BILL: A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR THAT WAS SITTING NEXT 00:00:05.03\00:00:06.03 TO HIS STUDENT IN THEIR SINGLE ENGINE PLANE, WHEN 00:00:06.03\00:00:08.00 HE SAID, "WELL, I THINK IT'S TIME TO TAKE HER IN 00:00:08.00\00:00:10.16 FOR A LANDING. ARE YOU READY TO GO DOWN?" THE 00:00:10.16\00:00:11.13 STUDENT SAID, "NO PROBLEM, LET'S DO IT." WELL, AS 00:00:11.13\00:00:13.23 THEY WERE APPROACHING THE RUNWAY, THE INSTRUCTOR 00:00:13.23\00:00:16.13 LOOKED AT HIS STUDENT AND NOTICED HOW CALM HE WAS. 00:00:16.13\00:00:17.30 NORMALLY, STUDENTS WHO ARE COMING IN FOR THEIR FIRST 00:00:17.30\00:00:22.30 LANDING WERE NERVOUS, WIDE-EYED, AND SWEATING 00:00:22.30\00:00:26.86 BULLETS. BUT THIS YOUNG MAN WAS AS COOL AS THE 00:00:26.86\00:00:27.96 OTHER SIDE OF THE PILLOW. 00:00:27.96\00:00:29.53 THE INSTRUCTOR THOUGHT TO HIMSELF, "I CANNOT BELIEVE 00:00:29.53\00:00:30.60 HOW CALM THIS YOUNG MAN IS. HE WILL MAKE A GREAT 00:00:30.60\00:00:38.00 PILOT." BUT THEN THE PLANE HIT THE RUNWAY WITH A 00:00:38.00\00:00:44.90 THUD, BOUNCED FIFTY FEET INTO THE AIR, HIT AND 00:00:44.90\00:00:45.90 BOUNCED AGAIN, RAN OFF THE RUNWAY AND LANDED UPSIDE 00:00:45.90\00:00:49.96 DOWN IN A CORNFIELD. THE INSTRUCTOR, STILL STRAPPED 00:00:49.96\00:00:54.60 IN HIS SEAT UPSIDE DOWN, LOOKED AT HIS STUDENT AND 00:00:54.60\00:00:55.60 SAID, "SON, THAT WAS THE WORST FIRST LANDING ANY 00:00:55.60\00:00:59.70 STUDENT OF MINE HAS EVER MADE." THE STUDENT SAID, 00:00:59.70\00:01:04.60 "ME? I THOUGHT YOU WERE LANDING THE PLANE." 00:01:04.60\00:01:08.50 (MUSIC) 00:01:09.76\00:01:17.40 >>ANNOUNCER: IT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME... 00:01:18.66\00:01:22.53 GOD'S BOOK, THE BIBLE. 00:01:22.83\00:01:25.93 STILL RELEVANT IN TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD. 00:01:26.23\00:01:30.83 IT IS WRITTEN . . . 00:01:31.16\00:01:33.00 SHARING MESSAGES OF HOPE AROUND THE WORLD. 00:01:33.26\00:01:37.36 (MUSIC) 00:01:39.90\00:01:52.60 NOW THAT YOUNG PILOT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN IN CONTROL 00:01:53.03\00:01:54.00 OF THE PLANE, BUT HE WAS IN CONTROL OF HIMSELF. 00:01:54.00\00:01:57.60 THAT IS THE ESSENCE OF THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT CALLED 00:01:57.60\00:01:59.56 "SELF-CONTROL." FOR SELF-CONTROL IS WHEN 00:01:59.56\00:02:00.53 YOU ARE IN CONTROL WHEN EVERYTHING ELSE IS NOT. 00:02:00.53\00:02:05.63 THE CULTURE WE ARE LIVING IN TODAY IS LACKING 00:02:05.63\00:02:12.10 SELF-CONTROL. WE ARE LIVING IN A SOCIETY 00:02:12.10\00:02:13.00 INCREASINGLY OUT OF CONTROL. IF YOU LOOK AT 00:02:13.00\00:02:16.76 ECONOMICS OUR SOCIETY IS FINANCIALLY OUT OF 00:02:16.76\00:02:21.46 CONTROL. ACCORDING TO YOURMONEY.CA WE'RE UP TO 00:02:21.46\00:02:22.53 OUR EYEBALLS IN DEBT -- A WHOPPING $100,000 FOR THE 00:02:22.53\00:02:27.83 AVERAGE CANADIAN FAMILY, ACCORDING TO A RECENT 00:02:27.83\00:02:33.43 REPORT. CANADIANS ALSO OWE FAR MORE THEN THEY EARN. 00:02:33.43\00:02:34.60 THE REPORT, RELEASED BY THE VANIER INSTITUTE OF 00:02:34.60\00:02:40.16 THE FAMILY LAST MONTH, SAYS THE DEBT-TO-INCOME 00:02:40.16\00:02:43.80 RATIO IS A RECORD 150%. THAT MEANS FOR EVERY 00:02:43.80\00:02:44.73 $1,000 IN AFTER-TAX INCOME A CANADIAN FAMILY EARNS, 00:02:44.73\00:02:49.00 THEY NOW OWE $1,500. IN PREVIOUS REPORTS TRACKING 00:02:49.00\00:02:56.13 THE HEALTH OF CANADIAN FAMILY FINANCES, THE 00:02:56.13\00:02:57.06 INSTITUTE FOUND THAT THE DEBT-TO-INCOME RATIO 00:02:57.06\00:03:01.73 HAS BEEN STEADILY CLIMBING OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS. IN 00:03:01.73\00:03:06.90 1990, THE AVERAGE FAMILY DEBT REACHED $56,800 WITH 00:03:06.90\00:03:07.90 A DEBT-TO-INCOME RATIO OF 93%, MAKING THE CURRENT 00:03:07.90\00:03:14.90 $100,000 FIGURE A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE OF 00:03:14.90\00:03:19.56 78% OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES. OUR SOCIETY 00:03:19.56\00:03:20.50 IS EMOTIONALLY OUT OF CONTROL. OUR HIGHWAYS 00:03:20.50\00:03:27.03 HAVE BECOME BATTLEGROUNDS AND OUR SCHOOL YARDS HAVE 00:03:27.03\00:03:36.43 BECOME SHOOTING FIELDS. 00:03:36.43\00:03:36.96 ROAD RAGE IS NOW THE RAGE ON THE HIGHWAY. YOU HAD 00:03:36.96\00:03:39.70 BETTER BE CAREFUL BECAUSE IF YOU BLOW YOUR HORN AT 00:03:39.70\00:03:40.70 SOMEONE, THEY MAY SHOOT THEIR GUN AT YOU. CHILDREN 00:03:40.70\00:03:42.53 ARE NOW SHOOTING CHILDREN, AS WELL AS TEACHERS, FOR 00:03:42.53\00:03:44.66 SEEMINGLY NO REASON WHATSOEVER. THE BIBLE 00:03:44.66\00:03:45.70 SAYS WITHOUT THE WALLS OF SELF-CONTROL, 00:03:45.70\00:03:48.76 AN INDIVIDUAL, A CITY, A STATE, A NATION IS TOTALLY 00:03:48.76\00:03:53.56 DEFENSELESS AND EASY PREY FOR THE ENEMY. WHETHER 00:03:53.56\00:03:54.56 IT'S PLAYING A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, MASTERING 00:03:54.56\00:04:00.96 A COMPUTER PROGRAM, OR LEARNING A FOREIGN 00:04:00.96\00:04:04.86 LANGUAGE, ANY WORTHWHILE ENDEAVOR DEMANDS 00:04:04.86\00:04:05.70 SELF-CONTROL. PERHAPS THAT IS WHY ARISTOTLE CALLED 00:04:05.70\00:04:12.30 SELF-CONTROL "THE HARDEST VICTORY." BUT IT REALLY IS 00:04:12.30\00:04:17.56 THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN VICTORY AND DEFEAT IN THE 00:04:17.56\00:04:18.56 GAME OF LIFE. FOR IF YOU CONTROL SELF, YOU WIN; 00:04:18.56\00:04:22.16 BUT IF SELF CONTROLS YOU, YOU LOSE . 