Participants: Bill Santos
Series Code: IIWC
Program Code: IIWC201133
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00:05 BILL: A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR THAT WAS SITTING NEXT
00:06 TO HIS STUDENT IN THEIR SINGLE ENGINE PLANE, WHEN 00:08 HE SAID, "WELL, I THINK IT'S TIME TO TAKE HER IN 00:10 FOR A LANDING. ARE YOU READY TO GO DOWN?" THE 00:11 STUDENT SAID, "NO PROBLEM, LET'S DO IT." WELL, AS 00:13 THEY WERE APPROACHING THE RUNWAY, THE INSTRUCTOR 00:16 LOOKED AT HIS STUDENT AND NOTICED HOW CALM HE WAS. 00:17 NORMALLY, STUDENTS WHO ARE COMING IN FOR THEIR FIRST 00:22 LANDING WERE NERVOUS, WIDE-EYED, AND SWEATING 00:26 BULLETS. BUT THIS YOUNG MAN WAS AS COOL AS THE 00:27 OTHER SIDE OF THE PILLOW. 00:29 THE INSTRUCTOR THOUGHT TO HIMSELF, "I CANNOT BELIEVE 00:30 HOW CALM THIS YOUNG MAN IS. HE WILL MAKE A GREAT 00:38 PILOT." BUT THEN THE PLANE HIT THE RUNWAY WITH A 00:44 THUD, BOUNCED FIFTY FEET INTO THE AIR, HIT AND 00:45 BOUNCED AGAIN, RAN OFF THE RUNWAY AND LANDED UPSIDE 00:49 DOWN IN A CORNFIELD. THE INSTRUCTOR, STILL STRAPPED 00:54 IN HIS SEAT UPSIDE DOWN, LOOKED AT HIS STUDENT AND 00:55 SAID, "SON, THAT WAS THE WORST FIRST LANDING ANY 00:59 STUDENT OF MINE HAS EVER MADE." THE STUDENT SAID, 01:04 "ME? I THOUGHT YOU WERE LANDING THE PLANE." 01:09 (MUSIC) 01:18 >>ANNOUNCER: IT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME... 01:22 GOD'S BOOK, THE BIBLE. 01:26 STILL RELEVANT IN TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD. 01:31 IT IS WRITTEN . . . 01:33 SHARING MESSAGES OF HOPE AROUND THE WORLD. 01:39 (MUSIC) 01:53 NOW THAT YOUNG PILOT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN IN CONTROL 01:54 OF THE PLANE, BUT HE WAS IN CONTROL OF HIMSELF. 01:57 THAT IS THE ESSENCE OF THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT CALLED 01:59 "SELF-CONTROL." FOR SELF-CONTROL IS WHEN 02:00 YOU ARE IN CONTROL WHEN EVERYTHING ELSE IS NOT. 02:05 THE CULTURE WE ARE LIVING IN TODAY IS LACKING 02:12 SELF-CONTROL. WE ARE LIVING IN A SOCIETY 02:13 INCREASINGLY OUT OF CONTROL. IF YOU LOOK AT 02:16 ECONOMICS OUR SOCIETY IS FINANCIALLY OUT OF 02:21 CONTROL. ACCORDING TO YOURMONEY.CA WE'RE UP TO 02:22 OUR EYEBALLS IN DEBT -- A WHOPPING $100,000 FOR THE 02:27 AVERAGE CANADIAN FAMILY, ACCORDING TO A RECENT 02:33 REPORT. CANADIANS ALSO OWE FAR MORE THEN THEY EARN. 02:34 THE REPORT, RELEASED BY THE VANIER INSTITUTE OF 02:40 THE FAMILY LAST MONTH, SAYS THE DEBT-TO-INCOME 02:43 RATIO IS A RECORD 150%. THAT MEANS FOR EVERY 02:44 $1,000 IN AFTER-TAX INCOME A CANADIAN FAMILY EARNS, 02:49 THEY NOW OWE $1,500. IN PREVIOUS REPORTS TRACKING 02:56 THE HEALTH OF CANADIAN FAMILY FINANCES, THE 02:57 INSTITUTE FOUND THAT THE DEBT-TO-INCOME RATIO 03:01 HAS BEEN STEADILY CLIMBING OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS. IN 03:06 1990, THE AVERAGE FAMILY DEBT REACHED $56,800 WITH 03:07 A DEBT-TO-INCOME RATIO OF 93%, MAKING THE CURRENT 03:14 $100,000 FIGURE A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE OF 03:19 78% OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES. OUR SOCIETY 03:20 IS EMOTIONALLY OUT OF CONTROL. OUR HIGHWAYS 03:27 HAVE BECOME BATTLEGROUNDS AND OUR SCHOOL YARDS HAVE 03:36 BECOME SHOOTING FIELDS. 03:36 ROAD RAGE IS NOW THE RAGE ON THE HIGHWAY. YOU HAD 03:39 BETTER BE CAREFUL BECAUSE IF YOU BLOW YOUR HORN AT 03:40 SOMEONE, THEY MAY SHOOT THEIR GUN AT YOU. CHILDREN 03:42 ARE NOW SHOOTING CHILDREN, AS WELL AS TEACHERS, FOR 03:44 SEEMINGLY NO REASON WHATSOEVER. THE BIBLE 03:45 SAYS WITHOUT THE WALLS OF SELF-CONTROL, 03:48 AN INDIVIDUAL, A CITY, A STATE, A NATION IS TOTALLY 03:53 DEFENSELESS AND EASY PREY FOR THE ENEMY. WHETHER 03:54 IT'S PLAYING A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, MASTERING 04:00 A COMPUTER PROGRAM, OR LEARNING A FOREIGN 04:04 LANGUAGE, ANY WORTHWHILE ENDEAVOR DEMANDS 04:05 SELF-CONTROL. PERHAPS THAT IS WHY ARISTOTLE CALLED 04:12 SELF-CONTROL "THE HARDEST VICTORY." BUT IT REALLY IS 04:17 THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN VICTORY AND DEFEAT IN THE 04:18 GAME OF LIFE. FOR IF YOU CONTROL SELF, YOU WIN; 04:22 BUT IF SELF CONTROLS YOU, YOU LOSE . 