:34 good and doing good. Since it is the fruit of the 01:39 Spirit, we know that goodness can only come 01:40 from God. Goodness is not something that 01:44 man manufacturers. It is something that God gives. 01:48 Rom. 3:12 says, "There is none who does good, no, 01:49 not one." People are not basically good. People are 01:55 basically bad. You see, goodness is only possible 02:01 with God. Have you ever thought about the fact 02:02 that if you take the word "God" out of the word 02:05 "good", all you are left with is a big fat "o." In 02:11 fact, the word "good" comes from an old 02:12 Anglo-Saxon word that had the same connotation 02:16 as "God." "Goodbye" is an abbreviation of the 02:19 Anglo-Saxon way of saying, "God be with ye." Good 02:20 literally means "to be like God." 02:31 >>Bill: Let me welcome our viewers to this edition 02:32 of the "It Is Written" program. We're so happy 02:35 that you have made this time to join us. And we 02:39 are studying the Fruit of the Spirit as found in 02:40 Galatians, chapter five and verses 22 and 23 02:44 and we have made our way to Goodness. As been our 02:50 habit, we have two special guests with us 02:51 that are helping us better understand what, all the 02:56 intricacies and all the applications of this. We 03:00 have Pastor David Schwinghammer and Pastor 03:01 Campbell Page. Gentlemen, welcome. As we do every 03:06 time you are with us we're going to ask you to 03:11 introduce yourselves for the benefit of those that 03:12 may not be familiar with you yet. >>Pastor Dave: 03:19 Sure. I'm Pastor Dave Schwinghammer and I've 03:21 been pastoring for 15 years and I now serve as 03:22 a Stewardship Director in the area of worship and 03:26 stewardship. We teach people living a balanced 03:30 lifestyle in the area of faith, family, fitness, 03:31 finance here in Ontario. 03:32 >>Bill: Well, that's wonderful. Now, where were 03:33 you born? >>Pastor Dave: Born in Toronto. >>Bill: 03:36 Born in Toronto. >>Pastor Dave: Toronto, Ontario, 03:38 yeah. >>Bill: Oh, but you lived out toward 03:39 Leamington, did you? 03:42 >>Pastor Dave: Yes. That's correct. >>Bill: But 03:43 you're actually born in Toronto. >>Pastor Dave: 03:45 Born in Toronto. >>Bill: So was I. >>Pastor Dave: 03:47 Yeah. >>Bill: And Pastor Campbell Page, welcome. 03:48 >>Pastor Page: Thank you. 03:49 Good to be here. I was actually born, or grew up 03:50 in Saskatchewan and have been in Oshawa for the 03:55 last 7 years, pastoring a church in downtown Oshawa 03:59 called "Newlife Seventh-day Adventist 04:00 Church". And just very passionate about helping 04:03 people know God and helping that, to help them 04:10 become very visible agents of change and 04:11 transformation in their lives, the people they 04:14 work with, the community we're in, all of that. 04:17 Making God real. That's a big passion for us 04:18 >>Bill: Excellent. Is there a website for your 04:21 church? If anybody is interested in.>>Pastor 04:25 Campbell: Just brand new, a couple glitches 04:26 we're working out but newlifeadventistchurch.com 04:28 . >>Bill Newlifeadventistchurch.com 04:31 . Excellent. Okay, well, you know, we've been going 04:32 through this study here. 04:37 Paul contrasts the deeds of the flesh which we have 04:38 said on previous programs and just to recap are the, 04:46 I don't know, would you say the natural tendencies 04:50 of our, the ways of our heart. These are, sort 04:51 of, the things that come without much effort on our 04:56 part. And then he says, but, you know, in contrast 05:00 to that is what he calls the Fruit of the Spirit 05:01 are the things that when the Spirit takes control 05:06 of your life these are the things that begin to 05:10 appear in the life of those. And Goodness is the 05:11 one that we're at and, you know, as we were talking 05:18 before we sat down to tape this, Goodness it's one of 05:23 those words that's not really much used anymore 05:24 in our vocabulary, is it? 05:28 >>Pastor Dave: No. >>Bill: And, you know, it almost 05:29 has, like, a negative, a bit of a negative 05:35 connotation when we say, you know, he's good. It's 05:38 like they're lacking in something else, you know, 05:39 it's just.they're good. 05:42 But, you know, let's look at what it is that, 05:43 you know, we believe Paul means by 05:47 this manifestation here Goodness and what it is 05:51 and how do we exhibit that and what are the 05:52 results of Goodness in the followers of Jesus Christ. 