BILL: ARE YOU A WORKAHOLIC? THOUGH NOT 00:00:01.60\00:00:02.43 OFFICIALLY A PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDER, WORKAHOLISM IS 00:00:02.43\00:00:05.20 RECOGNIZED AS A COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR. EVEN IN TODAY'S 00:00:05.20\00:00:10.96 FAST-PACED WORKPLACE, THERE'S A REAL DIFFERENCE 00:00:10.96\00:00:11.96 BETWEEN THE CONSCIENTIOUS EMPLOYEE WHO SOMETIMES 00:00:11.96\00:00:15.16 BURNS THE MIDNIGHT OIL AND THE DRIVEN INDIVIDUAL WHO 00:00:15.16\00:00:19.43 NEVER LETS UP. WORKAHOLICS TYPICALLY RATIONALIZE 00:00:19.43\00:00:20.46 TAKING ON MORE AND MORE WORK FOR A VARIETY 00:00:20.46\00:00:26.50 OF REASONS, INCLUDING PRESSURE TO EARN MONEY, 00:00:26.50\00:00:30.83 GET PROMOTED, OR PLEASE A SUPERIOR. ACCORDING TO 00:00:30.83\00:00:31.83 EXPERTS, WORKAHOLICS FIND PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS 00:00:31.83\00:00:36.70 STRESSFUL AND ARE MORE EASILY ANGERED THAN 00:00:36.70\00:00:41.76 OTHERS. THEY ARE ALSO MORE LIKELY TO MAKE 00:00:41.76\00:00:42.63 THEMSELVES SICK. ACCORDING TO READER'S DIGEST - 00:00:42.63\00:00:49.03 THE INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION ESTIMATES 00:00:49.03\00:00:51.76 THAT HEALTH PROBLEMS RELATED TO WORK STRESS 00:00:51.76\00:00:52.70 COST EMPLOYERS WORLDWIDE MORE THAN $200 BILLION A 00:00:52.70\00:00:57.40 YEAR, AND THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION REPORTS THAT 00:00:57.40\00:01:03.76 ABOUT 75 PERCENT OF PEOPLE WHO SEEK PSYCHIATRIC HELP 00:01:03.76\00:01:04.93 HAVE SYMPTOMS THAT RELATE EITHER TO LACK OF JOB 00:01:04.93\00:01:09.93 SATISFACTION OR THE INABILITY TO RELAX. 00:01:09.93\00:01:17.63 (MUSIC) 00:01:19.63\00:01:28.03 >>ANNOUNCER: IT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME... 00:01:28.73\00:01:31.83 GOD'S BOOK, THE BIBLE. 00:01:32.13\00:01:35.33 STILL RELEVANT IN TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD. 00:01:35.60\00:01:40.46 IT IS WRITTEN . . . 00:01:40.83\00:01:42.26 SHARING MESSAGES OF HOPE AROUND THE WORLD. 00:01:42.63\00:01:46.60 (MUSIC) 00:01:56.76\00:01:58.13 DO YOU HAVE WORKAHOLIC TENDENCIES? RESPOND TRUE 00:01:58.53\00:01:59.50 OR FALSE TO THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS: 00:01:59.50\00:02:02.80 DID YOU ANSWER "FALSE" ONE OR MORE TIMES? 00:02:33.10\00:02:34.00 THEN ACCORDING TO READERSDIGEST.CA, YOU'RE 00:02:34.00\00:02:37.73 A BALANCED PERSON WHO LIKES PLEASURE AND GETS 00:02:37.73\00:02:41.86 SATISFACTION FROM MANY ASPECTS OF YOUR LIFE. KEEP 00:02:41.86\00:02:42.90 UP THE GOOD WORK! IF YOU ANSWERED "FALSE" 00:02:42.90\00:02:48.63 TWO OR MORE TIMES THEN YOU PROBABLY PUSH YOURSELF TOO 00:02:48.63\00:02:53.10 HARD, AND SOME MIGHT CALL YOU A WORKAHOLIC. YOU 00:02:53.10\00:02:54.10 NEED TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT MAKING BETTER USE OF YOUR 00:02:54.10\00:02:59.83 TIME OR