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CHRIS: Thank you so much for
joining It Is Written. You know,
I'm sure you've been intrigued
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by the title of the program
today, "The Number One Problem
in the World," and we'll get to
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that in just a moment. But I
want to introduce to you a guest
that ought to be familiar to
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you, and that is Dr. Neil
Nedley. Dr. Nedley, thank you so
much for joining me today to
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discuss the number one problem
in the world. DR. NEDLEY: Well,
it is the number one problem,
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but I'm glad to be here again,
Chris. CHRIS: And for those of
you who have forgotten, Dr.
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Nedley is a physician of 27
years in internal medicine with
a speciality in mental disorders
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and the hardoiagnose patient.
Dr. Nedley is the president of
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Weimar Institute. And Dr.
Nedley, you still treat
patients; in fact, you treat
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thousands of patients, help them
overcome mental disorders,
depression, anxiety. But as the
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president of Weimar Institute,
what is Weimar Institute all
about? DR. NEDLEY: Weimar
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Institute's motto is "Healing a
hurting world: physically,
mentally, spiritually,
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socially." And it has a higher
education institution. That's
what we primarily are. We have a
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college, but we also have a
health centre, the NEWSTART
centre. Our students learn
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there, but patients come from
all over the world to reverse
their diabetes, their heart
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disease, even cancers can be
treated there. And then we also
have our depression and anxiety
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recovery program that's also
housed on the campus. CHRIS: You
know, that means It Is Written
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and Weimar are really kindred
spirits because our message is,
we want to bring hope and
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wholeness to people. And Dr.
Nedley, if someone wanted to
learn more about Weimar
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Institute, the lifestyle program
NEWSTART, or the depression
recovery program, where might
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they find more information about
that? DR. NEDLEY: NEWSTART.com
will tell them about the
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lifestyle program for the
physical diseases. The mental,
depression or anxiety, is simply
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depressionthewayout.com. CHRIS:
And then for Weimar Institute,
if they want to learn more about
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the educational institution? DR.
NEDLEY: Weimar.edu. CHRIS: And
Weimar is spelled.? DR.
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NEDLEY: W. CHRIS: Excellent. So
Dr. Nedley, I'm sure that people
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are intrigued, wondering, the
number one problem in the world
today. Now, before we get there,
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who's the most quoted researcher
in the world today right now?
DR. NEDLEY: William Baumeister.
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CHRIS: William Baumeister. And
why is he being quoted so much?
DR. NEDLEY: Because he has done
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research, willpower and
self-control. CHRIS: Willpower
and self-control. Okay, so what
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is the leading cause of death
today around the world? DR.
NEDLEY: Lack of self-control.
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CHRIS: Now, wait one second
here. Lack of self-control. DR.
NEDLEY: Yes. CHRIS: Okay. Now,
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I've heard the number one cause
for death is heart disease,
cancer, these kinds of things.
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What do you mean, self-control?
How can that be the number one
cause of death? The number one
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problem in the world? How can a
lack of self-control be that
problem? DR. NEDLEY: Well, heart
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disease is actually quoted as
the number one cause of death in
the world today, but we know how
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to prevent heart disease and we
know how to reverse heart
disease through nutrition and
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lifestyle measures. So if we
know how to prevent the disease
and know how to reverse the
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disease, and it's still anywhere
in the top ten causes of death,
the problem is not the heart;
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the problem is the mind, because
we're not putting into practice
what would benefit us. And so
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actually, lack of self-control
is the number one cause of heart
disease. Eighty percent of
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cancers could actually be
prevented through nutrition and
lifestyle and physical choice
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things like giving up smoking.
If we're not doing that, lack of
self-control is a major cause of
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death in regards to cancer. And
the list goes on. CHRIS: Okay.
So you've said some very
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profound things, okay? The
number one cause of death in the
world today is a lack of
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self-control. DR. NEDLEY: Mmhmm.
CHRIS: And then you said, heart
disease is actually not even
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really a disease of the heart,
but a disease of the mind. And
I'm putting my words into your
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words, but. DR. NEDLEY: No, it's
true. When we know what to do
about heart disease and we're
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not doing it, it's a disease of
the mind then. CHRIS: Okay. Now,
this program is not about
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necessarily nutrition, but just
so we understand, you've done
extensive research on this.
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You've written a book Proof
Positive, which is a guide to
how to live life and avoid heart
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disease and cancer and some of
these things. But maybe in brief
summary, you say, in heart
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disease, we know what to do to
prevent heart disease. What do
we know what to do? DR.