00:04:22.16\00:04:29.06 LET ME WELCOME ALL OUR VIEWERS TO THIS WEEK'S "IT 00:04:31.10\00:04:32.13 IS WRITTEN" PROGRAM. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO 00:04:32.13\00:04:35.73 BE WITH US. WE HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH OUR STUDY OF 00:04:35.73\00:04:39.43 THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT. 00:04:39.43\00:04:39.93 WE'VE COME TO THE END. AND JOINING ME FOR THIS STUDY 00:04:39.93\00:04:47.10 ARE OUR TWO GUESTS, DR. 00:04:47.10\00:04:47.63 DAN LINRUD. WELCOME BACK DR. LINRUD. >>DR. LINRUD: 00:04:47.63\00:04:53.06 THANK YOU VERY MUCH BILL. 00:04:53.06\00:04:53.70 >>BILL: AND PASTOR FRANK DELL'ERBA. WELCOME FRANK. 00:04:53.70\00:04:55.26 >>PASTOR FRANK: THANK YOU. 00:04:55.26\00:04:55.83 >>BILL: AND, FRANK, YOU'VE BEEN ON OTHER PROGRAMS. 00:04:55.83\00:04:57.46 >>PASTOR FRANK: YES. 00:04:57.46\00:04:57.93 >>BILL:.WITH US. SO, IT'S NICE TO HAVE YOU 00:04:57.93\00:04:59.70 BACK.>>PASTOR FRANK: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.>>BILL:.ALSO 00:04:59.70\00:05:00.86 HERE WITH US. LET'S START WITH A QUICK BIO, LIKE 00:05:00.86\00:05:03.26 WE NORMALLY DO, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE THAT MAY 00:05:03.26\00:05:07.00 NOT KNOW YOU DR. LINRUD. 00:05:07.00\00:05:07.50 JUST GIVE US A QUICK BIO ON, WHO IS DAN LINRUD? >> 00:05:07.50\00:05:13.63 DR. LINRUD: SURE. BEEN A PASTOR FOR 25 YEARS. 00:05:13.63\00:05:14.60 PASTORED IN WASHINGTON STATE AND IN MANITOBA AND 00:05:14.60\00:05:19.63 SASKATCHEWAN, IN ONTARIO CURRENTLY I'M SERVING AS 00:05:19.63\00:05:25.03 THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY TO THE ONTARIO CONFERENCE OF 00:05:25.03\00:05:26.20 THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. IT'S BEEN A GREAT 00:05:26.20\00:05:29.33 CHALLENGE AND A PRIVILEGE >>BILL: WONDERFUL. WELL, 00:05:29.33\00:05:32.23 THANK YOU. AND PASTOR FRANK DELL'ERBA, FOR THE 00:05:32.23\00:05:33.20 BENEFIT OF THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW YOU, TELL US 00:05:33.20\00:05:36.53 A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU >>PASTOR FRANK: A LITTLE 00:05:36.53\00:05:38.56 NEWER A PASTOR THAN YOU ARE DAN. ABOUT EIGHT YEARS 00:05:38.56\00:05:39.63 I'VE BEEN SERVING AT THE, RIGHT NOW I'M SERVING IN 00:05:39.63\00:05:44.70 TWO CONGREGATIONS IN THE TORONTO AREA, THE HARMONY 00:05:44.70\00:05:48.40 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH AND 00:05:48.40\00:05:49.16 THE TORONTO-ITALIAN SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 00:05:49.16\00:05:51.33 COMPANY. SO, WE HAVE A MULTI, MULTI-CULTURAL, 00:05:51.33\00:05:53.96 KIND OF, A GROUP THERE AND IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO 00:05:53.96\00:05:55.13 SERVE THEM. AND I HAVE A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY, 00:05:55.13\00:05:58.86 TWO CHILDREN, ONE JUST RECENTLY BORN, SO.BUSY 00:05:58.86\00:06:00.86 GUY. >>BILL: CONGRATULATIONS! I LEARNED 00:06:00.86\00:06:01.73 SOMETHING ABOUT YOU TODAY. 00:06:01.73\00:06:04.90 I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT YOU WERE BORN IN HAMILTON, 00:06:04.90\00:06:05.90 JUST DOWN THE STREET FROM WHERE WE'RE TAPING THIS, 00:06:05.90\00:06:07.86 RIGHT NOW. PASTOR DAN YOU WERE BORN WHERE? >>DR. DAN 00:06:07.86\00:06:11.70 LINRUD: I WAS BORN IN WASHINGTON STATE, 00:06:11.70\00:06:12.70 BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON. 00:06:12.70\00:06:14.93 >>BILL: OH, WONDERFUL. 00:06:14.93\00:06:15.43 >>DR. LINRUD: CLOSE TO THE CANADIAN BORDER, ONLY 00:06:15.43\00:06:17.13 ABOUT 15 MILES. >>BILL: OH, EXCELLENT. >>DR. 00:06:17.13\00:06:18.10 LINRUD: ALMOST CANADIAN. 00:06:18.10\00:06:20.26 (LAUGHTER) >>BILL: WELL THAT'S GREAT. WELL, WE'VE 00:06:20.26\00:06:21.30 BEEN GOING THROUGH THIS STUDY OF THE FRUIT OF THE 00:06:21.30\00:06:24.16 SPIRIT HERE AND WE'VE COME DOWN TO SELF-CONTROL. AND 00:06:24.16\00:06:31.20 IN MY INTRODUCTION I SAID THAT - AND I'D BE CURIOUS 00:06:31.20\00:06:32.36 TO HEAR, YOU KNOW, YOUR COMMENTS ON THAT, THAT 00:06:32.36\00:06:36.53 WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY THAT TRULY LACKS SELF-CONTROL. 