YOU COULD PAY THE PRICE OF POOR HEALTH AND 00:02:59.83\00:03:05.33 STRAINED RELATIONSHIPS. IF THIS IS YOU THEN HERE ARE 00:03:05.33\00:03:06.50 SOME SUGGESTIONS FROM THE EXPERTS: KNOW YOUR GOALS - 00:03:06.50\00:03:11.53 SOME PEOPLE NEVER STOP TO QUESTION WHY THEY'RE DOING 00:03:11.53\00:03:17.43 THE JOB THEY DO. TO WHAT END ARE YOU WORKING 00:03:17.43\00:03:18.36 SO HARD? ARE YOU ON THE CAREER TRACK YOU REALLY 00:03:18.36\00:03:22.63 WANT? IF NOT, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE DOING AND HOW 00:03:22.63\00:03:27.10 CAN YOU MAKE IT POSSIBLE? 00:03:27.10\00:03:27.63 ONE STUDY OF 8,000 PEOPLE FOUND THAT AN ESSENTIAL 00:03:27.63\00:03:32.50 KEY TO HUMAN HAPPINESS IS LOVING YOUR EVERYDAY 00:03:32.50\00:03:33.50 PROFESSION. DO YOU LOVE WHAT YOU DO? SLOW DOWN- 00:03:33.50\00:03:38.96 FORCE YOURSELF TO RECLAIM YOUR PERSONAL LIFE. 00:03:38.96\00:03:46.10 SCHEDULE DATES WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND PARTNER 00:03:46.10\00:03:47.03 OR SPOUSE. CALL FAMILY MEMBERS JUST TO SAY 00:03:47.03\00:03:51.50 A QUICK HELLO OR SHARE AN IDEA DURING THE MIDDLE OF 00:03:51.50\00:03:55.76 THE DAY. PLAN SOCIAL OUTINGS IN ADVANCE AND 00:03:55.76\00:03:56.70 TREAT THOSE COMMITMENTS AS SERIOUSLY AS YOU WOULD 00:03:56.70\00:04:00.93 A BUSINESS MEETING. 00:04:00.93\00:04:01.36 USE VISUAL CUES -KEEP A PICTURE OF SOMEONE YOU 00:04:01.36\00:04:07.00 LOVE IN YOUR WALLET AND ON YOUR DESK. THESE CAN 00:04:07.00\00:04:10.83 PROVIDE AN INSTANT "REALITY CHECK" AND HELP 00:04:10.83\00:04:11.73 YOU RELAX IN MOMENTS OF STRESS. START AN 00:04:11.73\00:04:16.73 ACCOMPLISHMENT JOURNAL - AT THE END OF EACH DAY, 00:04:16.73\00:04:22.26 JOT DOWN ONE THING THAT YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT HAVING 00:04:22.26\00:04:23.33 ACCOMPLISHED AT YOUR JOB AND ONE THING YOU FEEL 00:04:23.33\00:04:27.46 GOOD ABOUT HAVING DONE FOR YOURSELF OR WITH FRIENDS 00:04:27.46\00:04:34.10 OR FAMILY. READING THIS DIARY CAN HELP YOU FIGURE 00:04:34.10\00:04:35.13 OUT WHAT IS MAKING YOU HAPPY AND WHAT ISN'T. 00:04:35.13\00:04:38.76 THE PATTERNS YOU DISCOVER WILL HELP YOU MAKE BETTER 00:04:38.76\00:04:42.16 DECISIONS IN THE FUTURE. 00:04:42.16\00:04:42.66 GET HELP - OVERWORK THAT NEVER ENDS CAN BE SERIOUS 00:04:42.66\00:04:48.73 STUFF-A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH IN SOME CASES. SO, 00:04:48.73\00:04:49.76 IF YOU HAVE A HARD TIME TAKING THESE STEPS ON YOUR 00:04:49.76\00:04:55.66 OWN, SEEK HELP. WE ARE CONTINUING IN OUR STUDY OF 00:04:55.66\00:05:02.03 THE CREATION WEEK AND AS WE COME TO GENESIS 00:05:02.03\00:05:03.00 2: 1 - 2 WE READ: 00:05:03.00\00:05:09.60 THE CHAPTER OPENS WITH THE INDICATION THAT CREATION 00:05:25.96\00:05:27.00 IS OVER. THEN IN VERSE 3 GOD DOES SOMETHING 00:05:27.00\00:05:32.36 SPECIAL . 00:05:32.36\00:05:35.10 YOU WILL NOTICE IN VERSE 3 THE WORD "SANCTIFIED." 