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NEDLEY: Well, for instance,
plant-based diet, particularly
if you have heart disease,
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advanced coronary disease, you
should be on a plant-based diet.
That's the ideal program for
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reversing coronary artery
disease. CHRIS: Okay. So a
plant-based diet, a vegetarian
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diet. There's a lot of different
terms that are used today. A
planttrong diet. But when you
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talk about a plantased diet,
maybe kind of encompass that.
What does that mean, a
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plant-based diet? DR. NEDLEY:
Well, you're eating plants, you
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know, fruits, vegetables, and
grains, and nuts as well,
actually. Nuts help with heart
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disease, help prevent it. CHRIS:
Okay. So a lack of self-control,
heart disease, is able to be
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reversed and prevented by simply
making the choice to live right,
and you won't get heart disease.
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DR. NEDLEY: That's right. CHRIS:
You said cancer. What was the
percentage again of the cancers
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that could be prevented by
simply modifying our lifestyle?
DR. NEDLEY: Eighty percent,
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according to Harvard. CHRIS:
Eighty percent, according to
Harvard University research,
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could be prevented by simple
lifestyle changes. So now, I'm
starting to see this picture,
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because you've named off some of
the big ones: heart disease,
cancer, and this lack of
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self-control. Are there other
diseases that are out there that
are attributable to a lack of
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self-control? DR. NEDLEY:
Diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is
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simply. it's not only a genetic
disease. Genetics loads the gun,
but lifestyle pulls the trigger.
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So if we get on the appropriate
lifestyle, even though we have
the bad gene, we'll never have
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type 2 diabetes and we'll never
have the complications of it.
CHRIS: This is phenomenal. Any
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other diseases? I'm starting to
see this picture, Dr. Nedley,
unfold, of this understanding
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why a lack of self-control is
the number one problem around
the world. What other kinds of
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things are we talking about that
could be eliminated,
essentially, if we practiced
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self-control? DR. NEDLEY:
Sexually transmitted diseases.
They're in the top ten
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causes of death. Lack of
self-control is the number one
cause of sexuallyransmitted
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disease. CHRIS: Okay. What else?
DR. NEDLEY: The number three
cause of death in the world is
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actually alcohol usage, so
alcoholism is lack of
self-control. CHRIS: Okay.
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Anything else that. DR. NEDLEY:
Murder, you know, homicide. Lack
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of self-control, very often.
CHRIS: And so when we start
thinking about the list, and we
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start thinking about all the
various problems that exist in
the world today, it seems pretty
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simple, and maybe for some, too
simplistic, but it really boils
down to this one thing: a lack
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of self-control. DR. NEDLEY: And
then things that are not so much
causes of death, but causes of a
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lot of misery, you know. Rape,
depression, unwanted pregnancy,
adultery, divorce, unemployment,
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financial failure. Those are
often due to severe lack of
self-control. CHRIS: And so you
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start running down that list.
You named off rape, a lack of
self-control in an individual
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who's forcing himself or forcing
herself upon another individual.
You've already mentioned
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alcoholism, divorce. The
individual making a choice that
they no longer want to be
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married. Adultery, someone
making a choice to not be with
the individual that they've
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married, or practicing some type
of illicit sexual behaviours.
These are all choices. And now
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we start seeing this picture,
why a lack of self-control is
the number one problem in the
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world today. DR. NEDLEY: It is
the number one problem. And
Baumeister has hit it right.
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He's told us that it's the
number one problem as far as all
of the diseases and distress in
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our world today. If we could
just fix that one thing, wow.
CHRIS: And I'm moved by what
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you're saying here, because what
you're getting to, Dr. Nedley,
is that a majority of the
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problems of the world today
could be fixed, reversed,
prevented, by simply correcting
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the mind and how we think. DR.
NEDLEY: That's right. CHRIS:
That is powerful, Dr.
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Nedley. That is a powerful,
powerful thing for us to grab,
that many of the diseases of the
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world today, many of the
problems of the world today,
really have little to do with
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actual events and things
themselves, but actually have to
do with how a person thinks. DR.
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NEDLEY: That's right. CHRIS: And
we've talked about the frontal
lobe and how, in previous
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programs, how to increase
frontal lobe. DR. NEDLEY: Mmhmm.