00:06:36.53\00:06:41.20 WHETHER IT BE, YOU KNOW, AND I POINTED OUT, YOU 00:06:41.20\00:06:42.16 KNOW, ECONOMICALLY, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU LOOK 00:06:42.16\00:06:44.76 AT THE STATISTICS, FINANCIALLY. YOU KNOW, 00:06:44.76\00:06:47.30 WHERE CANADIAN FAMILIES ARE TODAY, IN TERMS OF 00:06:47.30\00:06:48.40 WHAT WE OWE, CREDIT CARD DEBT, EMOTIONALLY. I 00:06:48.40\00:06:52.50 MEAN, YOU DRIVE THE 401, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES OUR 00:06:52.50\00:06:59.26 BIGGEST FEAR ON THE 401 TODAY IS NOT AN ACCIDENT 00:06:59.26\00:07:00.43 BUT IT'S BEING A VICTIM OF ROAD RAGE. WHAT'S 00:07:00.43\00:07:03.56 HAPPENING? WHAT'S GOING ON? >>DR. LINRUD: WELL, 00:07:03.56\00:07:10.90 YOU KNOW, I THINK WHAT HAPPENS IS, WHEN GOD ISN'T 00:07:10.90\00:07:11.93 THE CENTRE AND THE FOCUS OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S LIFE 00:07:11.93\00:07:16.53 OR OF A GROUP'S LIFE OR OF A CULTURE OR A NATION'S 00:07:16.53\00:07:21.46 LIFE, THEN OUR NATURAL TENDENCY IS TO BE OUT OF 00:07:21.46\00:07:22.43 CONTROL, YOU KNOW. YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO TALK 00:07:22.43\00:07:28.53 ABOUT CONTROLLING SELF IF SELF WASN'T OUT OF CONTROL 00:07:28.53\00:07:34.56 TO START WITH. >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. LINRUD: AND 00:07:34.56\00:07:35.53 SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE STARTING POINT IS. 00:07:35.53\00:07:38.73 THAT'S THE PROBLEM THAT WE SEE TODAY. >>BILL: YOU 00:07:38.73\00:07:42.33 KNOW, CONTROL THOUGH, I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF 00:07:42.33\00:07:43.33 PEOPLE, WE TEND NOT TO LIKE ANYTHING THAT DEALS 00:07:43.33\00:07:45.76 WITH CONTROL. AND, YOU KNOW, WE MAY HAVE SOME 00:07:45.76\00:07:51.13 VIEWERS WATCHING SAYING, WELL, THERE THEY GO. THERE 00:07:51.13\00:07:52.16 THEY GO WITH THE PREACHERS AGAIN WANTING TO TELL US 00:07:52.16\00:07:55.30 WHAT TO DO. IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE RAINING ON PEOPLE'S 00:07:55.30\00:07:57.70 PARADE, RIGHT? WHEN WE SAY, YOU GOT TO HAVE SELF 00:07:57.70\00:07:58.70 - YOU'RE TAKING ALL OF THE FUN. IS THAT - WHAT'S 00:07:58.70\00:08:01.66 PAUL TALKING ABOUT HERE >>PASTOR FRANK: LET ME 00:08:01.66\00:08:04.80 GIVE A REAL LIFE EXAMPLE. 00:08:04.80\00:08:05.43 >>BILL: SURE. >>PASTOR FRANK:.AND SEE WHAT YOU 00:08:05.43\00:08:08.33 THINK. IT'S FUN TO DATE WHEN YOU'RE A YOUNG MAN 00:08:08.33\00:08:09.36 OR A YOUNG WOMAN, THEY'RE DATING AND THEY'RE JUST 00:08:09.36\00:08:13.40 ENJOYING THE WHOLE PROCESS OF ROMANTIC EXPERIENCE, 00:08:13.40\00:08:16.36 WHATEVER. BUT THERE COMES A POINT WHERE YOU MEET 00:08:16.36\00:08:17.36 THAT SPECIAL PERSON AND YOU MAKE A DECISION, 00:08:17.36\00:08:20.66 THERE'S THE WEDDING DAY AND YOU MAKE VOWS, YOU 00:08:20.66\00:08:23.33 KNOW, AND YOU'RE SAYING TO THAT PERSON, IT'S GOING 00:08:23.33\00:08:24.50 TO ONLY BE YOU. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ANYONE 00:08:24.50\00:08:27.00 ELSE. I'M GOING TO HAVE SELF-CONTROL FOR ANYTHING 00:08:27.00\00:08:29.73 AND FOR ANYONE ELSE BECAUSE I LOVE YOU. WELL, 00:08:29.73\00:08:30.80 THAT'S SELF-CONTROL. WHEN YOU LOVE JESUS, WHEN YOU 00:08:30.80\00:08:35.50 MAKE A COMMITMENT, WHEN YOU SEE HIS TEACHINGS AS 00:08:35.50\00:08:38.00 OVERWHELMINGLY, THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY TO LIVE, 00:08:38.00\00:08:39.00 DOESN'T IT BECOME A NO-BRAINER THAT THERE ARE 00:08:39.00\00:08:42.36 GOING TO BE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO DETRACT FROM 00:08:42.36\00:08:44.50 THAT WALK. AND I'M GOING TO HAVE TO LEARN HOW 00:08:44.50\00:08:45.43 TO NOT FOLLOW ALL THOSE THINGS THAT ARE PULLING ME 00:08:45.43\00:08:49.33 AWAY FROM THAT COMMITMENT THAT I MADE THAT'S SO 00:08:49.33\00:08:51.43 IMPORTANT TO ME. >>BILL: SO, AGAIN, WHEN WE 00:08:51.43\00:08:52.33 HAD TOUCHED ON THIS ON A NUMBER OF THESE PROGRAMS, 00:08:52.33\00:08:57.56 THIS IDEA OF THE STRENGTH OF THE RELATIONSHIP, YOU 00:08:57.56\00:09:01.63 KNOW, WITH JESUS REFLECT ITSELF IN OUR ABILITY, IN 00:09:01.63\00:09:02.63 THIS CASE, DEMONSTRATE, YOU KNOW, SELF-CONTROL. 00:09:02.63\00:09:06.63 YOU KNOW, BUT AGAIN, IT'S CONTROL. PEOPLE ARE GOING 00:09:06.63\00:09:13.06 TO SAY, I DON'T WANT TO BE, I DON'T WANT TO BE 00:09:13.06\00:09:14.06 CONTROLLED. BECAUSE IT ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE 00:09:14.06\00:09:17.13 ASKING, YOU KNOW, IT'S, YOU'RE BEING A BIT OF 00:09:17.13\00:09:22.43 PARTY POOPER, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THAT'S WHAT 00:09:22.43\00:09:23.40 IT SOUNDS LIKE TO PEOPLE WATCHING, ISN'T IT? >>DR. 00:09:23.40\00:09:25.90 LINRUD: YEAH. >>BILL: BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT, THIS IS 00:09:25.90\00:09:27.73 NOT AT ALL WHAT PAUL IS STRESSING HERE, RIGHT 00:09:27.73\00:09:28.66 >>DR. LINRUD: NO. I DON'T THINK SO. I DO FIND IT 00:09:28.66\00:09:33.90 