00:05:46.36\00:05:47.33 THAT WORD IS ESSENTIALLY THE WORD HOLY AND THIS 00:05:47.33\00:05:51.70 IS THE FIRST TIME THE WORD HOLY IS USED IN THE BIBLE. 00:05:51.70\00:05:57.46 THE ROOT MEANS TO SEPARATE, OR PERHAPS 00:05:57.46\00:05:58.33 BETTER, TO ELEVATE. IT IS A SEPARATION THAT ELEVATES 00:05:58.33\00:06:03.00 OR EXALTS. SO HERE, FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE COME 00:06:03.00\00:06:06.16 ACROSS THE IDEA OF SOMETHING BEING SEPARATED 00:06:06.16\00:06:07.10 BY BEING ELEVATED, THAT IS GOD DESIGNATES THIS 00:06:07.10\00:06:15.03 SEVENTH DAY AS AN EXALTED DAY, A DAY LIFTED ABOVE 00:06:15.03\00:06:22.16 ALL OTHER DAYS. AND GOD MAKES IT HOLY AND DECLARES 00:06:22.16\00:06:23.36 IT TO BE SO FOR THREE REASONS. THE THREE REASONS 00:06:23.36\00:06:27.33 ARE BASICALLY CONNECTED TO THE THREE VERBS THAT MAKE 00:06:27.33\00:06:34.13 UP THE TEXT. FIRST OF ALL, IT IS A DAY THAT IS UNIQUE 00:06:34.13\00:06:35.23 BECAUSE THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH WERE COMPLETED 00:06:35.23\00:06:43.23 AND ALL THEIR HOSTS. 00:06:43.23\00:06:43.66 THAT'S THE FIRST VERB, THE WHOLE WORK OF CREATION WAS 00:06:43.66\00:06:49.30 "FINISHED". THIS WORK OF CREATION WAS DONE IN SIX 00:06:49.30\00:06:54.70 ESSENTIALLY 24-HOUR DAYS BY. CREATION DID NOT GO ON 00:06:54.70\00:06:55.73 FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS. IT DIDN'T GO ON FOR MILLIONS 00:06:55.73\00:07:00.83 OR BILLIONS OF YEARS. 00:07:00.83\00:07:01.30 AFTER SIX DAYS IT WAS FINISHED, IT WAS 00:07:01.30\00:07:07.56 COMPLETED. AND SO, THIS IS A SPECIAL DAY BECAUSE IT 00:07:07.56\00:07:11.30 SIGNALS THAT GOD'S ENTIRE CREATION IS FINISHED. 00:07:11.30\00:07:12.30 SECONDLY IS THE VERB "RESTED". WHEN IT SAYS 00:07:12.30\00:07:17.03 IN VERSE 2 THAT BY THE SEVENTH DAY GOD COMPLETED 00:07:17.03\00:07:20.86 HIS WORK WHICH HE HAD DONE, AND HE RESTED, AND 00:07:20.86\00:07:21.83 THEN IN VERSE 3 AGAIN, HE RESTED FROM ALL HIS WORK 00:07:21.83\00:07:26.93 WHICH GOD HAD CREATED AND MADE, THIS IS A UNIQUE DAY 00:07:26.93\00:07:31.13 BECAUSE THE CREATION BEING COMPLETED, GOD STOPS AND 00:07:31.13\00:07:32.16 RESTS. NOW, THAT DOES NOT IMPLY WEARINESS, THE 00:07:32.16\00:07:41.63 LORD DOES NOT GROW WEARY, ISAIAH 40:28 . 00:07:41.63\00:07:49.40 HE RESTED ONLY IN THE SENSE THAT HE CEASED FROM 00:08:01.00\00:08:02.00 WORK, NOT THAT HE HAD TO REPLENISH HIS ENERGY. BUT 00:08:02.00\00:08:06.50 WHAT IT TELLS US WHEN HE RESTED IS REALLY THAT HE 00:08:06.50\00:08:13.56 WAS SATISFIED. 