CHRIS: So what is the real cause
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of this disease, of this lack of
self-control? DR. NEDLEY: Well,
that's the millionollar
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question. And actually, there
are multiple things. And
Baumeister goes into it and
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others. There are multiple
things that make our
self-control worse, and also can
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help our self-control. And by
the way, everyone has selective
self-control. That's the amazing
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thing about it. CHRIS: Okay. DR.
NEDLEY: You know, for instance,
I'll just name a very famous
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individual. You've probably even
heard of him, in California.
Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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CHRIS: Okay, Arnold
Schwarzenegger. DR. NEDLEY:
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Yeah, meticulous self-control to
build the muscles that he built.
CHRIS: Yes. DR. NEDLEY: But yet,
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in an area where it was more
important for him to have
self-control, when his maid was
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cleaning the house, he lacked
it, and he lost the love of his
life due to not having
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comprehensive self-control. So
what the world is needing is not
just selective self-control;
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it's needing comprehensive
self-control, and that will do
amazing things. CHRIS: Okay,
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you're using words that are
important. Comprehensive,
selective. "I have self-control
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where I want to have
self-control." DR. NEDLEY:
That's right. CHRIS: And
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comprehensive self-control is,
"I have self-control in every
aspect and area of my life." DR.
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NEDLEY: Correct. CHRIS: You
know, it reminds me a little bit
of Paul, when Paul was writing
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the book of Romans, in Romans
chapter 7, verses 214, he writes
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about this dynamic goingn. And
let me read these words. Romans
chapter 7:214: I find then a
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law, that evil is present with
me, the one who wills to do
good. For I delight in the law
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of God according to the inward
man. But I see another law in my
members, warring against the law
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of my mind, and bringing me into
captivity to the law of sin
which is in my members. O
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wretched man that I am! Who will
deliver me from this body of
death? CHRIS: And so Paul is
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talking about this wrestling,
and in the previous verses, he
talks about how he doesn't do
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what he wants to do, and he does
do what he doesn't want to do.
And it's this self-control,
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which is a major component of
Christianity. DR. NEDLEY: And he
calls himself "wretched".
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CHRIS: Now, Dr. Nedley, what
does it mean to be wretched? DR.
NEDLEY: Well, it's mentioned one
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other time in the Bible, and
it's to the last church, that
"you think you're in good shape,
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but you don't know that you're
wretched , miserable, poor,
blind, and naked." CHRIS: Okay,
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and then when you talk about
this last church, you're talking
about the last church of the
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seven churches of the Book of
Revelation, the church of
Laodicea, is called "wretched".
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And when we understand that
word, to be wretched means. DR.
NEDLEY: Lack of self-control.
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CHRIS: A lack of self-control.
So what is it, then, to have
self-control? What's a word that
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might summarize what it means to
have self-control? DR. NEDLEY:
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Well, to have self-control, the
way to get to self-control, is
through self-sacrifice. CHRIS:
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Okay. DR. NEDLEY: And it's
actually a self-sacrificing love
that will bring about
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comprehensive self-control.
That's not a love that we can
manufacture; it's not romantic
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love. It's not even brotherly
love. It's not erotic love. As
good as those loves might be in
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the appropriate time and place,
this is a love that humanity
totally lacks, and it comes from
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the divine grace and abundant
love of God coming into our
heart in response to our
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willingness to give up all on
the altar of sacrifice laid.
CHRIS: Okay, well, you've laid
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out a lot of heavy material
there. And we're going to come
back to this. But you have
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emphasized an important point.
We're going to have a little
discussion here about
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self-control and whether
self-control is good or bad, and
some studies that have been done
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on it. But you have emphasized
the point that we cannot have
self-control without
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self-sacrificing love. DR.
NEDLEY: Mmhmm. CHRIS: And the
only place that we can get that
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self-sacrificing love is from
outside of ourselves. We can't
do it alone. This is not a
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"tighten up the bootstraps and
move forward". This is a
spiritual war that's going on
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between making decisions for
right and making decisions for
wrong. DR. NEDLEY: Mmhmm. CHRIS:
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Okay. And we've talked about
temperance before, and
self-control. How does
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temperance play into
self-control? DR. NEDLEY:
Temperance is moderation of the
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things that are healthy, and
abstinence from the things that
are unhealthy. CHRIS: Okay. And
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so when we have self-control, we
will be a temperate individual.