INTERESTING THAT THERE'S A PASSAGE IN ACTS, IN ACTS 00:09:33.90\00:09:37.66 24, WHERE PAUL HAS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, TO SPEAK 00:09:37.66\00:09:38.76 TO THE ROMAN GOVERNOR, FELIX, AND HE'S GOING TO 00:09:38.76\00:09:46.33 SHARE THE GOSPEL AND IN SHARING THE GOSPEL, HE 00:09:46.33\00:09:51.13 BASICALLY TELLS FELIX THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS 00:09:51.13\00:09:52.16 THAT ARE IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO REALLY UNDERSTAND IF 00:09:52.16\00:09:55.60 YOU'RE GOING TO GET GOD, AS IT WERE. AND THAT IS 00:09:55.60\00:10:01.03 THAT YOU WILL HAVE RIGHTEOUSNESS, 00:10:01.03\00:10:01.73 SELF-CONTROL, AND THERE'S A JUDGEMENT TO COME. 00:10:01.73\00:10:05.66 NOW, YOU KNOW, NONE OF, I WOULDN'T SAY THAT ANY OF 00:10:05.66\00:10:09.00 THOSE THINGS ARE THAT POPULAR WITH OUR CULTURE 00:10:09.00\00:10:09.96 TODAY. >>BILL: YES. >>DR. 00:10:09.96\00:10:12.80 LINRUD: AND IT WASN'T POPULAR WITH FELIX, 00:10:12.80\00:10:13.73 OBVIOUSLY, EITHER BECAUSE FELIX'S RESPONSE TO THAT 00:10:13.73\00:10:17.20 WAS, THAT'S ENOUGH FOR NOW. YOU CAN GO. I DON'T 00:10:17.20\00:10:21.50 WANT TO HEAR ANY MORE OF THIS. AND THERE'S NO 00:10:21.50\00:10:22.50 EVIDENCE IN THE BOOK OF ACTS THAT FELIX EVER 00:10:22.50\00:10:25.93 WANTED TO HEAR A SECOND SERMON FROM PAUL. AND SO, 00:10:25.93\00:10:29.73 I THINK THAT THAT'S THE TENSION THAT EXISTS TODAY 00:10:29.73\00:10:30.76 IF SOMEBODY DOES NOT HAVE GOD IN THEIR LIFE THEN 00:10:30.76\00:10:35.63 WE'RE, KIND OF, ALREADY AT WAR WITH GOD. AND SO, IT 00:10:35.63\00:10:42.33 FEELS LIKE YOU'RE TAKING SOMETHING AWAY FROM 00:10:42.33\00:10:43.26 ME >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. 00:10:43.26\00:10:47.83 LINRUD: RIGHT? I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GETTING 00:10:47.83\00:10:48.96 AT. IT FEELS LIKE YOU'RE TAKING SOMETHING AWAY FROM 00:10:48.96\00:10:51.00 ME BUT I THINK WHAT FRANK WAS SAYING, THAT'S SO 00:10:51.00\00:10:52.70 IMPORTANT, IS THAT WHEN IT IS BASED ON THIS LOVE, 00:10:52.70\00:10:53.73 THIS RELATIONSHIP, LIKE THE HUSBAND WITH THE WIFE, 00:10:53.73\00:10:59.50 MAKING THIS COMMITMENT AND THEN SELF-BEING 00:10:59.50\00:11:05.90 CONTROLLED. YOU KNOW, THE DESIRE FOR LUST, 00:11:05.90\00:11:06.96 THE DESIRE FOR ALL THOSE PLACES ON THE INTERNET 00:11:06.96\00:11:10.26 YOU CAN GO.>>BILL: YES. 00:11:10.26\00:11:10.76 >>DR. LINRUD:.ALL OF THOSE VARIOUS KINDS OF THINGS 00:11:10.76\00:11:15.16 YOU CAN GET INVOLVED WITH AND IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S 00:11:15.16\00:11:17.56 MORE AND MORE EVERY DAY. 00:11:17.56\00:11:18.06 BUT, STILL, THAT LOVE, THAT FOUND - THAT'S THE 00:11:18.06\00:11:22.66 CORE, THAT'S THE FOUNDATION THAT WANTS TO 00:11:22.66\00:11:23.50 CONTROL SELF. >>PASTOR FRANK: WHEN YOU THINK 00:11:23.50\00:11:26.26 ABOUT DAILY PHYSICAL LIFE, FOR EXAMPLE, WAKING UP TO 00:11:26.26\00:11:31.00 GO TO WORK. LIKE HOW MANY OF US, YOU KNOW, DON'T 00:11:31.00\00:11:32.10 WANT TO, SOMETIMES JUST WANT TO ROLL OVER AND KEEP 00:11:32.10\00:11:35.66 SLEEPING. OR WE GO THROUGH 13, 14, 15 YEARS OF 00:11:35.66\00:11:39.06 SCHOOL, WHY DO WE DISCIPLINE OURSELVES FOR 00:11:39.06\00:11:40.06 THESE THINGS, WHY DO WE SELF-CONTROL OURSELVES TO 00:11:40.06\00:11:43.23 DO THESE THINGS INSTEAD OF, I JUST WANT TO DO 00:11:43.23\00:11:45.83 WHATEVER I WANT. REALLY? 00:11:45.83\00:11:46.33 DO YOU? WHAT KIND OF A LIFE WOULD WE HAVE IF WE 00:11:46.33\00:11:49.46 JUST UNBRIDLED WENT NUTS. 00:11:49.46\00:11:50.00 SO, THIS IS STUFF WE DO FOR OUR PHYSICAL LIFE. 00:11:50.00\00:11:54.16 IMAGINE SPIRITUALLY. 00:11:54.16\00:11:54.63 SOMEBODY THAT EFFECTS OUR ETERNITY, WHY WOULDN'T WE 00:11:54.63\00:11:57.86 WANT TO SAY, WHAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO HELP 00:11:57.86\00:11:58.80 ME TOWARDS THIS BEAUTIFUL THING, THIS RELATIONSHIP 00:11:58.80\00:12:01.70 WITH JESUS, ETERNAL LIFE AND WHAT'S GOING TO 00:12:01.70\00:12:05.30 DETRACT AND PULL ME AWAY FROM THAT. SELF-CONTROL IS 00:12:05.30\00:12:06.33 REALLY SOMETHING WE DO IN NORMAL LIFE AND WE SHOULD 00:12:06.33\00:12:10.50 REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT IT APPLIES EVEN MORE IN OUR 00:12:10.50\00:12:14.36 SPIRITUAL LIFE. >>BILL: YEAH. WE'VE BEEN 00:12:14.36\00:12:15.23 CONDITIONED IN THIS SOCIETY BY, I BELIEVE, BY 00:12:15.23\00:12:18.63 THE DEVIL TO BELIEVE THAT EXERCISING, OR NOT HAVING 00:12:18.63\00:12:23.03 CONTROL IN OUR FINANCES, OUR EMOTIONS IS WHAT LEADS 00:12:23.03\00:12:24.06 TO FUN AND SUCCESS. RIGHT? 00:12:24.06\00:12:30.56 AND WE SEE THAT HUNDREDS, THOUSANDS HAVE BEEN LEAD 00:12:30.56\00:12:31.56 TO RUIN. FINANCIAL RUIN. 00:12:31.56\00:12:38.63 YOU KNOW, MARRIAGES BEING DESTROYED BY THIS LACK OF 00:12:38.63\00:12:39.66 CONTROL AND AS A PARENT OF TWO CHILDREN I HAVE TO 00:12:39.66\00:12:45.10 SOMETIMES HELP MY CHILDREN EXERCISE SOME CONTROL. 