05:57 So, wherever you gentlemen want to begin. >>Pastor 06:01 Dave: You just made me think of, I hear young 06:02 people today as I go through schools and I hear 06:05 them say, oh, that's bad, that is so bad, that's 06:08 wicked or .>>Bill: Sick. >>Pastor Dave:.sick. 06:10 (Laughter) And actually it means it's good. You're 06:12 right, the word goodness has a whole different 06:14 meaning today but I, the first thought that came 06:15 to my mind was back in Genesis where God 06:19 is creating the world and He looks at the different 06:24 parts of Creation and it's good and He makes a point 06:26 and he says, that's good. 06:28 That's good, that's good. 06:28 And He gets to the end, He created mankind and 06:32 humanity and He says, this is very good. And then 06:33 they make some choices then that weren't so good. 06:38 They exhibit behaviour that wasn't good and you 06:41 see this pattern throughout all of 06:41 Scripture where God's trying to work towards 06:44 restoring what once was and now was lost. And Paul 06:48 says here that there is way that we can experience 06:49 goodness by walking in the Spirit. >>Pastor Page: I. 06:53 >>Bill: Go ahead. >>Pastor Page: I was thinking it 06:57 was the Fruit of the Spirit here seems to be 06:58 a way of regaining that Genesis 1 situation and 07:03 context that we were created in. We were 07:08 created to be good, to have goodness as part of 07:09 us and that's allowing the Spirit in is a way of 07:14 returning that to the image that God has 07:18 originally intended for us and that to be growing. 07:19 So I think it's, it's God coming around full circle 07:25 from where we walked away and lacked trust in Him 07:28 and coming back and the results of that is this 07:29 goodness that we should have had from the start. 07:34 >>Bill: Now, to me that sounds like God is asking 07:39 His children to still conduct themselves in a 07:40 way that they should, that they would have even 07:50 if everything around then was good, when now we are 07:54 surrounded by everything that is corrupt. >>Pastor 07:55 Dave: Right. >>Bill: That even though we are 07:57 surrounded by everything that is not good and 08:02 wickedness, God's expectation of his 08:02 followers is that we remain good. >>Pastor 08:07 Dave: Right. >>Bill: And that can't be done outside 08:10 of the intervention of the Holy Spirit, right 08:11 >>Pastor Dave: No. >>Bill: No. >>Pastor Dave: I 08:14 think that's the challenge today, is on our own we 08:17 can't do that. When Paul starts off, I love how he 08:18 starts off in Galatians, chapter five and verse 16, 08:21 he says, "I say live by the Spirit".and this word 08:25 'live' is the word "parapatago" which 08:26 actually means to walk or regulate your life 08:30 according to the Spirit And he actually bookends 08:33 that section on the Fruit of the Spirit in the last 08:34 verse, he says in 26, "Let us walk or keep in step 08:38 with the Spirit". Another Greek word "stocao" which 08:45 means 'to proceed in a row or keep in step like a 08:46 march, like a soldier with the Spirit'. So, our focus 08:50 when we focus on things around us and the choices 08:55 that are being made and the choices contrary to 08:56 God, we'll move farther away from God but when we 08:59 focus our focus is on the Spirit, walking with the 09:03 Spirit, listening to the Spirit, abiding with God, 09:04 staying connected with God then something, a 09:08 transformation happens within us. Some of the 09:11 choices that we used to struggle with as God 09:12 begins to transform us, we begin to change and we 09:16 can't do that. We can try to do that on the outside 09:19 but God does it on the inside, which is really 09:20 how it should be. >>Pastor Page: Like to go with 09:23 Pastor Dave there, its 2Peter talks about how we 09:29 are, oh, sorry, 1Peter talks about how we're this 09:30 chosen people, the people of God, those who profess 09:34 to follow Him and that God actually gives us His 09:39 goodness, His glory. And that that in its turn is 09:40 to help others see His goodness. Not us, 09:42 you know, there's so many times where probably most 09:51 Christians can identify with, a lot of 09:52 non-Christians maybe more so, the sense that 09:57 people can be good on the outside, the behaviour can 10:00 be there but that inner sense of really being 10:01 good, that can only come from God. And that's what 10:07 He wants the world to see And so, I think it's a bit 10:14 of a challenge. I think maybe the church isn't 10:15 portraying that in the way it should be, in our time 10:18 right now and yet, people are desiring it. >>Bill: 10:23 So God uses me as a means by which He can 10:24 demonstrate His goodness to others. He does 10:27 that.