04:31 LET ME WELCOME ALL OUR VIEWERS TO THIS WEEK'S "IT 04:32 IS WRITTEN" PROGRAM. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO 04:35 BE WITH US. WE HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH OUR STUDY OF 04:39 THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT. 04:39 WE'VE COME TO THE END. AND JOINING ME FOR THIS STUDY 04:47 ARE OUR TWO GUESTS, DR. 04:47 DAN LINRUD. WELCOME BACK DR. LINRUD. >>DR. LINRUD: 04:53 THANK YOU VERY MUCH BILL. 04:53 >>BILL: AND PASTOR FRANK DELL'ERBA. WELCOME FRANK. 04:55 >>PASTOR FRANK: THANK YOU. 04:55 >>BILL: AND, FRANK, YOU'VE BEEN ON OTHER PROGRAMS. 04:57 >>PASTOR FRANK: YES. 04:57 >>BILL:.WITH US. SO, IT'S NICE TO HAVE YOU 04:59 BACK.>>PASTOR FRANK: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.>>BILL:.ALSO 05:00 HERE WITH US. LET'S START WITH A QUICK BIO, LIKE 05:03 WE NORMALLY DO, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE THAT MAY 05:07 NOT KNOW YOU DR. LINRUD. 05:07 JUST GIVE US A QUICK BIO ON, WHO IS DAN LINRUD? >> 05:13 DR. LINRUD: SURE. BEEN A PASTOR FOR 25 YEARS. 05:14 PASTORED IN WASHINGTON STATE AND IN MANITOBA AND 05:19 SASKATCHEWAN, IN ONTARIO CURRENTLY I'M SERVING AS 05:25 THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY TO THE ONTARIO CONFERENCE OF 05:26 THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. IT'S BEEN A GREAT 05:29 CHALLENGE AND A PRIVILEGE >>BILL: WONDERFUL. WELL, 05:32 THANK YOU. AND PASTOR FRANK DELL'ERBA, FOR THE 05:33 BENEFIT OF THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW YOU, TELL US 05:36 A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU >>PASTOR FRANK: A LITTLE 05:38 NEWER A PASTOR THAN YOU ARE DAN. ABOUT EIGHT YEARS 05:39 I'VE BEEN SERVING AT THE, RIGHT NOW I'M SERVING IN 05:44 TWO CONGREGATIONS IN THE TORONTO AREA, THE HARMONY 05:48 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH AND 05:49 THE TORONTO-ITALIAN SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 05:51 COMPANY. SO, WE HAVE A MULTI, MULTI-CULTURAL, 05:53 KIND OF, A GROUP THERE AND IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO 05:55 SERVE THEM. AND I HAVE A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY, 05:58 TWO CHILDREN, ONE JUST RECENTLY BORN, SO.BUSY 06:00 GUY. >>BILL: CONGRATULATIONS! I LEARNED 06:01 SOMETHING ABOUT YOU TODAY. 06:04 I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT YOU WERE BORN IN HAMILTON, 06:05 JUST DOWN THE STREET FROM WHERE WE'RE TAPING THIS, 06:07 RIGHT NOW. PASTOR DAN YOU WERE BORN WHERE? >>DR. DAN 06:11 LINRUD: I WAS BORN IN WASHINGTON STATE, 06:12 BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON. 06:14 >>BILL: OH, WONDERFUL. 06:15 >>DR. LINRUD: CLOSE TO THE CANADIAN BORDER, ONLY 06:17 ABOUT 15 MILES. >>BILL: OH, EXCELLENT. >>DR. 06:18 LINRUD: ALMOST CANADIAN. 06:20 (LAUGHTER) >>BILL: WELL THAT'S GREAT. WELL, WE'VE 06:21 BEEN GOING THROUGH THIS STUDY OF THE FRUIT OF THE 06:24 SPIRIT HERE AND WE'VE COME DOWN TO SELF-CONTROL. AND 06:31 IN MY INTRODUCTION I SAID THAT - AND I'D BE CURIOUS 06:32 TO HEAR, YOU KNOW, YOUR COMMENTS ON THAT, THAT 06:36 WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY THAT TRULY LACKS SELF-CONTROL. 