00:12:45.10\00:12:54.03 WHY? WELL, BECAUSE I LOVE THEM. AND I WANT 00:12:54.03\00:12:54.96 THEM TO HAVE THE BEST OPPORTUNITIES IN LIFE AND 00:12:54.96\00:12:59.13 GET THE MOST OUT OF LIFE WHEN I BELIEVE, WHEN I'M 00:12:59.13\00:13:03.60 FAITHFUL ENOUGH TO BELIEVE THAT WHAT GOD'S DESIRES 00:13:03.60\00:13:04.66 FOR ME IS THAT I LIVE LIFE AND THAT I LIVE IT 00:13:04.66\00:13:07.80 MORE ABUNDANTLY. AND HE'S SAYING THIS IS THE WAY YOU 00:13:07.80\00:13:11.46 NEED TO BE DOING IT IF YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE 00:13:11.46\00:13:12.46 MOST OUT OF LIFE, IF YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE 00:13:12.46\00:13:15.23 MOST OUT OF YOUR MARRIAGE, IF YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE 00:13:15.23\00:13:19.26 MOST OUT OF YOUR SPIRITUAL LIFE, RIGHT? >>DR. LINRUD: 00:13:19.26\00:13:20.36 YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I THINK THAT - THE TRUTH IS 00:13:20.36\00:13:24.06 WE CAN EASILY LOOK AT THESE BOUNDARIES THAT 00:13:24.06\00:13:31.36 SELF-CONTROL REALLY.>>BILL: YES. 00:13:31.36\00:13:32.13 THAT'S RIGHT. >>DR. 00:13:32.13\00:13:35.00 LINRUD:.IMPOSES. >>BILL: THAT'S RIGHT. >>DR. 00:13:35.00\00:13:35.93 LINRUD: AND WE CAN SAY, WELL, THESE THINGS ARE 00:13:35.93\00:13:37.93 STEALING AWAY FROM ME, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITIES AND 00:13:37.93\00:13:40.63 EXPERIENCES. AND, YOU KNOW, GRANTED, THE TRUTH 00:13:40.63\00:13:41.60 IS A LOT OF THINGS THAT IF YOU JUST THROW, YOU KNOW, 00:13:41.60\00:13:46.33 SELF- CONTROL TO THE WIND, A LOT OF THINGS MIGHT BE 00:13:46.33\00:13:50.60 FUN FOR THE MOMENT. 00:13:50.60\00:13:51.06 BUT LOOK AT ALL THE DEVASTATION AND THE HEART 00:13:51.06\00:13:55.60 ACHE AND THE DAMAGE AND THE DESTRUCTION THAT TAKES 00:13:55.60\00:13:56.66 PLACE IN INDIVIDUAL LIVES, IN FAMILIES, IN 00:13:56.66\00:14:00.63 INSTITUTIONS WHEN SELF, THE WALLS OF SELF-CONTROL 00:14:00.63\00:14:06.36 COME DOWN. >>BILL: THAT'S RIGHT. JUST, YOU KNOW, 00:14:06.36\00:14:07.46 RECENTLY AS WE CAME TO TAPE THIS, YOU KNOW IT'S 00:14:07.46\00:14:12.16 BEEN A WHILE NOW, BUT A LEADING, HOW SHOULD I PUT 00:14:12.16\00:14:21.03 IT, FINANCIAL INSTITUTION HEAD, YOU KNOW, WAS IN 00:14:21.03\00:14:22.03 NEW YORK CITY AND DID NOT EXERCISE SOME SELF-CONTROL 00:14:22.03\00:14:25.50 AND WAS INVOLVED IN A SEXUAL ASSAULT AND, YOU 00:14:25.50\00:14:32.16 KNOW, I ALMOST WISH I'D HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO 00:14:32.16\00:14:33.16 GO BACK AND ASK SOMEONE THAT'S DONE THAT OR 00:14:33.16\00:14:38.36 A HUSBAND OR A WIFE THAT HASN'T EXERCISED 00:14:38.36\00:14:41.40 SELF-CONTROL AND HAS BEEN UNFAITHFUL AND, YOU KNOW, 00:14:41.40\00:14:42.43 HAS THOSE MOMENTS OF TEMPORARY PLEASURE, BUT 00:14:42.43\00:14:48.43 AFTER THE FACT TO SIT DOWN WITH THEM AND ASK THEM, 00:14:48.43\00:14:51.76 WAS IT ALL WORTH IT? YOU KNOW, WAS IT WORTH IT? 00:14:51.76\00:14:52.73 IS IT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK BACK IN HINDSIGHT 00:14:52.73\00:14:58.00 NOW, WAS IT WORTH IT? 00:14:58.00\00:14:58.46 AND I HAVEN'T COME ACROSS ANYONE THAT'S SAID, YEAH, 00:14:58.46\00:15:02.43 IT WAS. YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST DESTROYING, YOU KNOW, 00:15:02.43\00:15:07.43 OUR LIVES. FRANK, SORRY, I THINK I INTERRUPTED YOU 00:15:07.43\00:15:08.43 YOU HAD, YOU WERE GOING TO SAY SOMETHING. >>PASTOR 00:15:08.43\00:15:11.20 FRANK: NO. IF WE ASK OURSELVES, WHY DID, WHY IS 00:15:11.20\00:15:14.13 THE HOLY SPIRIT GIVING US THIS GIFT IN THE 00:15:14.13\00:15:15.06 FIRST PLACE? >>BILL: YES. 00:15:15.06\00:15:18.50 >>PASTOR FRANK: THE ASSUMPTION SEEMS TO BE 00:15:18.50\00:15:19.43 THAT THERE'S A HOSTILE WORLD OUT THERE THAT, AND 00:15:19.43\00:15:21.86 OUT THERE AND IN HERE, IN OURSELVES THAT WILL 00:15:21.86\00:15:24.46 DETRACT US FROM WHAT IS GOOD, WHAT IS GOOD FOR 00:15:24.46\00:15:25.46 US IF I SAID TO SOMEONE, DON'T DRINK THAT POISON, 00:15:25.46\00:15:27.83 OH, YOU'RE STOPPING MY FREEDOM. I WANT TO DRINK 00:15:27.83\00:15:30.66 IT. OKAY, DRINK IT AND YOU'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS 00:15:30.66\00:15:31.76 CONSEQUENCES HAPPEN. SO, SELF-CONTROL IS NOT GOD 00:15:31.76\00:15:36.43 STOPPING US FROM HAVING FUN, IT'S GOD STOPPING US 00:15:36.43\00:15:39.73 FROM DOING THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO HURT US. IT'S 00:15:39.73\00:15:40.76 A GIFT. >> BILL: YEAH. 00:15:40.76\00:15:43.03 ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. >> DR. 00:15:43.03\00:15:43.53 LINRUD: YEAH, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, MY OWN HEALTH IS AN 00:15:43.53\00:15:47.26 EXAMPLE OF THAT, YOU KNOW. 00:15:47.26\00:15:47.83 I MEAN, I LOVE DONUTS; I LOVE, YOU KNOW, SWEETS; I 00:15:47.83\00:15:52.46 LIKE HIGH-FAT FOODS AND, YOU KNOW, THAT PROBABLY 00:15:52.46\00:15:53.46 ISN'T A SURPRISE. BUT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT IF I, IF 00:15:53.46\00:15:58.10 I'M COMPLETELY UNBRIDLED IN ENJOYING THOSE THINGS, 00:15:58.10\00:16:07.30 I'M GOING TO SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT 00:16:07.30\00:16:08.26 WHERE - ALSO, IF I'M EXERCISING AND I'M, YOU 00:16:08.26\00:16:14.30 KNOW, JUST ENJOYING THOSE OCCASIONALLY AND WATCHING 00:16:14.30\00:16:18.53 THAT, I'LL ENJOY THE POSITIVE BENEFITS OF 00:16:18.53\00:16:19.36 TAKING CARE OF MYSELF, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF HEALTH. 