>>Pastor Page: Yes. 10:28 >>Bill:.and He does that through me. I love the 10:30 idea of this walk because it gives me the sense that 10:36 it's a daily - it's not something that I invest a 10:37 little bit of time in now and, you know, okay, 10:43 from now on I'm, that's it It's a daily, it's a daily 10:47 commitment. It's a daily struggle, a daily walk 10:48 with the Spirit. Where, you know, I at any moment 10:53 when I let go of that, right, now I'm susceptible 10:59 to falling and beginning to exhibit some of these 11:00 deeds of the flesh versus the Fruit of the Spirit. 11:03 >>Pastor Dave: I think it's two-fold, number one 11:06 God empowers us. >>Bill: Yes. >>Pastor Dave: He 11:08 gives us the strength to do that. The other day I'm 11:10 in church and I'm watching our organist and he's 11:13 amazing, amazing guy and he plays three or four 11:14 keyboards on the organ and there's buttons 11:19 everywhere, and stops, and there's pedals and I'm 11:21 watching him move his whole body perfectly 11:22 reflecting the requirements of the page, 11:26 you know, the notes. He's happy, he's loving it, 11:29 he's make beautiful music, effortlessly. And I was 11:30 thinking as I was sitting there, God I want my life 11:34 to be good in that way for you. I don't want it to be 11:39 - I know it's going to be effort, I know my natural 11:40 choices are going to be different from what you 11:43 want but I think God can empower us to experience 11:47 that abundant life, the life in his Kingdom and 11:48 following His Spirit that Jesus modelled for us. 11:51 >>Bill: It should almost become instinctive, right? 11:54 It's almost like an instinctive response. Now, 11:55 Pastor Page you raising that thought I thought was 12:03 interesting where you said that we all know, or folks 12:11 that are exhibit goodness on the exterior but that's 12:12 not reflective of the interior, right? >>Pastor 12:16 Page: Right. >>Bill: Jesus, there in the 24th 12:19 chapter of Matthew talks, you know, He talks about 12:20 the second coming, He talks about the 12:22 hypocrites, right? "That will be cut into pieces 12:24 and there will be gnashing of teeth and weeping", and 12:25 he talks about, the word hypocrite in Greek is from 12:29 the word 'actor'. An actor who portrays something on 12:36 the exterior which they are not in the interior 12:37 And, you know, you can be good when people 12:44 are responding to you in goodness but is - because 12:52 we talked about love on one program.>>Pastor Page 12:53 Yes. >>Bill:.right. We talked about; Jesus said 12:56 love your neighbours. I think the challenge here 13:00 becomes exhibiting goodness when what you 13:01 receive in response is not goodness. I'll tell you, 13:07 if that goodness is only on the exterior, boy, 13:11 that's not going to hold up. >>Pastor Page: That's 13:12 right. >>Pastor Dave: I think the reward 13:19 of repaying that type of behaviour with goodness, 13:24 you know, there's a push, there's a real 13:25 intentionality about these random acts of 13:27 kindness.>>Bill: Yes. 13:27 >>Pastor Dave: People don't deserve it but you 13:29 just do it anyway. And when I think of my own 13:32 personal journey, those times when I've retaliated 13:33 or I've responded back you want to do that, I'll do 13:37 that back, I think of how I felt and the pain and 13:42 the consequences of that versus saying, you know 13:43 what, no, no, I know you must be hurting 13:46 or something's going on in your life and I'm going to 13:48 repay that with goodness. 