06:41 WHETHER IT BE, YOU KNOW, AND I POINTED OUT, YOU 06:42 KNOW, ECONOMICALLY, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU LOOK 06:44 AT THE STATISTICS, FINANCIALLY. YOU KNOW, 06:47 WHERE CANADIAN FAMILIES ARE TODAY, IN TERMS OF 06:48 WHAT WE OWE, CREDIT CARD DEBT, EMOTIONALLY. I 06:52 MEAN, YOU DRIVE THE 401, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES OUR 06:59 BIGGEST FEAR ON THE 401 TODAY IS NOT AN ACCIDENT 07:00 BUT IT'S BEING A VICTIM OF ROAD RAGE. WHAT'S 07:03 HAPPENING? WHAT'S GOING ON? >>DR. LINRUD: WELL, 07:10 YOU KNOW, I THINK WHAT HAPPENS IS, WHEN GOD ISN'T 07:11 THE CENTRE AND THE FOCUS OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S LIFE 07:16 OR OF A GROUP'S LIFE OR OF A CULTURE OR A NATION'S 07:21 LIFE, THEN OUR NATURAL TENDENCY IS TO BE OUT OF 07:22 CONTROL, YOU KNOW. YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO TALK 07:28 ABOUT CONTROLLING SELF IF SELF WASN'T OUT OF CONTROL 07:34 TO START WITH. >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. LINRUD: AND 07:35 SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE STARTING POINT IS. 07:38 THAT'S THE PROBLEM THAT WE SEE TODAY. >>BILL: YOU 07:42 KNOW, CONTROL THOUGH, I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF 07:43 PEOPLE, WE TEND NOT TO LIKE ANYTHING THAT DEALS 07:45 WITH CONTROL. AND, YOU KNOW, WE MAY HAVE SOME 07:51 VIEWERS WATCHING SAYING, WELL, THERE THEY GO. THERE 07:52 THEY GO WITH THE PREACHERS AGAIN WANTING TO TELL US 07:55 WHAT TO DO. IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE RAINING ON PEOPLE'S 07:57 PARADE, RIGHT? WHEN WE SAY, YOU GOT TO HAVE SELF 07:58 - YOU'RE TAKING ALL OF THE FUN. IS THAT - WHAT'S 08:01 PAUL TALKING ABOUT HERE >>PASTOR FRANK: LET ME 08:04 GIVE A REAL LIFE EXAMPLE. 08:05 >>BILL: SURE. >>PASTOR FRANK:.AND SEE WHAT YOU 08:08 THINK. IT'S FUN TO DATE WHEN YOU'RE A YOUNG MAN 08:09 OR A YOUNG WOMAN, THEY'RE DATING AND THEY'RE JUST 08:13 ENJOYING THE WHOLE PROCESS OF ROMANTIC EXPERIENCE, 08:16 WHATEVER. BUT THERE COMES A POINT WHERE YOU MEET 08:17 THAT SPECIAL PERSON AND YOU MAKE A DECISION, 08:20 THERE'S THE WEDDING DAY AND YOU MAKE VOWS, YOU 08:23 KNOW, AND YOU'RE SAYING TO THAT PERSON, IT'S GOING 08:24 TO ONLY BE YOU. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ANYONE 08:27 ELSE. I'M GOING TO HAVE SELF-CONTROL FOR ANYTHING 08:29 AND FOR ANYONE ELSE BECAUSE I LOVE YOU. WELL, 08:30 THAT'S SELF-CONTROL. WHEN YOU LOVE JESUS, WHEN YOU 08:35 MAKE A COMMITMENT, WHEN YOU SEE HIS TEACHINGS AS 08:38 OVERWHELMINGLY, THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY TO LIVE, 08:39 DOESN'T IT BECOME A NO-BRAINER THAT THERE ARE 08:42 GOING TO BE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO DETRACT FROM 08:44 THAT WALK. AND I'M GOING TO HAVE TO LEARN HOW 08:45 TO NOT FOLLOW ALL THOSE THINGS THAT ARE PULLING ME 08:49 AWAY FROM THAT COMMITMENT THAT I MADE THAT'S SO 08:51 IMPORTANT TO ME. >>BILL: SO, AGAIN, WHEN WE 08:52 HAD TOUCHED ON THIS ON A NUMBER OF THESE PROGRAMS, 08:57 THIS IDEA OF THE STRENGTH OF THE RELATIONSHIP, YOU 09:01 KNOW, WITH JESUS REFLECT ITSELF IN OUR ABILITY, IN 09:02 THIS CASE, DEMONSTRATE, YOU KNOW, SELF-CONTROL. 09:06 YOU KNOW, BUT AGAIN, IT'S CONTROL. PEOPLE ARE GOING 09:13 TO SAY, I DON'T WANT TO BE, I DON'T WANT TO BE 09:14 CONTROLLED. BECAUSE IT ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE 09:17 ASKING, YOU KNOW, IT'S, YOU'RE BEING A BIT OF 09:22 PARTY POOPER, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THAT'S WHAT 09:23 IT SOUNDS LIKE TO PEOPLE WATCHING, ISN'T IT? >>DR. 09:25 LINRUD: YEAH. >>BILL: BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT, THIS IS 09:27 NOT AT ALL WHAT PAUL IS STRESSING HERE, RIGHT 09:28 >>DR. LINRUD: NO. I DON'T THINK SO. I DO FIND IT 09:33 INTERESTING THAT THERE'S A PASSAGE IN ACTS, IN ACTS 09:37 24, WHERE PAUL HAS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, TO SPEAK 09:38 TO THE ROMAN GOVERNOR, FELIX, AND HE'S GOING TO 09:46 SHARE THE GOSPEL AND IN SHARING THE GOSPEL, HE 09:51 BASICALLY TELLS FELIX THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS 09:52 THAT ARE IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO REALLY UNDERSTAND IF 09:55 YOU'RE GOING TO GET GOD, AS IT WERE. AND THAT IS 10:01 THAT YOU WILL HAVE RIGHTEOUSNESS, 10:01 SELF-CONTROL, AND THERE'S A JUDGEMENT TO COME. 10:05 NOW, YOU KNOW, NONE OF, I WOULDN'T SAY THAT ANY OF 10:09 THOSE THINGS ARE THAT POPULAR WITH OUR CULTURE 10:09 TODAY. >>BILL: YES. >>DR. 10:12 LINRUD: AND IT WASN'T POPULAR WITH FELIX, 10:13 OBVIOUSLY, EITHER BECAUSE FELIX'S RESPONSE TO THAT 10:17 WAS, THAT'S ENOUGH FOR NOW. YOU CAN GO. I DON'T 10:21 WANT TO HEAR ANY MORE OF THIS. AND THERE'S NO 10:22 EVIDENCE IN THE BOOK OF ACTS THAT FELIX EVER 10:25 WANTED TO HEAR A SECOND SERMON FROM PAUL. AND SO, 10:29 I THINK THAT THAT'S THE TENSION THAT EXISTS TODAY 10:30 IF SOMEBODY DOES NOT HAVE GOD IN THEIR LIFE THEN 10:35 WE'RE, KIND OF, ALREADY AT WAR WITH GOD. AND SO, IT 10:42 FEELS LIKE YOU'RE TAKING SOMETHING AWAY FROM 10:43 ME >>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. 10:47 LINRUD: RIGHT? I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GETTING 10:48 AT. IT FEELS LIKE YOU'RE TAKING SOMETHING AWAY FROM 10:51 ME BUT I THINK WHAT FRANK WAS SAYING, THAT'S SO 10:52 IMPORTANT, IS THAT WHEN IT IS BASED ON THIS LOVE, 10:53 THIS RELATIONSHIP, LIKE THE HUSBAND WITH THE WIFE, 10:59 MAKING THIS COMMITMENT AND THEN SELF-BEING 11:05 CONTROLLED. YOU KNOW, THE DESIRE FOR LUST, 11:06 THE DESIRE FOR ALL THOSE PLACES ON THE INTERNET 11:10 YOU CAN GO.>>BILL: YES. 11:10 >>DR. LINRUD:.ALL OF THOSE VARIOUS KINDS OF THINGS 11:15 YOU CAN GET INVOLVED WITH AND IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S 11:17 MORE AND MORE EVERY DAY. 11:18 BUT, STILL, THAT LOVE, THAT FOUND - THAT'S THE 11:22 CORE, THAT'S THE FOUNDATION THAT WANTS TO 11:23 CONTROL SELF. >>PASTOR FRANK: WHEN YOU THINK 11:26 ABOUT DAILY PHYSICAL LIFE, FOR EXAMPLE, WAKING UP TO 11:31 GO TO WORK. LIKE HOW MANY OF US, YOU KNOW, DON'T 11:32 WANT TO, SOMETIMES JUST WANT TO ROLL OVER AND KEEP 11:35 SLEEPING. OR WE GO THROUGH 13, 14, 15 YEARS OF 11:39 SCHOOL, WHY DO WE DISCIPLINE OURSELVES FOR 11:40 THESE THINGS, WHY DO WE SELF-CONTROL OURSELVES TO 11:43 DO THESE THINGS INSTEAD OF, I JUST WANT TO DO 11:45 WHATEVER I WANT. REALLY? 11:46 DO YOU? WHAT KIND OF A LIFE WOULD WE HAVE IF WE 11:49 JUST UNBRIDLED WENT NUTS. 11:50 SO, THIS IS STUFF WE DO FOR OUR PHYSICAL LIFE. 11:54 IMAGINE SPIRITUALLY. 11:54 SOMEBODY THAT EFFECTS OUR ETERNITY, WHY WOULDN'T WE 11:57 WANT TO SAY, WHAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO HELP 11:58 ME TOWARDS THIS BEAUTIFUL THING, THIS RELATIONSHIP 12:01 WITH JESUS, ETERNAL LIFE AND WHAT'S GOING TO 12:05 DETRACT AND PULL ME AWAY FROM THAT. SELF-CONTROL IS 12:06 REALLY SOMETHING WE DO IN NORMAL LIFE AND WE SHOULD 12:10 REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT IT APPLIES EVEN MORE IN OUR 12:14 SPIRITUAL LIFE. >>BILL: YEAH. WE'VE BEEN 12:15 CONDITIONED IN THIS SOCIETY BY, I BELIEVE, BY 12:18 THE DEVIL TO BELIEVE THAT EXERCISING, OR NOT HAVING 12:23 CONTROL IN OUR FINANCES, OUR EMOTIONS IS WHAT LEADS 12:24 TO FUN AND SUCCESS. RIGHT? 12:30 AND WE SEE THAT HUNDREDS, THOUSANDS HAVE BEEN LEAD 12:31 TO RUIN. FINANCIAL RUIN. 12:38 YOU KNOW, MARRIAGES BEING DESTROYED BY THIS LACK OF 12:39 CONTROL AND AS A PARENT OF TWO CHILDREN I HAVE TO 12:45 SOMETIMES HELP MY CHILDREN EXERCISE SOME CONTROL. 12:54 WHY? WELL, BECAUSE I LOVE THEM. AND I WANT 12:54 THEM TO HAVE THE BEST OPPORTUNITIES IN LIFE AND 12:59 GET THE MOST OUT OF LIFE WHEN I BELIEVE, WHEN I'M 13:03 FAITHFUL ENOUGH TO BELIEVE THAT WHAT GOD'S DESIRES 13:04 FOR ME IS THAT I LIVE LIFE AND THAT I LIVE IT 13:07 MORE ABUNDANTLY. AND HE'S SAYING THIS IS THE WAY YOU 13:11 NEED TO BE DOING IT IF YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE 13:12 MOST OUT OF LIFE, IF YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE 13:15 MOST OUT OF YOUR MARRIAGE, IF YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE 13:19 MOST OUT OF YOUR SPIRITUAL LIFE, RIGHT? >>DR. LINRUD: 13:20 YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I THINK THAT - THE TRUTH IS 13:24 WE CAN EASILY LOOK AT THESE BOUNDARIES THAT 13:31 SELF-CONTROL REALLY.