00:16:19.36\00:16:24.80 AND I THINK THAT EXTENDS TO EVERY AREA OF LIFE. 00:16:24.80\00:16:29.90 THERE ARE POSITIVE CONSEQUENCES, THERE ARE 00:16:29.90\00:16:30.83 NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES BASED ON THOSE CHOICES 00:16:30.83\00:16:33.20 THAT COME FROM THIS ISSUE OF CONTROL, SELF-CONTROL. 00:16:33.20\00:16:39.46 BUT I WANT TO, I WANT TO JUST FOCUS ON SOMETHING 00:16:39.46\00:16:40.46 ELSE HERE. >>BILL: SURE. 00:16:40.46\00:16:44.23 ABSOLUTELY. >>DR. LINRUD: I THINK IT'S VERY EASY 00:16:44.23\00:16:45.33 FOR US TO END UP DEFINING SELF-CONTROL AS 00:16:45.33\00:16:48.53 SELF-DISCIPLINE WHICH PLAYS INTO THE WHOLE 00:16:48.53\00:16:52.23 SELF-HELP INDUSTRY. YOU KNOW YOU GO TO THE BOOK 00:16:52.23\00:16:53.26 STORE.>>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. 00:16:53.26\00:16:55.83 LINRUD:.AND THERE ARE TONS OF SELF-HELP BOOKS.>>BILL 00:16:55.83\00:16:56.90 GOOD POINT. >>DR. 00:16:56.90\00:16:58.10 LINRUD:.AND PEOPLE WORK HARD TO TRY TO CHANGE 00:16:58.10\00:16:59.10 SELF, THINGS ABOUT THEMSELVES THEY DON'T LIKE 00:16:59.10\00:17:02.66 AND THEY GET FRUSTRATED OVER AND OVER, YOU KNOW. I 00:17:02.66\00:17:05.33 THINK WHAT, WHAT THIS SELF-CONTROL THAT PAUL IS 00:17:05.33\00:17:06.33 TALKING ABOUT IS NOT SELF TAKING CONTROL, IT'S SELF 00:17:06.33\00:17:11.43 BEING CONTROLLED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT. >>BILL: WELL 00:17:11.43\00:17:15.90 PUT. >>DR. LIN PUT. >>DR. LINRUD: SO, 00:17:15.90\00:17:17.90 IT'S NOT ABOUT ME BECOMING MORE IN CONTROL OF MYSELF, 00:17:17.90\00:17:21.50 IT'S ME SUBMITTING, SURRENDERING MYSELF TO 00:17:21.50\00:17:22.53 THE HOLY SPIRIT SO THAT HE TAKES FULL CONTROL OF 00:17:22.53\00:17:26.70 MY LIFE. >>BILL: THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S WELL PUT. 00:17:26.70\00:17:29.06 >>PASTOR FRANK: WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT PAUL SAID 00:17:29.06\00:17:30.03 IN ROMANS 7:18 AND 19, HE SAID, "FOR I KNOW THAT 00:17:30.03\00:17:33.76 NOTHING GOOD DWELLS IN ME THAT IS IN MY FLESH. FOR I 00:17:33.76\00:17:37.43 HAVE THE DESIRE TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT BUT NOT THE 00:17:37.43\00:17:38.43 ABILITY TO CARRY IT OUT. 00:17:38.43\00:17:39.96 FOR I DO NOT DO THE GOOD I WANT BUT THE EVIL I DO 00:17:39.96\00:17:41.03 NOT WANT IS WHAT I KEEP ON DOING." IT TALKS ABOUT 00:17:41.03\00:17:44.63 THE FACT THAT WE ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE THE POWER TO 00:17:44.63\00:17:48.60 CONTROL OURSELVES AND THIS GIFT IS FROM THE 00:17:48.60\00:17:49.50 HOLY SPIRIT. IT'S NOT HIM SAYING, SHAPE UP, YOU 00:17:49.50\00:17:54.66 KNOW, LET THESE GIFTS COME OUT OF NOWHERE AND DO IT. 00:17:54.66\00:17:58.40 IT'S ACTUALLY A SUPERNATURAL GIFT WE NEED 00:17:58.40\00:17:59.30 YOU TRUST GOD FOR THIS. 00:17:59.30\00:18:02.16 >>BILL: YEAH, WILLPOWER WILL NEVER DO IT, RIGHT 00:18:02.16\00:18:03.20 >>DR. LINRUD: NO, I DON'T THINK SO. >>BILL: YEAH, 00:18:03.20\00:18:05.63 IF THAT WAS THE CASE YOU GO TO A TONY ROBBINS, YOU 00:18:05.63\00:18:07.90 KNOW, OR ONE OF THESE MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKING, 00:18:07.90\00:18:08.86 YOU KNOW, EVENTS AND AS A RESULT WILLPOWER 00:18:08.86\00:18:13.66 WILL NEVER DO IT. YOU KNOW THEY SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, A 00:18:13.66\00:18:18.46 DROWNING PERSON USES ALL THIS ENERGY AND STRUGGLES 00:18:18.46\00:18:19.56 TO FLOAT AND AS SOON AS THEY DIE EXACTLY 00:18:19.56\00:18:24.06 WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT THEY FLOAT. >>DR. LINRUD: YEAH. 00:18:24.06\00:18:27.86 INTERESTING. >>BILL: RIGHT? YOU KNOW, AND WE'VE 00:18:27.86\00:18:28.86 ONLY GOT A FEW MINUTES, TIME JUST ZIPS RIGHT PAST. 00:18:28.86\00:18:32.83 WE HAVE VIEWERS STRUGGLING WITH THIS. I THINK YOUR 00:18:32.83\00:18:38.16 POINT OF, YOU KNOW, THIS SURRENDERING TO THE HOLY 00:18:38.16\00:18:39.13 SPIRIT AND LETTING THE HOLY SPIRIT CONTROL SELF, 00:18:39.13\00:18:43.83 ANY PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS YOU WOULD GIVE TO SOMEONE 00:18:43.83\00:18:50.53 