And that is a word that, as I
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understand, is actually making a
comeback. It's not been a word
that we've used for a long time,
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but it's making a comeback in
the literature. More and more
has been written about it. And a
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self-controlled individual is
going to be a temperate
individual, meaning that they
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abstain from the things that are
harmful and they are moderate in
the things that are good. DR.
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NEDLEY: Exactly. CHRIS: And so
if we put this, and we kind of
boil this down very, very
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simply, okay, garbanzo beans.
Are garbanzo beans good for you?
DR. NEDLEY: Absolutely.
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CHRIS: They're very good for
you. But do you want to eat two
or three or four pounds of
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garbanzo beans in one sitting?
DR. NEDLEY: No. CHRIS: No. It's
not going to be good for you
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then. So although garbanzo beans
are filled, and you probably
could tell me all the nutrients
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that are in a garbanzo bean,
maybe name just a couple of
them. DR. NEDLEY: Folate is one
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of the good ones. You know,
vitamin B9. CHRIS: Okay, so
folate, B9, we need those things
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to survive. DR. NEDLEY: Mmhmm.
CHRIS: But if I eat four pounds
of garbanzo beans, that is not
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going to be helpful to me. DR.
NEDLEY: Correct. CHRIS: Okay.
Now, we also know, I mean,
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inasmuch as we'd hate to admit
it, we know that a Snickers bar
is probably not real healthy for
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us. DR. NEDLEY: That's right.
CHRIS: And so we should probably
abstain from eating too many
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Snickers bars. DR. NEDLEY: Yeah,
particularly if you have type 2
diabetes, or even type 1.
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CHRIS: Okay. So we've kind of
made this very, very practical.
How can I tell if I have good
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self-control? DR. NEDLEY: Well,
there's actually tests that are
done on it, and that's how. you
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know, in order to study anything
like it, like Baumeister does,
you have to measure it. And so
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he measures it through a test.
You know, getting up in the
morning is hard for me. If you
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state that, that's low
self-control. I eat healthy
foods, that's high self-control.
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I blurt out whatever is on my
mind, that's low self-control. I
don't keep secrets well, that's
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low self-control. I work
effectively towards long-term
goals, that's high self-control.
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So those are part of the
questions. you know, there's
actually many more questions
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than that. where you can
actually measure your
self-control. And then he's done
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studies to find out that people
with high self-control make
better relationship partners,
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they have better personality
adjustments, they have much less
disorders as far as mental
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disorders are concerned. CHRIS:
Sure. DR. NEDLEY: They actually
spend money rightly,
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they save well, they actually
have better academic
performance, they actually take
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more responsibility when they do
mess up instead of denial and
shame and defensiveness. And so
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he's linked the good life. the
psychological good life is
linked intricately to having
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high self-control scores. CHRIS:
Okay. So these things
demonstrate whether we have good
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self-control. Studies have been
done. So let me ask you this,
then, Dr. Nedley: What are the
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benefits of having self-control?
And right off the bat,
somebody's saying, "Well, I
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mean, if I have self-control, I
can help avoid heart disease and
all of these other things." But
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what are some of the other
benefits of having good
self-control? DR. NEDLEY: You
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actually are more accommodating,
you're actually a very good
person to be around. Actually,
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people enjoy being around people
with high self-control. They
actually have a lot of benefits.
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And they've also looked at the
drawbacks. CHRIS: Okay, so what
are the drawbacks, then? DR.
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NEDLEY: The drawbacks: none
whatsoever. They've looked at
the highest selfontrol scores
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to see if some sort of negative
patterns can be found. There's
no negative patterns whatsoever.
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And so they state that there's
absolutely no downside to high
self-control and there's only
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benefits. CHRIS: Only benefits
to self-control, no downside to
self-control. That's an amazing
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thing. You know, as a doctor,
you're well aware, there's a lot
of prescription medication that
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are helpful to people who have
illness, but with every good
medication, what comes along
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with it? DR. NEDLEY: Side
effects. CHRIS: Side effects
that are negative. DR.
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NEDLEY: That's right. CHRIS:
Having self-control, the
"medicine", and I put that in
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quotation marks, the "medicine"
that will help solve the number
one problem in the world today.
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And there's no side effects. DR.
NEDLEY: That's right. CHRIS: No
downside. DR. NEDLEY: No
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downside whatsoever. CHRIS: You
know, it reminds me of a Bible
verse in Proverbs chapter 16 in
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verse 32 that says: He who is
slow to anger is better than the
mighty, and he who rules his
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spirit, than he who takes a
city. DR. NEDLEY: That's right.