13:48 The rewards, the feeling's just amazing. There's 13:51 something to that, you know. >>Pastor Campbell: 13:52 Yeah, I think that, Bill, you're part of what you're 13:55 raising there and part of the struggle between 13:58 goodness and whatever our other choices are, is 13:59 power. You know, it's when we come down to things. I 14:05 don't remember where the quote is from but I heard 14:10 one time that God is looking for people He can 14:11 trust with His power. And you go back to the 14:15 idea that the world, He sees this power, this 14:20 transformational power that just totally changes 14:21 everything. And goodness, I mean, let's take the 14:25 other side of it, we can look at the world right 14:29 now and see what power connected with people who 14:30 aren't good at the core what happens. And yet, we, 14:35 we continue to hope for that. What happens when 14:42 you connect that power of God with goodness and 14:43 love and all the rest, the Fruit? And I look 14:48 at goodness as a key component. You know if I 14:53 want someone to exercise power towards me I sure 14:54 hope that their heart's good. That's what Proverbs 14:58 4:23 says, "Guard your heart because out of that 15:02 everything else comes". 15:03 That's the well-spring of life. So I think it's 15:07 important to look at it that way. God's trying to 15:08 trust us with a power that speaks worlds into 15:12 existence. So He wants us to be good. >>Bill: I love 15:16 that about God's looking for people He can trust 15:17 >>Pastor Page: Yeah. I forget where it was but 15:21 it's an amazing statement >>Bill: It is an amazing 15:23 statement. It is an amazing statement. You 15:24 know, going back to the random acts of kindness, I 15:27 know a lot of churches do and I think it's amazing 15:29 to me how people are surprised by those acts 15:30 of kindness. It says to me that maybe we, as 15:36 Christians, aren't being as good as we should be 15:39 because it shouldn't be a surprise. People should 15:40 be expecting that from the followers of Jesus Christ, 15:43 but, you know, listen, we're all in this boat 15:48 together. Sometimes the only difference between 15:49 Christians and anybody else is that I recognize 15:52 that I'm a sinner and I desperately need, I 15:54 desperately need the help of a Saviour. I'm 15:55 not going to turn to a self-help book, I'm 15:58 not going to turn to a motivational speaker, I'm 16:01 going to turn to Jesus Christ and ask that His 16:02 spirit to empower me in my life. We're all in the 16:05 same boat. >>Pastor Dave: Exactly. I think that's so 16:09 key. Jesus said, Apart from me, you just can't 16:10 do this. You just can't do this. So if I try and do 16:14 this on my own that's when the mistakes come. That 16:18 connection, I think that's what Paul's trying to 16:19 say here is, live by the Spirit, walk by the 16:21 Spirit, keep in step with the Spirit, and naturally 16:23 and the outflow of this will come acts of 16:24 goodness. You'll just start to change. And David 16:27 said, you know, can you change my heart, God? You 16:30 need to change. Create within me a brand new 16:31 heart and I think that transformation happened 16:34 a step at a time, staying connected with God. The 16:36 more we do it, what I find is the more we do it it's 16:37 more contagious. You know, I find other people doing 16:43 it and responding back to me in that way, so it's 16:45 contagious. >>Bill: We, it always comes back to that, 16:46 the relationship, doesn't it? You know, we do these 16:51 health programs with Dr. 16:52 Ferreira and some of these other folks and it always 16:55 comes back to, you know, whatever you tried, it 16:59 always comes back to eat the right stuff.>>Pastor 17:00 Dave: Yeah. >>Bill:.and all of these comes back 17:01 to the relationship, you know, spend time in 17:05 prayer. >>Pastor Page: Yes, yeah. >>Bill: Spend 17:06 time in studying the Bible. You know, 17:09 spend time with likeminded people in the community of 17:15 church community, right? 17:15 >>Pastor Page: Right. 17:16 >>Bill: You're going to draw strength from that. 17:18 You know, we don't, you know, we as pastors, we 17:21 don't talk about that, just, that, we don't just 17:22 talk about that, we don't want people coming to 17:25 church because we want to have a large congregation 17:28 to preach to.>>Pastor Dave: No. Exactly, yeah. 17:29 >>Bill:.because that's where the power resides. 17:31 It resides in you getting on your knees. It resides 17:35 in you taking time out of your busy day, you know, 17:36 and spending moments in God's word reading 17:40 it and studying it Transformations occur. It 17:42 sounds almost cliché for people. How can it be 17:43 that simple? But it is. 17:49 >>Pastor Dave: God shows up. >>Bill: That's right. 