WATCHING RIGHT NOW, IN THE TWO AND A HALF MINUTES WE 00:18:50.53\00:18:51.73 HAVE LEFT THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO DO THAT. 00:18:51.73\00:18:55.23 >>PASTOR FRANK: I THINK ONE OF THE PARAGONS IS OF 00:18:55.23\00:18:59.30 SELF-CONTROL IS THAT IT'S BEST PRACTICED IN 00:18:59.30\00:19:00.30 COMMUNITY. THAT'S WHY THINGS LIKE CHURCH ARE SO 00:19:00.30\00:19:02.23 IMPORTANT. WHEN YOU HAVE OTHER PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE 00:19:02.23\00:19:07.63 THAT YOU OPEN UP TO AND SAY I DO HAVE AN ISSUE 00:19:07.63\00:19:08.76 IN THIS AREA AND ANOTHER PERSON WHO LOVES YOU AND 00:19:08.76\00:19:12.96 CARES ABOUT YOU IS ABLE TO HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE IN 00:19:12.96\00:19:17.76 SAYING, HOW YOU DOING RIGHT NOW? CAN I PRAY 00:19:17.76\00:19:18.73 FOR YOU? AND HEY, I'M NOT GOING TO LET YOU OUT OF 00:19:18.73\00:19:19.96 MY SIGHT IN THIS MOMENT OF WEAKNESS AND YOU'RE DOING 00:19:19.96\00:19:22.33 THIS FOR SOMEONE ELSE WHO IS WEAK IN AN AREA WHERE 00:19:22.33\00:19:23.33 YOU ARE NOT. THAT'S WHY COMMUNITY IS 00:19:23.33\00:19:24.70 VERY IMPORTANT. WE OFTEN STRUGGLE ALONE BUT I THINK 00:19:24.70\00:19:29.20 IT'S GOD'S INTENTION THAT WE STRUGGLE TOGETHER ON 00:19:29.20\00:19:30.23 THE PATHWAY. >>BILL: SO WE'RE NOT CALLED TO BE 00:19:30.23\00:19:33.66 THESE LONE WOLVES, RIGHT >>PASTOR FRANK: THAT'S 00:19:33.66\00:19:37.40 RIGHT. >>BILL: WE'RE CALLED TO BE PART OF THIS 00:19:37.40\00:19:38.36 BODY. THERE WE CAN FIND THE STRENGTH. DR. LINRUD, 00:19:38.36\00:19:40.10 ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO CLOSE WITH. >>DR. LINRUD: 00:19:40.10\00:19:43.23 I THINK MAYBE JUST, JUST CARRYING ON WITH THAT 00:19:43.23\00:19:44.20 THOUGHT, YOU KNOW. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE PART 00:19:44.20\00:19:47.73 OF THE RIGHT COMMUNITY FRANK SAID PART OF THE 00:19:47.73\00:19:50.93 CHURCH COMMUNITY. PEOPLE ARE PART OF ALL SORTS OF 00:19:50.93\00:19:51.90 COMMUNITIES, VIRTUAL AND FACE-TO-FACE LIVE 00:19:51.90\00:19:54.76 COMMUNITIES. AND MANY OF THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT 00:19:54.76\00:20:00.93 PEOPLE ARE PLACING THEMSELVES IN ARE CAUSING 00:20:00.93\00:20:01.96 THEM TREMENDOUS DAMAGE AND DESTRUCTION BUT WE HAVE 00:20:01.96\00:20:05.43 CHRIST'S BRIDE, THE CHURCH, THAT WE CAN BE 00:20:05.43\00:20:09.53 PART OF THAT COMMUNITY. 00:20:09.53\00:20:10.06 >>BILL: EXCELLENT. 00:20:10.06\00:20:10.46 GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR INSIGHTS. 00:20:10.46\00:20:14.93 SELF CANNOT BE CONTROLLED FROM WITHOUT IT CAN ONLY 00:20:14.93\00:20:19.26 BE CONTROLLED FROM WITHIN. 00:20:19.26\00:20:19.83 SELF-CONTROLS A MATTER OF, AS DR. LINRUD SAID, 00:20:19.83\00:20:27.76 SPIRIT CONTROL. THE WAY TO SELF-CONTROL IS TO 00:20:27.76\00:20:28.73 SURRENDER TO THE SPIRIT'S CONTROL. I WANT TO SHARE 00:20:28.73\00:20:35.33 WITH YOU MY DEFINITION OF SELF-CONTROL. SELF-CONTROL 00:20:35.33\00:20:39.63 IS WHEN YOU ARE SO FILLED AND LED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT 00:20:39.63\00:20:40.70 THAT THE WAY YOU ACT OR REACT IN ANY GIVEN 00:20:40.70\00:20:46.63 SITUATION GLORIFIES GOD AND EDIFIES OTHERS. 00:20:46.63\00:20:53.10 SOMEONE SAID GOD MIGHTILY USES CHRISTIANS TO STAY 00:20:53.10\00:20:54.13 COOL IN A HOT PLACE, SWEET IN A SOUR PLACE, AND 00:20:54.13\00:20:59.90 LITTLE IN A BIG PLACE FREDERICK THE GREAT OF 00:20:59.90\00:21:06.23 PRUSSIA WAS WALKING ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF BERLIN WHEN 00:21:06.23\00:21:07.26 HE ENCOUNTERED AN OLD MAN PROCEEDING IN THE OPPOSITE 00:21:07.26\00:21:11.76 DIRECTION. FREDERICK SAID, 'OLD MAN, WHO ARE YOU'? 00:21:11.76\00:21:17.80 THE OLD MAN REPLIED, 'WHY, I AM A KING'. FREDERICK 00:21:17.80\00:21:18.86 LAUGHED AND SAID, 'A KING? 00:21:18.86\00:21:21.06 OVER WHAT KINGDOM DO YOU REIGN'? THE OLD MAN 00:21:21.06\00:21:22.03 PROUDLY REPLIED, 'OVER MYSELF'. MY FRIEND, WHEN 00:21:22.03\00:21:27.36 THE SAVIOUR COMES INTO YOUR HEART AND THE HOLY 00:21:27.36\00:21:32.06 SPIRIT TAKES CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE, THEN YOU WILL 00:21:32.06\00:21:33.20 BEAR THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT WHICH IS 00:21:33.20\00:21:36.56 SELF-CONTROL. AND WHEN THE SPIRIT IS IN CONTROL, SELF 00:21:36.56\00:21:41.43 IS IN CONTROL. AND WHEN SELF IS IN CONTROL YOU 00:21:41.43\00:21:42.43 WILL NEVER LET THEM SEE YOU SWEAT FOR YOU 00:21:42.43\00:21:46.76 WILL ALWAYS BE UNDER THE CONTROL OF HIM WHO IS IN 00:21:46.76\00:21:50.53 CONTROL OF ALL THINGS. 00:21:50.53\00:21:51.03 PASTOR FRANK WOULD YOU LEAD US IN PRAYER. 