>>BILL: YES. 13:32 THAT'S RIGHT. >>DR. 13:35 LINRUD:.IMPOSES. >>BILL: THAT'S RIGHT. >>DR. 13:35 LINRUD: AND WE CAN SAY, WELL, THESE THINGS ARE 13:37 STEALING AWAY FROM ME, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITIES AND 13:40 EXPERIENCES. AND, YOU KNOW, GRANTED, THE TRUTH 13:41 IS A LOT OF THINGS THAT IF YOU JUST THROW, YOU KNOW, 13:46 SELF- CONTROL TO THE WIND, A LOT OF THINGS MIGHT BE 13:50 FUN FOR THE MOMENT. 13:51 BUT LOOK AT ALL THE DEVASTATION AND THE HEART 13:55 ACHE AND THE DAMAGE AND THE DESTRUCTION THAT TAKES 13:56 PLACE IN INDIVIDUAL LIVES, IN FAMILIES, IN 14:00 INSTITUTIONS WHEN SELF, THE WALLS OF SELF-CONTROL 14:06 COME DOWN. >>BILL: THAT'S RIGHT. JUST, YOU KNOW, 14:07 RECENTLY AS WE CAME TO TAPE THIS, YOU KNOW IT'S 14:12 BEEN A WHILE NOW, BUT A LEADING, HOW SHOULD I PUT 14:21 IT, FINANCIAL INSTITUTION HEAD, YOU KNOW, WAS IN 14:22 NEW YORK CITY AND DID NOT EXERCISE SOME SELF-CONTROL 14:25 AND WAS INVOLVED IN A SEXUAL ASSAULT AND, YOU 14:32 KNOW, I ALMOST WISH I'D HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO 14:33 GO BACK AND ASK SOMEONE THAT'S DONE THAT OR 14:38 A HUSBAND OR A WIFE THAT HASN'T EXERCISED 14:41 SELF-CONTROL AND HAS BEEN UNFAITHFUL AND, YOU KNOW, 14:42 HAS THOSE MOMENTS OF TEMPORARY PLEASURE, BUT 14:48 AFTER THE FACT TO SIT DOWN WITH THEM AND ASK THEM, 14:51 WAS IT ALL WORTH IT? YOU KNOW, WAS IT WORTH IT? 14:52 IS IT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK BACK IN HINDSIGHT 14:58 NOW, WAS IT WORTH IT? 14:58 AND I HAVEN'T COME ACROSS ANYONE THAT'S SAID, YEAH, 15:02 IT WAS. YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST DESTROYING, YOU KNOW, 15:07 OUR LIVES. FRANK, SORRY, I THINK I INTERRUPTED YOU 15:08 YOU HAD, YOU WERE GOING TO SAY SOMETHING. >>PASTOR 15:11 FRANK: NO. IF WE ASK OURSELVES, WHY DID, WHY IS 15:14 THE HOLY SPIRIT GIVING US THIS GIFT IN THE 15:15 FIRST PLACE? >>BILL: YES. 15:18 >>PASTOR FRANK: THE ASSUMPTION SEEMS TO BE 15:19 THAT THERE'S A HOSTILE WORLD OUT THERE THAT, AND 15:21 OUT THERE AND IN HERE, IN OURSELVES THAT WILL 15:24 DETRACT US FROM WHAT IS GOOD, WHAT IS GOOD FOR 15:25 US IF I SAID TO SOMEONE, DON'T DRINK THAT POISON, 15:27 OH, YOU'RE STOPPING MY FREEDOM. I WANT TO DRINK 15:30 IT. OKAY, DRINK IT AND YOU'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS 15:31 CONSEQUENCES HAPPEN. SO, SELF-CONTROL IS NOT GOD 15:36 STOPPING US FROM HAVING FUN, IT'S GOD STOPPING US 15:39 FROM DOING THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO HURT US. IT'S 15:40 A GIFT. >> BILL: YEAH. 15:43 ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. >> DR. 15:43 LINRUD: YEAH, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, MY OWN HEALTH IS AN 15:47 EXAMPLE OF THAT, YOU KNOW. 15:47 I MEAN, I LOVE DONUTS; I LOVE, YOU KNOW, SWEETS; I 15:52 LIKE HIGH-FAT FOODS AND, YOU KNOW, THAT PROBABLY 15:53 ISN'T A SURPRISE. BUT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT IF I, IF 15:58 I'M COMPLETELY UNBRIDLED IN ENJOYING THOSE THINGS, 16:07 I'M GOING TO SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT 16:08 WHERE - ALSO, IF I'M EXERCISING AND I'M, YOU 16:14 KNOW, JUST ENJOYING THOSE OCCASIONALLY AND WATCHING 16:18 THAT, I'LL ENJOY THE POSITIVE BENEFITS OF 16:19 TAKING CARE OF MYSELF, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF HEALTH. 16:24 AND I THINK THAT EXTENDS TO EVERY AREA OF LIFE. 16:29 THERE ARE POSITIVE CONSEQUENCES, THERE ARE 16:30 NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES BASED ON THOSE CHOICES 16:33 THAT COME FROM THIS ISSUE OF CONTROL, SELF-CONTROL. 