00:08:13.56\00:08:13.93 AND THAT TAKES YOU BACK GENESIS 1: 31, 00:08:13.93\00:08:21.40 IT WAS A PERFECT WORK AND IT WAS THE REST OF UTTER 00:08:28.23\00:08:29.23 SATISFACTION. AND BY THE WAY, THERE WOULD BE NO 00:08:29.23\00:08:33.76 MORE CREATION AND FOR A LITTLE WHILE THERE WAS NO 00:08:33.76\00:08:37.40 MORE WORK FOR GOD TO DO. 00:08:37.40\00:08:37.90 GOD DIDN'T GO TO WORK AGAIN UNTIL THE THIRD 00:08:37.90\00:08:42.30 CHAPTER OF GENESIS, NOT VERY LONG, WHEN ADAM AND 00:08:42.30\00:08:43.30 EVE FELL AND GOD HAD TO GO TO WORK. AND WHAT WAS 00:08:43.30\00:08:48.43 THE FIRST THING THAT GOD DID? GENESIS 3: 21 00:08:48.43\00:08:55.33 AND THEN HE DROVE THEM OUT OF THE GARDEN. HE DESIGNED 00:09:06.26\00:09:07.36 THAT THAT SEVENTH DAY WOULD BE A SPECIAL 00:09:07.36\00:09:08.83 MEMORIAL TO HIS CREATION AND ITS ORIGINAL 00:09:08.83\00:09:13.80 PERFECTION. THIS IS SO IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO 00:09:13.80\00:09:14.76 UNDERSTAND. THIS IS A DAY TO BE ELEVATED ABOVE ALL 00:09:14.76\00:09:19.23 OTHER DAYS AS A MEMORIAL TO REMEMBER THE GLORY OF 00:09:19.23\00:09:26.50 GOD'S PERFECTION IN CREATION. EVERY SEVENTH 00:09:26.50\00:09:27.40 DAY FROM HERE ON OUT WOULD BE A REMINDER THAT GOD 00:09:27.40\00:09:32.90 IN SIX DAYS CREATED THE UNIVERSE IN PERFECTION. 00:09:32.90\00:09:39.20 HAVE YOU EVER ASKED YOURSELF WHY WE OPERATE 00:09:39.20\00:09:40.16 CALENDARS ALL OVER THE WORLD IN SEVENS? IT 00:09:40.16\00:09:44.93 SEEMS AN ODD NUMBER, DOES IT NOT? WHY ARE THERE 24 00:09:44.93\00:09:48.03 HOURS IN ONE DAY? 00:09:48.03\00:09:48.43 THERE ARE 24 HOURS IN A DAY BECAUSE THIS IS THE 00:09:48.43\00:09:53.23 DURATION IT TAKES THE EARTH TO MAKE ONE COMPLETE 00:09:53.23\00:09:54.26 ROTATION ON ITS AXIS. WHY ARE THERE 365 DAYS IN A 00:09:54.26\00:09:59.03 YEAR? IT TAKES 365 AND 1/4 DAYS TO TRAVEL ALL THE WAY 00:09:59.03\00:10:03.20 AROUND THE SUN. THE QUARTER IS ADDED UP AND 00:10:03.20\00:10:04.16 EVERY FOUR YEARS THEY GIVE US AN EXTRA DAY, SO THAT 00:10:04.16\00:10:09.66 YEAR THERE ARE 366 DAYS IN THE YEAR, THEY ARE CALLED 00:10:09.66\00:10:15.83 LEAP YEARS. THERE CERTAINLY IS NO RATIONAL 00:10:15.83\00:10:16.70 REASON FOR COMING UP WITH SEVEN, THEN DESIGNATING 00:10:16.70\00:10:22.83 WEEKS AND MONTHS AND YEARS TO BE IN SETS OF SEVENS. 00:10:22.83\00:10:31.06 IT'S ACTUALLY KIND OF AN AWKWARD WAY TO DO THINGS, 00:10:31.06\00:10:32.06 IT MIGHT BE SIMPLER TO DO THEM IN TENS. AND YET 00:10:32.06\00:10:36.36 IT IS UNIVERSALLY ADOPTED ACROSS THE WORLD AND IT IS 00:10:36.36\00:10:43.20 UNIQUE AND IT IS DESIGNED TO BE UNIQUE BECAUSE EVERY 00:10:43.20\00:10:44.26 SEVENTH DAY IS A REMINDER OF THE POWER AND THE GLORY 00:10:44.26\00:10:51.83 OF GOD EXPRESSED IN THE MAGNIFICENCE OF SIX-DAY 00:10:51.83\00:10:57.46 CREATION. TO REJECT GOD AS CREATOR, TO REJECT GOD AS 00:10:57.46\00:10:58.53 CREATOR IN SIX DAYS IS TO UN-BLESS THE SEVENTH DAY. 00:10:58.53\00:11:04.90 TO SAY THAT SOMEHOW GOD USED THOUSANDS OF YEARS, 00:11:04.90\00:11:11.10 MILLIONS OF YEARS, BILLIONS OF YEARS IS TO 00:11:11.10\00:11:12.03 DE-SANCTIFY THE SEVENTH DAY. THERE'S A REASON WHY 00:11:12.03\00:11:18.03 WE LIVE IN SEVEN-DAY UNITS AND MAN HAS ALWAYS DONE SO 00:11:18.03\00:11:23.30 AND IT IS BECAUSE EVERY SEVENTH DAY PROVIDES FOR 00:11:23.30\00:11:24.30 US A REMINDER THAT GOD IS THE CREATOR WHO CREATED 00:11:24.30\00:11:31.93 IN SIX DAYS THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE. IN REVELATION 00:11:31.93\00:11:38.96 14: 6 - 7 WE HAVE THE MESSAGE THAT IS TO BE 00:11:38.96\00:11:39.93 CARRIED TO THE ENTIRE WORLD PRIOR TO THE COMING 00:11:39.93\00:11:46.23 OF JESUS, IT SAYS . 