17:50 >>Pastor Dave: When you come to meet Him in those 17:56 places, He shows up. And just over time, yeah, you 17:58 start seeing the changes but you have to meet 17:59 with Him. >>Bill: Yeah. 18:01 Absolutely right. We're coming down, our time 18:02 always zips by and you guys may have something 18:03 that you would like to share with our viewers 18:15 before our times wraps up so, I want to make sure I 18:16 give you enough time to do that. So, maybe Pastor 18:20 Dave you want to share some closing thoughts. 18:24 >>Pastor Dave: I was living in St. Catherine's 18:25 Niagara area for a few years, starting our 18:29 ministry, and I remember driving by this Burgoyne 18:32 Bridge, it's been there since the mid 1800's and 18:33 James Rollins put that bridge up against all 18:37 that, I mean, people were saying can't be done, 18:41 can't be done and he ended up proving with 18:41 determination, he bridged the gap between 18:44 two countries with the suspension bridge. And it 18:48 was 1855, March 16th that the first locomotive made 18:49 it over there and I think t's amazing when we're 18:53 determined and we're intentional about doing 18:57 something good and bridging the gap that we 18:57 think that it can be done. 19:00 Now, we add to that the ultimate power, the 19:01 promise that we can do anything by living in the 19:05 Spirit, walking with God, it's endless. It can be 19:08 done and it's so rewarding. >>Bill: Praise 19:09 God. Pastor Page, maybe some closing thoughts in 19:13 the last couple minutes >>Pastor Page: Yeah. Of 19:17 any of the Fruit of the Spirit, this is one I 19:18 struggle with the most. 19:22 Simply from the point of, I was growing up with four 19:23 brothers and I was the one that really, I didn't 19:29 rebel, I didn't, you know, I was considered one of 19:31 the good ones, and yet, realized as I came to 19:32 Christ in my adult years that there was a lot of 19:38 ungoodness there. A lot of bad, a lot of evil and so, 19:42 when I come across this and just previous in 19:43 Chapter 2, Paul talks about how it's no longer I 19:50 to live, it's Christ that lives in me. My thought, 19:55 you know, I think of David's words, "goodness, 19:56 your goodness and mercy will pursue me all the 20:02 days of my life". God's goodness is right there. 20:06 You know, chasing after us like a hound dog chasing 20:07 after its game and all we need to do is let him 20:13 grab hold of us and that goodness, you know, will 20:15 become a part of who we are. And change the bad 20:16 that's inside so we start living, Christ starts 20:21 living more fully through us. >>Bill: And others are 20:24 then.>>Pastor Page: Drawn to us. >>Bill: Yeah. 20:25 >>Pastor Page: You bet. 20:28 >>Bill: Which is really the core of all of this 20:29 Gentlemen, thank you for your insights. >>Pastor 20:32 Dave: Thank you. >>Bill: Have you ever thought 20:35 about the fact that a musician is not judged by 20:36 how long he plays but how well he plays? Sir Francis 20:40 Bacon once said, "Of all the virtues and dignities 20:44 of the mind, goodness is the greatest being the 20:45 character of the deity and without it man is a busy, 20:51 mischievous, wretched thing". See the world 20:58 expects believers, who call themselves 20:59 Christians, to be good and to be godly, to be the 21:03 real thing and not a cheap imitation. Mahatma Ghandi 21:07 once said, "I would have become a Christian 21:08 if I had met more true Christians". Friends, 21:12 this whole world is full of badness and what it 21:18 desperately needs is goodness. Goodness that is 21:19 produced by knowing Jesus, loving God, and bearing 21:24 the Fruit of the Holy Spirit. Pastor Page would 21:31 you lead us in prayer. 21:32 >>Pastor Page: Our Heavenly Father, we thank 21:36 you again that as we look at the life that we want 21:37 to live with you and that life that we want of Jesus 21:44 shining out of us and taking care of the issues 21:48 of our lives. But also just changing that core of 21:49 who we are, our character, to be more like Him. That 21:53 you don't leave us to do that alone, you don't just 21:57 leave us with just the best plans that you can 21:58 come up with. You send your very own goodness and 22:02 your glory into our lives, you're very presence so 22:05 that we can become more like you again so that 22:06 others can look to us and be drawn to Jesus because 22:11 they see your goodness through us. Let us pray, 22:16 Lord, for everyone watching that you will 22:17 help us, Lord, to turn around and choose to 22:21 accept this goodness and mercy that God is chasing 22:26 us with. So that we can just benefit in the 22:27 blessing of Him in a part of everything we do. 22:32 We thank you, Jesus, and pray in your name. Amen. 22:37 >>Pastor Dave: Amen. >>Bill: Amen. 22:40 (MUSIC) 22:55 (MUSIC) 23:12 >>Bev: Hi, everyone! Are you one of the 80% of 23:13 the population who isn't getting enough physical 23:16 activity every day? If you are, I've got to tell you, 23:20 you are missing out on so many health benefits! 