00:21:51.03\00:21:57.46 >>PASTOR FRANK: FATHER GOD AS PASTOR BILL SAID SO 00:21:57.46\00:21:58.50 CLEARLY, LORD, WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY THAT HAS, FOR 00:21:58.50\00:22:03.83 THE MOST PART, LOST THIS KIND OF CONTROL AND WE ARE 00:22:03.83\00:22:08.26 PAYING THE PRICE FOR IT. AND WE RECOGNIZE 00:22:08.26\00:22:09.10 OUR OWN NEED, WHETHER AS CHRISTIANS OR NOT, LORD, 00:22:09.10\00:22:14.50 WE ALL STRUGGLE WITH THIS AREA OF OUR LIFE. IT'S 00:22:14.50\00:22:18.86 EASY, LORD, TO GIVE IN THAN TO ACCEPT THE, TO 00:22:18.86\00:22:19.83 JUST WANT TO DO, FULFILL OUR OWN APPETITES AND, YET 00:22:19.83\00:22:25.20 LORD, YOU TELL US THAT WE CAN COME TO YOU AND WE CAN 00:22:25.20\00:22:29.53 RECEIVE OF YOUR STRENGTH AND YOU WILL DWELL IN 00:22:29.53\00:22:30.50 US ONE OF THE FRUITS IS SELF-CONTROL THAT AS YOU 00:22:30.50\00:22:33.56 LIVE IN US, AS YOU DWELL IN US, YOU WILL HELP US TO 00:22:33.56\00:22:37.90 CONTROL THE THINGS THAT ARE COMING ALL AROUND US 00:22:37.90\00:22:38.90 SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY CHOOSE THE BEST, THE 00:22:38.90\00:22:43.00 BEST PATH. THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT FOR US, ISN'T IT? THE 00:22:43.00\00:22:47.40 BEST. THE ABUNDANT LIFE. 00:22:47.40\00:22:47.90 SO I PRAY THIS FOR ALL THE VIEWERS OUT THERE AND FOR 00:22:47.90\00:22:50.36 OURSELVES HERE THAT YOU MAY HELP US, LORD, TO 00:22:50.36\00:22:51.46 DWELL IN OUR LIVES AND MAKE THAT CHOICE. THAT 00:22:51.46\00:22:55.56 WE CAN MAKE THAT CHOICE TO HAVE YOU CONTROL 00:22:55.56\00:22:57.63 EVERYTHING SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE ABUNDANT LIFE. IN 00:22:57.63\00:22:58.70 JESUS' NAME. AMEN. >>BILL: AMEN. 00:22:58.70\00:23:03.30 (MUSIC) 00:23:04.10\00:23:17.86 (MUSIC) 00:23:20.06\00:23:36.90 HI, EVERYONE! TODAY, I'VE GOT MY APRON ON, AND I'M 00:23:37.76\00:23:38.76 THINKING WE SHOULD COOK UP SOME FRESH TOMATO SAUCE. 00:23:38.76\00:23:42.13 WELL, ACTUALLY, WE DON'T HAVE TO COOK IT! THE WAY 00:23:42.13\00:23:46.46 THAT I'M GOING TO MAKE IT, IT WILL BE A FRESH, RAW 00:23:46.46\00:23:47.53 TOMATO SAUCE. TOMATOES ARE PACKED WITH LOADS OF 00:23:47.53\00:23:52.00 THE ANTIOXIDANT LYCOPENE THAT'S THE COMPOUND THAT 00:23:52.00\00:23:56.66 GIVES THE RED COLOR YOU SEE IN TOMATOES, 00:23:56.66\00:23:57.56 WATERMELON, PEPPERS, AND OTHER RED-COLORED 00:23:57.56\00:24:01.10 VEGETABLES AND FRUITS AND, LYCOPENE IS THE SAME 00:24:01.10\00:24:03.96 ANTIOXIDANT THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH LOWERING 00:24:03.96\00:24:04.90 THE RISK OF PROSTATE CANCER IN MEN. IF YOU WANT 00:24:04.90\00:24:08.70 MORE LYCOPENE FROM THIS SAME RECIPE, GENTLY COOK 00:24:08.70\00:24:13.40 THE FRESH SAUCE FOR A FEW MINUTES. THIS IS ONE 00:24:13.40\00:24:14.36 OF THE INSTANCES WHERE COOKING INCREASES HEALTH 00:24:14.36\00:24:18.06 BENEFITS! FEEL FREE TO HAVE THIS RECIPE EITHER 00:24:18.06\00:24:22.06 RAW OR SLIGHTLY COOKED. 00:24:22.06\00:24:22.60 THIS IS A REALLY EASY, TOTALLY DELICIOUS, 00:24:22.60\00:24:29.40 OUTRAGEOUSLY GOOD FOR YOU RECIPE, AND SO 00:24:29.40\00:24:30.26 INEXPENSIVE. I'VE ADAPTED THE RECIPE FROM ONE I 00:24:30.26\00:24:33.60 FOUND ON THE HALLELUJAH ACRES WEBSITE. THE 00:24:33.60\00:24:36.46 ORIGINAL RECIPE CALLS FOR THE INGREDIENTS TO 00:24:36.46\00:24:37.43 BE PUREED IN A BLENDER. I LIKE MY SAUCE TO BE 00:24:37.43\00:24:41.26 CHUNKY, SO I DO IT IN A FOOD PROCESSER. ALL YOU 00:24:41.26\00:24:46.43 NEED ARE: 00:24:46.43\00:24:47.96 4 TOMATOES, I JUST CHOPPED THEM A LITTLE BIT 00:24:48.66\00:24:50.80 1 CLOVE GARLIC 00:24:55.13\00:24:58.70 1 TBSP OF VIRGIN OLIVE OIL - JUST PUT THAT IN THERE 00:24:59.03\00:25:05.56 1/4 CUP FRESH BASIL LEAVES ( YOU CAN ADD OTHER 00:25:07.23\00:25:08.23 ITALIAN-STYLE SPICES IF YOU WISH) 00:25:08.23\00:25:16.06 AND HANDFUL OF SUN-DRIED TOMATOES (SOAKED IN HOT, 00:25:18.00\00:25:18.96 FILTERED WATER TO SOFTEN)- THIS ALREADY SMELLS 00:25:18.96\00:25:25.30 REALLY FANTASTIC 00:25:25.30\00:25:28.60 DID I ADD THE SALT? JUST A LITTLE BIT OF SALT 00:25:29.76\00:25:32.63 PROCESS ALL INGREDIENTS IN THE FOOD PROCESSOR 00:25:36.83\00:25:37.93 UNTIL IT'S AS CHUNKY OR AS SMOOTH AS YOU LIKE 00:25:37.93\00:25:41.50 IT. IT'S REALLY NICE AND EASY I'LL SHOW YOU. DONE! 00:25:41.50\00:25:52.70 ENJOY THIS FRESH, RAW GOODNESS CHILLED OR HEATED 00:25:52.70\00:25:53.73 WITH PASTA, AS A DIP WITH PITA CHIPS, AS BRUSCHETTA 00:25:53.73\00:25:58.60 ON GARLIC BREAD, OR ON PIZZA. I'M JUST GOING TO 00:25:58.60\00:26:03.30 SHOW YOU HOW BEAUTIFUL IT LOOKS ON THIS LOVELY WHOLE 00:26:03.30\00:26:04.36 GRAIN PASTA - BEAUTIFUL, CHUNKY, COLOURFUL AND I 00:26:04.36\00:26:14.70 GOT TO TELL YOU, IT SMELLS HEAVENLY. IT'S DELICIOUS 00:26:14.70\00:26:20.30 TO LIVE HEALTHY! I'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME! 00:26:20.30\00:26:23.26 >>BILL: WE'D LIKE TO OFFER OUR VIEWERS A VERY SPECIAL 00:26:29.33\00:26:30.43 GIFT. 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