00:11:46.23\00:11:50.76 THE TESTIMONY OF THE GOSPEL IS TO ACKNOWLEDGE 00:12:19.56\00:12:20.60 GOD AS THE CREATOR. IT IS THE EVER-LASTING GOOD NEWS 00:12:20.60\00:12:26.26 THAT GOD IS THE CREATOR. 00:12:26.26\00:12:26.73 EVERY SEVENTH DAY THAT PASSES SHOULD STAND AS A 00:12:26.73\00:12:31.96 TESTIMONY TO THE CREATOR. 00:12:31.96\00:12:32.46 EVERY SATURDAY IS A PERPETUAL WITNESS TO GOD 00:12:32.46\00:12:37.10 AS CREATOR. THE NEXT TIME WE RUN INTO THE SABBATH IS 00:12:37.10\00:12:47.83 IN EXODUS 16 WHEN GOD FEEDS THE PEOPLE MANNA 00:12:47.83\00:12:48.76 FROM HEAVEN AS THEY WANDER IN THE WILDERNESS AND 00:12:48.76\00:12:55.60 THE MANNA COMES EVERY DAY EXCEPT THE SABBATH DAY AND 00:12:55.60\00:13:02.73 THE DAY BEFORE THEY ARE TOLD TO GATHER A DOUBLE 00:13:02.73\00:13:03.86 PORTION OF MANNA BECAUSE THE MANNA NEVER FELL 00:13:03.86\00:13:08.73 ON THE SABBATH. IF THEY GATHERED A DOUBLE PORTION 00:13:08.73\00:13:13.96 ON ANY OTHER DAY THE MANNA WOULD SPOIL AND STINK, BUT 00:13:13.96\00:13:15.06 ON THE FRIDAY THE DOUBLE PORTION WOULD LAST 00:13:15.06\00:13:20.00 UNTIL AFTER THE SABBATH. 00:13:20.00\00:13:20.46 EXODUS 16: 16 - 28 00:13:20.46\00:13:30.16 GOD TOOK ONE DAY OUT OF THE WEEK, BLESSED IT AND 00:15:28.93\00:15:30.03 THEN EVEN TOLD US WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS 00:15:30.03\00:15:34.83 ONE DAY IS - FOR REST AND REFRESHMENT. KEEP IN MIND, 00:15:34.83\00:15:41.40 THE ONLY DAY IN ALL THE BIBLE THAT CARRIES WITH 00:15:41.40\00:15:42.43 IT A BLESSING IS WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE SABBATH. 00:15:42.43\00:15:46.20 EXODUS 23:12 CLEARLY STATES THE PURPOSE OF THE 00:15:46.20\00:15:55.13 SABBATH. 00:15:55.13\00:15:56.50 NOW THE HEBREW WORD FOR REFRESH MEANS, "TO 00:16:14.43\00:16:15.36 BREATHE." WHEN YOU HAVE RUN TO THE POINT OF 00:16:15.36\00:16:20.33 EXHAUSTION, THE WAY YOU REFRESH YOURSELF IS TO 00:16:20.33\00:16:22.90 STOP AND GET YOUR BREATH. 00:16:22.90\00:16:23.43 GOD HAS SO MADE US THAT WE NEED ONE DAY A WEEK JUST 00:16:23.43\00:16:30.53 TO CATCH OUR BREATH. 00:16:30.53\00:16:33.70 OVER THE YEARS, COCA- COLA HAS HAD SOME GREAT 00:16:36.20\00:16:37.20 MARKETING CAMPAIGNS AND BACK IN 1929 THEIR 00:16:37.20\00:16:40.00 ADVERTISING PEOPLE CAME UP WITH A PHRASE THAT STICKS 00:16:40.00\00:16:44.90 EVEN TO THIS DAY, "THE PAUSE THAT REFRESHES." 00:16:44.90\00:16:45.86 THAT IS A PERFECT PHRASE TO DESCRIBE WHAT THE 00:16:45.86\00:16:50.63 SABBATH WAS MEANT TO BE. 00:16:50.63\00:16:51.10 YOUR DAY OF REST IS MEANT TO BE REFRESHING. 