23:21 Here's what the current research is telling us; 23:26 Did you know that being physically active helps to 23:30 strengthen the muscle around your joints, and 23:31 can thus help to slow joint damage. And, good 23:34 news! A study published in Archives of Internal 23:39 Medicine found that for men with prostate cancer 23:40 who are older than 65, three to four hours of 23:43 vigorous exercise weekly actually helped slow down 23:48 the progression of their cancer. Health benefits 23:49 were also found for colon cancer survivors and 23:54 breast cancer survivors who engaged in regular 23:58 physical activity. For those suffering from 23:59 osteoporosis, regular exercise strengthens the 24:02 muscles, which in turn strengthens the bones. 24:06 Especially for older adults, experts say that 24:07 staying physically active can mean the difference 24:12 between a healthy, independent individual and 24:15 a frail individual who relies on others for care 24:16 Which one would you rather be? If you want to put 24:21 life in your years, you'd better get those walking 24:23 shoes on and hit the pavement. Or, go swimming. 24:24 Or gardening. Whatever you choose to do, make it 24:27 something you enjoy and do it at least five days each 24:35 week. As well, research shows that you can even 24:36 slow the onset and the progression of dementia, 24:40 simply by being more active now! Preserve your 24:45 memory for as long as possible by adding 24:46 physical activity into your every day schedule. 24:50 Speaking of your brain, regular physical activity 24:54 is a wonderful way to keep headaches away 24:55 Endorphins, the body's natural pain relievers, 24:59 are produced when you exercise. They can boost 25:03 your mood as well as reduce the sensation of 25:04 pain. Exercise is also a great antidote for 25:08 depression. Feeling blue? 25:09 Get outside and walk your troubles away! One of the 25:14 best things you can do for yourself and your family 25:19 is to turn off your television and get 25:20 yourselves outside. Don't just send your children 25:23 out to play; you need to go with them! Remember, 25:27 you don't have to sweat profusely or feel any pain 25:28 in order to experience the benefits of regular 25:32 activity. Also, if you have any health 25:36 conditions, remember to check with your physician 25:37 first before starting an exercise program. There 25:42 are so many health benefits that come with 25:46 being active; I've only listed a few. Be 25:46 encouraged to go for a walk right after 25:49 you finish watching this program, even if it's just 25:52 for a few minutes. 25:53 Gradually work your way up to at least thirty 25:57 minutes, and then aim for more. Don't be a couch 25:58 potato! Research shows that not getting regular 26:01 physical activity is as bad as smoking a pack of 26:05 cigarettes daily! So, get going! You can do it! Live 26:06 healthy, everyone! See you next time! 26:19 >>Bill: If you would like to get to know this Jesus 26:20 that resides in the pages of this book, better, and 26:23 have that transforming power in your life, well, 26:28 the Discover Bible Study Guides are a great 26:29 way to do that. They are excellent lessons. They 26:33 come to your home, postage paid, free of charge. It 26:37 is our gift to you. Here is the information you 26:38 need to get your first lesson. 27:41 >>Bill: Well, Pastors, let me thank you for being on 27:42 our program and for your wonderful insights. 27:45 >>Pastor Dave and Pastor Page: Thank you. >>Bill: 27:47 Let me thank you, our faithful viewer. You tune 27:48 in each and every week and we appreciate that very, 27:52 very much. You know, I want to let you know that 27:56 we're preparing a DVD of all of these programs in 27:58 this series and at the end of the series they will 28:01 be available to you for a donation of $40. 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