16:39 BUT I WANT TO, I WANT TO JUST FOCUS ON SOMETHING 16:40 ELSE HERE. >>BILL: SURE. 16:44 ABSOLUTELY. >>DR. LINRUD: I THINK IT'S VERY EASY 16:45 FOR US TO END UP DEFINING SELF-CONTROL AS 16:48 SELF-DISCIPLINE WHICH PLAYS INTO THE WHOLE 16:52 SELF-HELP INDUSTRY. YOU KNOW YOU GO TO THE BOOK 16:53 STORE.>>BILL: RIGHT. >>DR. 16:55 LINRUD:.AND THERE ARE TONS OF SELF-HELP BOOKS.>>BILL 16:56 GOOD POINT. >>DR. 16:58 LINRUD:.AND PEOPLE WORK HARD TO TRY TO CHANGE 16:59 SELF, THINGS ABOUT THEMSELVES THEY DON'T LIKE 17:02 AND THEY GET FRUSTRATED OVER AND OVER, YOU KNOW. I 17:05 THINK WHAT, WHAT THIS SELF-CONTROL THAT PAUL IS 17:06 TALKING ABOUT IS NOT SELF TAKING CONTROL, IT'S SELF 17:11 BEING CONTROLLED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT. >>BILL: WELL 17:15 PUT. >>DR. LIN PUT. >>DR. LINRUD: SO, 17:17 IT'S NOT ABOUT ME BECOMING MORE IN CONTROL OF MYSELF, 17:21 IT'S ME SUBMITTING, SURRENDERING MYSELF TO 17:22 THE HOLY SPIRIT SO THAT HE TAKES FULL CONTROL OF 17:26 MY LIFE. >>BILL: THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S WELL PUT. 17:29 >>PASTOR FRANK: WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT PAUL SAID 17:30 IN ROMANS 7:18 AND 19, HE SAID, "FOR I KNOW THAT 17:33 NOTHING GOOD DWELLS IN ME THAT IS IN MY FLESH. FOR I 17:37 HAVE THE DESIRE TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT BUT NOT THE 17:38 ABILITY TO CARRY IT OUT. 17:39 FOR I DO NOT DO THE GOOD I WANT BUT THE EVIL I DO 17:41 NOT WANT IS WHAT I KEEP ON DOING." IT TALKS ABOUT 17:44 THE FACT THAT WE ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE THE POWER TO 17:48 CONTROL OURSELVES AND THIS GIFT IS FROM THE 17:49 HOLY SPIRIT. IT'S NOT HIM SAYING, SHAPE UP, YOU 17:54 KNOW, LET THESE GIFTS COME OUT OF NOWHERE AND DO IT. 17:58 IT'S ACTUALLY A SUPERNATURAL GIFT WE NEED 17:59 YOU TRUST GOD FOR THIS. 18:02 >>BILL: YEAH, WILLPOWER WILL NEVER DO IT, RIGHT 18:03 >>DR. LINRUD: NO, I DON'T THINK SO. >>BILL: YEAH, 18:05 IF THAT WAS THE CASE YOU GO TO A TONY ROBBINS, YOU 18:07 KNOW, OR ONE OF THESE MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKING, 18:08 YOU KNOW, EVENTS AND AS A RESULT WILLPOWER 18:13 WILL NEVER DO IT. YOU KNOW THEY SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, A 18:18 DROWNING PERSON USES ALL THIS ENERGY AND STRUGGLES 18:19 TO FLOAT AND AS SOON AS THEY DIE EXACTLY 18:24 WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT THEY FLOAT. >>DR. LINRUD: YEAH. 18:27 INTERESTING. >>BILL: RIGHT? YOU KNOW, AND WE'VE 18:28 ONLY GOT A FEW MINUTES, TIME JUST ZIPS RIGHT PAST. 18:32 WE HAVE VIEWERS STRUGGLING WITH THIS. I THINK YOUR 18:38 POINT OF, YOU KNOW, THIS SURRENDERING TO THE HOLY 18:39 SPIRIT AND LETTING THE HOLY SPIRIT CONTROL SELF, 18:43 ANY PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS YOU WOULD GIVE TO SOMEONE 18:50 WATCHING RIGHT NOW, IN THE TWO AND A HALF MINUTES WE 18:51 HAVE LEFT THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO DO THAT. 18:55 >>PASTOR FRANK: I THINK ONE OF THE PARAGONS IS OF 18:59 SELF-CONTROL IS THAT IT'S BEST PRACTICED IN 19:00 COMMUNITY. THAT'S WHY THINGS LIKE CHURCH ARE SO 19:02 IMPORTANT. WHEN YOU HAVE OTHER PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE 19:07 THAT YOU OPEN UP TO AND SAY I DO HAVE AN ISSUE 19:08 IN THIS AREA AND ANOTHER PERSON WHO LOVES YOU AND 19:12 CARES ABOUT YOU IS ABLE TO HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE IN 19:17 SAYING, HOW YOU DOING RIGHT NOW? CAN I PRAY 19:18 FOR YOU? AND HEY, I'M NOT GOING TO LET YOU OUT OF 19:19 MY SIGHT IN THIS MOMENT OF WEAKNESS AND YOU'RE DOING 19:22 THIS FOR SOMEONE ELSE WHO IS WEAK IN AN AREA WHERE 19:23 YOU ARE NOT. THAT'S WHY COMMUNITY IS 19:24 VERY IMPORTANT. WE OFTEN STRUGGLE ALONE BUT I THINK 19:29 IT'S GOD'S INTENTION THAT WE STRUGGLE TOGETHER ON 19:30 THE PATHWAY. >>BILL: SO WE'RE NOT CALLED TO BE 19:33 THESE LONE WOLVES, RIGHT >>PASTOR FRANK: THAT'S 19:37 RIGHT. >>BILL: WE'RE CALLED TO BE PART OF THIS 19:38 BODY. THERE WE CAN FIND THE STRENGTH. DR. LINRUD, 19:40 ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO CLOSE WITH. >>DR. LINRUD: 19:43 I THINK MAYBE JUST, JUST CARRYING ON WITH THAT 19:44 THOUGHT, YOU KNOW. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE PART 19:47 OF THE RIGHT COMMUNITY FRANK SAID PART OF THE 19:50 CHURCH COMMUNITY. PEOPLE ARE PART OF ALL SORTS OF 19:51 COMMUNITIES, VIRTUAL AND FACE-TO-FACE LIVE 19:54 COMMUNITIES. AND MANY OF THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT 20:00 PEOPLE ARE PLACING THEMSELVES IN ARE CAUSING 20:01 THEM TREMENDOUS DAMAGE AND DESTRUCTION BUT WE HAVE 20:05 CHRIST'S BRIDE, THE CHURCH, THAT WE CAN BE 20:09 PART OF THAT COMMUNITY. 20:10 >>BILL: EXCELLENT. 20:10 GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR INSIGHTS. 20:14 SELF CANNOT BE CONTROLLED FROM WITHOUT IT CAN ONLY 20:19 BE CONTROLLED FROM WITHIN. 20:19 SELF-CONTROLS A MATTER OF, AS DR. LINRUD SAID, 20:27 SPIRIT CONTROL. THE WAY TO SELF-CONTROL IS TO 20:28 SURRENDER TO THE SPIRIT'S CONTROL. I WANT TO SHARE 20:35 WITH YOU MY DEFINITION OF SELF-CONTROL. SELF-CONTROL 20:39 IS WHEN YOU ARE SO FILLED AND LED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT 20:40 THAT THE WAY YOU ACT OR REACT IN ANY GIVEN 20:46 SITUATION GLORIFIES GOD AND EDIFIES OTHERS. 20:53 SOMEONE SAID GOD MIGHTILY USES CHRISTIANS TO STAY 20:54 COOL IN A HOT PLACE, SWEET IN A SOUR PLACE, AND 20:59 LITTLE IN A BIG PLACE FREDERICK THE GREAT OF 21:06 PRUSSIA WAS WALKING ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF BERLIN WHEN 21:07 HE ENCOUNTERED AN OLD MAN PROCEEDING IN THE OPPOSITE 21:11 DIRECTION. FREDERICK SAID, 'OLD MAN, WHO ARE YOU'? 21:17 THE OLD MAN REPLIED, 'WHY, I AM A KING'. FREDERICK 21:18 LAUGHED AND SAID, 'A KING? 21:21 OVER WHAT KINGDOM DO YOU REIGN'? THE OLD MAN 21:22 PROUDLY REPLIED, 'OVER MYSELF'. MY FRIEND, WHEN 21:27 THE SAVIOUR COMES INTO YOUR HEART AND THE HOLY 21:32 SPIRIT TAKES CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE, THEN YOU WILL 21:33 BEAR THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT WHICH IS 21:36 SELF-CONTROL. AND WHEN THE SPIRIT IS IN CONTROL, SELF 21:41 IS IN CONTROL. AND WHEN SELF IS IN CONTROL YOU 21:42 WILL NEVER LET THEM SEE YOU SWEAT FOR YOU 21:46 WILL ALWAYS BE UNDER THE CONTROL OF HIM WHO IS IN 21:50 CONTROL OF ALL THINGS. 21:51 PASTOR FRANK WOULD YOU LEAD US IN PRAYER. 21:57 >>PASTOR FRANK: FATHER GOD AS PASTOR BILL SAID SO 21:58 CLEARLY, LORD, WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY THAT HAS, FOR 22:03 THE MOST PART, LOST THIS KIND OF CONTROL AND WE ARE 22:08 PAYING THE PRICE FOR IT. AND WE RECOGNIZE 22:09 OUR OWN NEED, WHETHER AS CHRISTIANS OR NOT, LORD, 22:14 WE ALL STRUGGLE WITH THIS AREA OF OUR LIFE. IT'S 22:18 EASY, LORD, TO GIVE IN THAN TO ACCEPT THE, TO 22:19 JUST WANT TO DO, FULFILL OUR OWN APPETITES AND, YET 22:25 LORD, YOU TELL US THAT WE CAN COME TO YOU AND WE CAN 22:29 RECEIVE OF YOUR STRENGTH AND YOU WILL DWELL IN 22:30 US ONE OF THE FRUITS IS SELF-CONTROL THAT AS YOU 22:33 LIVE IN US, AS YOU DWELL IN US, YOU WILL HELP US TO 22:37 CONTROL THE THINGS THAT ARE COMING ALL AROUND US 22:38 SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY CHOOSE THE BEST, THE 22:43 BEST PATH. THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT FOR US, ISN'T IT? THE 22:47 BEST. THE ABUNDANT LIFE. 22:47 SO I PRAY THIS FOR ALL THE VIEWERS OUT THERE AND FOR 22:50 OURSELVES HERE THAT YOU MAY HELP US, LORD, TO 22:51 DWELL IN OUR LIVES AND MAKE THAT CHOICE. THAT 22:55 WE CAN MAKE THAT CHOICE TO HAVE YOU CONTROL 22:57 EVERYTHING SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE ABUNDANT LIFE. IN 22:58 JESUS' NAME. AMEN. >>BILL: AMEN. 23:04 (MUSIC) 23:20 (MUSIC) 23:37 HI, EVERYONE! TODAY, I'VE GOT MY APRON ON, AND I'M 23:38 THINKING WE SHOULD COOK UP SOME FRESH TOMATO SAUCE. 