00:16:51.10\00:16:57.03 THE SABBATH USED TO BE THE BEST DAY OF THE WEEK. 00:16:57.76\00:16:58.76 WHERE DO YOU THINK WE GOT THE PHRASE, TGIF - THANK 00:16:58.76\00:17:02.26 GOD IT'S FRIDAY! THE NEXT DAY WAS THE SABBATH. 00:17:02.26\00:17:09.03 YOU SEE WHEN YOU OBSERVE THE SABBATH, WHAT YOU ARE 00:17:09.70\00:17:10.70 REALLY DOING IS NOT ONLY OBEYING A COMMAND OF GOD 00:17:10.70\00:17:13.90 TO REST, BUT EVEN MORE, YOU ARE LETTING GOD KNOW 00:17:13.90\00:17:17.96 THAT YOU TRUST THAT IN THE OTHER SIX DAYS OF THE 00:17:17.96\00:17:18.96 WEEK, HE'LL PROVIDE ALL HE NEEDS TO PROVIDE FOR YOU 00:17:18.96\00:17:22.83 AND YOUR WORK. THE SABBATH IS FOR REFRESHMENT, BUT 00:17:22.83\00:17:28.83 THE PRIMARY WAY YOU CAN BE REFRESHED IS THROUGH 00:17:28.83\00:17:29.86 THE WORSHIP OF GOD. THE SABBATH WAS NEVER 00:17:29.86\00:17:34.26 SEPARATED FROM CORPORATE WORSHIP, FROM THE DAYS OF 00:17:34.26\00:17:38.40 MOSES ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE DAYS OF THE 00:17:38.40\00:17:39.30 EARLY CHURCH. THIS IS A PRINCIPLE I DO NOT WANT 00:17:39.30\00:17:43.06 YOU TO MISS. GOD'S SABBATH IS NOT JUST TO BE A DAY OF 00:17:43.06\00:17:50.06 REST; IT IS TO BE A DAY OF REVERENCE. 00:17:50.06\00:17:54.60 IF YOU ARE REALLY IN TUNE WITH THE LORD, THERE IS 00:17:55.13\00:17:56.16 NOTHING YOU CAN DO THAT IS MORE RESTFUL THAN GETTING 00:17:56.16\00:17:59.90 TOGETHER WITH GOD'S PEOPLE, STUDYING GOD'S 00:17:59.90\00:18:03.30 WORD, AND WORSHIPPING THE GOD OF REST. WE NEED TO 00:18:03.30\00:18:04.33 UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS THE ONE DAY OF THE WEEK 00:18:04.33\00:18:08.80 THAT GOD DESERVES OUR UNDIVIDED ATTENTION AND 00:18:08.80\00:18:14.20 NOTHING SHOULD COMPETE WITH THAT OR FOR THAT 00:18:14.20\00:18:15.16 FROM THE OUTSIDE WORLD. 00:18:15.16\00:18:19.53 THINK ABOUT THIS, GOD COULD HAVE CREATED THE 00:18:20.56\00:18:21.50 WORLD IN SIX NANO-SECONDS, BUT HE TOOK SIX DAYS 00:18:21.50\00:18:25.66 AND THEN RESTED ON THE SEVENTH. HE DID IT TO 00:18:25.66\00:18:28.96 ILLUSTRATE THE FACT THAT WE NEED TO STOP 00:18:28.96\00:18:29.86 SO WE CAN BE REFRESHED. 00:18:29.86\00:18:36.13 SWEET HOUR OF PRAYER! 00:18:44.46\00:18:45.10 SWEET HOUR OF PRAYER! 00:18:45.10\00:18:52.70 THAT CALLS ME FROM A WORLD OF CARE, 00:18:53.06\00:19:01.16 AND BIDS ME AT MY FATHER'S THRONE 00:19:01.43\00:19:08.86 MAKE ALL MY WANTS AND WISHES KNOWN. 00:19:09.16\00:19:16.66 IN SEASONS OF DISTRESS AND GRIEF, 00:19:17.03\00:19:24.83 MY SOUL HAS OFTEN FOUND RELIEF, 00:19:25.13\00:19:34.83 AND OFT ESCAPED THE TEMPTER'S SNARE, 00:19:35.26\00:19:41.56 BY THY RETURN, SWEET HOUR OF PRAYER! 00:19:41.90\00:19:53.16 SWEET HOUR OF PRAYER! 00:19:53.53\00:19:54.13 SWEET HOUR OF PRAYER! 00:19:54.13\00:19:57.23 THY WINGS SHALL MY PETITION BEAR 00:20:00.80\00:20:07.86 TO HIM WHOSE TRUTH AND FAITHFULNESS 00:20:08.23\00:20:15.40 ENGAGE THE WAITING SOUL TO BLESS. 00:20:15.73\00:20:23.13 AND SINCE HE BIDS ME SEEK HIS FACE, 00:20:23.46\00:20:30.26 BELIEVE HIS WORD AND TRUST HIS GRACE, 00:20:30.60\00:20:38.53 I'LL CAST ON HIM MY EVERY CARE, 00:20:39.10\00:20:45.53 AND WAIT FOR THEE, SWEET HOUR OF PRAYER! 00:20:45.96\00:20:59.10 BILL: LET US PRAY. 00:21:00.46\00:21:00.90 HEAVENLY FATHER WE THANK YOU FOR THE SABBATH REST. 00:21:00.90\00:21:04.90 FATHER IF THERE IS ANYONE WITHIN THE SOUND 00:21:04.90\00:21:05.83 OF MY VOICE THE HASN'T EXPERIENCED THE 00:21:05.83\00:21:09.13 REFRESHMENT OF RESTING OF THE SABBATH, MAY THEY DO 00:21:09.13\00:21:15.66 SO NOW IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. 00:21:15.66\00:21:20.66 (MUSIC) 00:21:21.26\00:21:35.60 (MUSIC) 00:21:38.90\00:21:53.90 HI, EVERYONE! TODAY, I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU 00:21:54.30\00:21:55.23 ABOUT THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF EATING MORE RAW PLANT 00:21:55.23\00:21:58.53 FOODS. SURE, YOU MAY BE EATING LOTS OF RAW FRUITS, 00:21:58.53\00:22:02.80 BUT HOW ABOUT YOUR VEGETABLES? I'VE BEEN 00:22:02.80\00:22:03.83 STUDYING A LOT LATELY ABOUT EATING MORE RAW 00:22:03.83\00:22:07.96 FOODS ON A DAILY BASIS AND, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY 00:22:07.96\00:22:11.20 MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. WHEN WE COOK OUR VEGETABLES, 00:22:11.20\00:22:12.26 SOME OF THE NUTRITION IS LOST. MIND YOU, A NUMBER 00:22:12.26\00:22:16.70 OF VEGETABLES DO BENEFIT US MORE WHEN THEY ARE 00:22:16.70\00:22:21.13 LIGHTLY COOKED, SUCH AS TOMATOES, CARROTS, 00:22:21.13\00:22:22.06 SPINACH, AND CABBAGE. FOR THE MOST PART, THOUGH, 00:22:22.06\00:22:26.23 EATING YOUR VEGETABLES AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO HOW 00:22:26.23\00:22:29.93 THEY ARE GROWN MEANS THAT YOU ARE PROVIDING LIVING 00:22:29.93\00:22:30.93 FOOD TO YOUR LIVING CELLS. 00:22:30.93\00:22:36.30 DOESN'T THAT SOUND LIKE A GOOD THING? IT IS! IN 00:22:36.30\00:22:37.33 THEIR BOOK, THE RAW FOOD REVOLUTION DIET, AUTHORS 00:22:37.33\00:22:41.20 BRENDA DAVIS AND VESANTO MELINA, BOTH REGISTERED 00:22:41.20\00:22:45.63 DIETITIANS WHO LIVE AND TEACH A PLANT-BASED WAY OF 00:22:45.63\00:22:46.70 EATING, HAVE THIS TO SAY ABOUT EATING MORE RAW 00:22:46.70\00:22:51.13 PLANT FOOD: "WHILE THERE ARE MANY THINGS WE CAN DO 00:22:51.13\00:22:56.10 TO IMPROVE OUR FOOD CHOICES, THERE ARE FEW 00:22:56.10\00:22:57.03 THAT ARE MORE POWERFUL AND EFFECTIVE THAN 00:22:57.03\00:23:00.90 INCORPORATING MORE WHOLE, RAW PLANT FOODS INTO OUR 00:23:00.90\00:23:06.10 DIETS." AND, BELIEVE ME, THESE TWO WOMEN ARE 00:23:06.10\00:23:07.16 EXPERTS IN THEIR FIELD, SO THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE 00:23:07.16\00:23:11.63 TALKING ABOUT. NOT ONLY IS A RAW FOOD DIET A 00:23:11.63\00:23:15.50 WONDERFULLY HEALTHY AND EFFECTIVE