23:42 WELL, ACTUALLY, WE DON'T HAVE TO COOK IT! THE WAY 23:46 THAT I'M GOING TO MAKE IT, IT WILL BE A FRESH, RAW 23:47 TOMATO SAUCE. TOMATOES ARE PACKED WITH LOADS OF 23:52 THE ANTIOXIDANT LYCOPENE THAT'S THE COMPOUND THAT 23:56 GIVES THE RED COLOR YOU SEE IN TOMATOES, 23:57 WATERMELON, PEPPERS, AND OTHER RED-COLORED 24:01 VEGETABLES AND FRUITS AND, LYCOPENE IS THE SAME 24:03 ANTIOXIDANT THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH LOWERING 24:04 THE RISK OF PROSTATE CANCER IN MEN. IF YOU WANT 24:08 MORE LYCOPENE FROM THIS SAME RECIPE, GENTLY COOK 24:13 THE FRESH SAUCE FOR A FEW MINUTES. THIS IS ONE 24:14 OF THE INSTANCES WHERE COOKING INCREASES HEALTH 24:18 BENEFITS! FEEL FREE TO HAVE THIS RECIPE EITHER 24:22 RAW OR SLIGHTLY COOKED. 24:22 THIS IS A REALLY EASY, TOTALLY DELICIOUS, 24:29 OUTRAGEOUSLY GOOD FOR YOU RECIPE, AND SO 24:30 INEXPENSIVE. I'VE ADAPTED THE RECIPE FROM ONE I 24:33 FOUND ON THE HALLELUJAH ACRES WEBSITE. THE 24:36 ORIGINAL RECIPE CALLS FOR THE INGREDIENTS TO 24:37 BE PUREED IN A BLENDER. I LIKE MY SAUCE TO BE 24:41 CHUNKY, SO I DO IT IN A FOOD PROCESSER. ALL YOU 24:46 NEED ARE: 24:48 4 TOMATOES, I JUST CHOPPED THEM A LITTLE BIT 24:55 1 CLOVE GARLIC 24:59 1 TBSP OF VIRGIN OLIVE OIL - JUST PUT THAT IN THERE 25:07 1/4 CUP FRESH BASIL LEAVES ( YOU CAN ADD OTHER 25:08 ITALIAN-STYLE SPICES IF YOU WISH) 25:18 AND HANDFUL OF SUN-DRIED TOMATOES (SOAKED IN HOT, 25:18 FILTERED WATER TO SOFTEN)- THIS ALREADY SMELLS 25:25 REALLY FANTASTIC 25:29 DID I ADD THE SALT? JUST A LITTLE BIT OF SALT 25:36 PROCESS ALL INGREDIENTS IN THE FOOD PROCESSOR 25:37 UNTIL IT'S AS CHUNKY OR AS SMOOTH AS YOU LIKE 25:41 IT. IT'S REALLY NICE AND EASY I'LL SHOW YOU. DONE! 25:52 ENJOY THIS FRESH, RAW GOODNESS CHILLED OR HEATED 25:53 WITH PASTA, AS A DIP WITH PITA CHIPS, AS BRUSCHETTA 25:58 ON GARLIC BREAD, OR ON PIZZA. I'M JUST GOING TO 26:03 SHOW YOU HOW BEAUTIFUL IT LOOKS ON THIS LOVELY WHOLE 26:04 GRAIN PASTA - BEAUTIFUL, CHUNKY, COLOURFUL AND I 26:14 GOT TO TELL YOU, IT SMELLS HEAVENLY. IT'S DELICIOUS 26:20 TO LIVE HEALTHY! I'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME! 26:29 >>BILL: WE'D LIKE TO OFFER OUR VIEWERS A VERY SPECIAL 26:30 GIFT. THE DISCOVER BIBLE STUDY GUIDES ARE A GREAT 26:32 WAY FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND GOD'S WILL EXPRESSED IN 26:37 THE HOLY SCRIPTURES. 26:38 WE'D LIKE TO SEND YOU THE FIRST LESSON. HERE IS THE 26:41 INFORMATION YOU NEED TO GET THAT FIRST LESSON. 27:45 >>BILL: WELL LET ME THANK MY GUESTS, DR. LINRUD AND 27:46 PASTOR FRANK. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOU INSIGHTS AND 27:48 FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROGRAM. >>DR. 27:50 LINRUD: IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE. >>BILL: AND 27:51 LET ME THANK OUR FAITHFUL VIEWERS. YOU TUNE IN 27:54 EACH AND EVERY WEEK. WE APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH. 27:55 WE'VE COME TO THE END OF THE SERIES. WE WILL NOW 27:56 BE PUTTING ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS ON A SPECIAL DVD 27:59 THAT WE'D LIKE TO SEND TO YOU IN EXCHANGE FOR AN 28:04 OFFERING OF $40. NOW THAT $40 WILL GO DIRECTLY TO 28:05 HELP KEEP THIS MINISTRY ON THE AIR. YOU CAN ORDER 28:09 YOUR DVD ON OUR 1-800 NUMBER OR ON THE WEBSITE, 28:16 ITISWRITTENCANADA.CA. WE PRAY THAT WE WILL HAVE THE 28:17 PRIVILEGE OF BEING BACK TOGETHER AGAIN NEXT WEEK. 28:21 UNTIL THEN, REMEMBER, IT IS WRITTEN; MAN SHALL NOT 28:27 LIVE BY BREAD ALONE BUT BY EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS 28:28 FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD. 28:34 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ |
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