WAY TO LOSE 00:23:15.50\00:23:16.50 WEIGHT, BUT IT'S ALSO A FANTASTIC WAY TO 00:23:16.50\00:23:19.93 EAT YOUR WHOLE LIFE LONG HALLELUJAH ACRES FOUNDER, 00:23:19.93\00:23:24.63 GEORGE MALKMUS, KNOWS THE BENEFITS OF EATING MORE 00:23:24.63\00:23:25.66 RAW FOODS AND RECOMMENDS AN 85% RAW, 15% COOKED 00:23:25.66\00:23:29.10 PLANT FOODS DIET. AFTER BEING TOLD HE HAD COLON 00:23:29.10\00:23:35.63 CANCER AT AGE 42, HE REGAINED HIS HEALTH FULLY 00:23:35.63\00:23:36.60 BY CHANGING HIS SAD WAY OF EATING - AND THAT'S SAD, 00:23:36.60\00:23:43.00 STANDARD AMERICAN DIET. HE CHOSE INSTEAD TO EAT ONLY 00:23:43.00\00:23:47.76 RAW, WHOLE PLANT FOODS FOR A YEAR, THEN LATER CHANGED 00:23:47.76\00:23:48.86 TO EATING 85% OF HIS FOOD RAW, AND 15% COOKED. 00:23:48.86\00:23:55.13 HE'S NOW IN HIS 70'S - A LIVING TESTIMONY TO THE 00:23:55.13\00:24:00.86 LIFE-GIVING POWER OF THE ORIGINAL PLANT-BASED DIET 00:24:00.86\00:24:01.86 GOD PRESCRIBED FOR US IN GENESIS 1:29. YOU MIGHT 00:24:01.86\00:24:07.46 FIND THE 85% - 15% RATIO EXTREME. FIND A RATIO 00:24:07.46\00:24:13.86 THAT'S GOOD FOR YOU, BUT KEEP IN MIND THAT, 00:24:13.86\00:24:14.80 GENERALLY, MORE RAW EQUALS MORE HEALTH. START OFF 00:24:14.80\00:24:19.43 BY INCLUDING A NICE, BIG SALAD WITH YOUR LUNCH AND 00:24:19.43\00:24:24.16 SUPPER. AND, BE CREATIVE WITH YOUR SALADS. EAT THE 00:24:24.16\00:24:25.26 SALAD FIRST, AND BE SURE TO CHEW YOUR FOOD WELL. IF 00:24:25.26\00:24:29.33 YOU'RE WONDERING WHAT IN THE WORLD YOU CAN EAT RAW 00:24:29.33\00:24:33.36 BESIDES SALAD, LET ME ASSURE YOU, THERE'S 00:24:33.36\00:24:34.30 TONS OF FANTASTIC, MOUTH-WATERING RECIPES 00:24:34.30\00:24:38.26 JUST WAITING FOR YOU! 00:24:38.26\00:24:38.73 FOR EXAMPLE, THE RAW FOOD REVOLUTION DIET BOOK HAS 00:24:38.73\00:24:41.13 OVER 100 DELICIOUS RECIPES INCLUDING BREAKFAST FOODS, 00:24:41.13\00:24:47.76 BREADS, DIPS, SALADS AND DRESSINGS, SOUPS, ENTREES, 00:24:47.76\00:24:48.80 SIDE DISHES, SMOOTHIES, AND FRESH VEGETABLE 00:24:48.80\00:24:54.30 JUICES. THIS WAY OF EATING IS SO HEALTHY BECAUSE 00:24:54.30\00:24:58.70 PLANT FOODS PACK A POWERFUL NUTRITIONAL 00:24:58.70\00:24:59.53 PUNCH. THEY ARE LITERALLY BRIMMING WITH MINERALS, 00:24:59.53\00:25:01.96 VITAMINS, AND A WHOLE HOST OF PHYTONUTRIENTS AND 00:25:01.96\00:25:08.10 ANTIOXIDANTS. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN EATING MORE 00:25:08.10\00:25:09.10 RAW, WHOLE PLANT FOODS, START BY READING A 00:25:09.10\00:25:13.66 BOOK LIKE THE RAW FOOD REVOLUTION DIET. IT HAS 00:25:13.66\00:25:17.33 ALL THE NUTRITION INFORMATION YOU NEED, PLUS 00:25:17.33\00:25:18.26 MEAL PLANS, AND RECIPES. 00:25:18.26\00:25:21.53 AND, BE ENCOURAGED; IT MIGHT NOT BE A VERY 00:25:21.53\00:25:22.46 POPULAR WAY OF EATING, YET, BUT IT CERTAINLY IS 00:25:22.46\00:25:26.83 TREMENDOUSLY HEALTHY. BE BLESSED, EVERYONE! 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