CHRIS: To rule the spirit, to
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rule over yourself, have
self-control. DR. NEDLEY: That's
right, you're managing your
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emotions. CHRIS: You're managing
your emotions. Okay. So Dr.
Nedley, how do I develop
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self-control? What are some
practical steps? DR. NEDLEY:
Enhancing the frontal
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lobe of your brain is a
practical step. So getting on a
program, good nutrition, good
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exercise, can improve your
circulation to the willpower
portion of your brain. Having
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what's called "bright lines" in
your life. That's a term that
Baumeister coined. A bright line
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is zero tolerance, abstinence,
never partaking, no matter what
the situation. And he says, if
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it comes from a commandment of
God, it's an especially bright
line. So you know, the Ten
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Commandments would be bright
lines that actually enhance
self-control. He's even done a
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study on atheists after they
quote the Ten Commandments, and
their self-control goes up. And
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so he's very much into bright
lines. Actually, having worthy
goals helps towards
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self-control. As important as
all those things are, however,
the failsafe method of
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developing self-control is to
put all on the altar of
sacrifice laid. In other words,
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if you're having a problem with
self-control, you have to
realize, there's selfishness in
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there somewhere. And so be
willing to self-sacrifice, that
opens your heart and mind up to
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a power that's outside of you,
the love of God, and that
self-sacrificing love will give
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you comprehensive self-control.
And the more you exhibit that
self-sacrificing love to others,
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the more of that love you will
get. And so that means you're
kind, you have pleasant words,
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you are exhibiting an empathetic
love to others around you, which
goes right along with
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self-control. CHRIS: Those are
some phenomenal things, Dr.
Nedley. You talked about some
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practical steps. Good nutrition,
exercise, getting your frontal
lobe in good health, having
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bright lines. But then you
summarized it and said, "But the
failsafe way, even without those
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other things." Now, we want to
do those other things because we
want to help our body physically
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be ready to have self-control.
The failsafe way of finding
self-control is to lay ourselves
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on the altar of sacrifice, which
means we open our hearts fully
to the love of God, let the love
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of God enter into our lives, let
his strength enter into our
lives, and find that
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self-control, and we will have
comprehensive self-control as we
exhibit that same type of love
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to others around us. DR. NEDLEY:
It's transformative. I've seen
scores of individuals
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transformed through that simple
concept. CHRIS: Dr. Nedley, this
is profound. It is a simple
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solution to the world's number
one problem. Thank you so much
for helping us come to this
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conclusion. And as we're out of
time, Dr. Nedley, could you have
prayer for us, that we might
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find self-control and overcoming
that number one problem in the
world? DR. NEDLEY: I'd be glad
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to, Chris. Father in heaven, we
thank You that You are willing
to give us the power. We know
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that we need a power outside of
us, because all of us, with our
human nature, are going to only
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have selective self-control. And
we'll sabotage ourselves in so
many ways. But we thank You that
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You are willing to share Your
love with us. And so I pray that
each one viewing now would
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actually make the choice to put
all on the altar of sacrifice
laid, to open their heart and
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mind to Your self-sacrificing,
agapé love that can transform
them and transform the world. We
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thank You for that love, and may
we now live it in our life, in
Jesus' name, amen. CHRIS: Amen.
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>>Bev: Hi, everyone. If you're
not using quinoa on a regular
basis, you are missing out on
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the significant nutritional
benefits this super food has to
offer. For one thing, it's a
00:26:41.53\00:26:46.57
complete protein, which means it
contains all of the essential
amino acids that our bodies
00:26:46.67\00:26:52.44
cannot create. That's unusual
for a plant food. Quinoa was
used by the Inca civilization as
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a staple food in their daily
diet, and with good reason. It
boasts more protein than rice,
00:26:58.18\00:27:04.59
millet, or wheat, and it's
gluten-free with a healthy
complement of minerals such as
00:27:04.69\00:27:09.16
manganese, magnesium, iron, and
copper. Today, I'm sharing my
own recipe, Bev's Quinoa Salad
00:27:09.26\00:27:15.80
with Tahini Lime Dressing. Here
are the ingredients: one cup of
cooked quinoa; one carrot,
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grated; half a cup of shredded
kale; a quarter cup of currants;
a quarter cup of pumpkin seeds;
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and you can put a quarter
teaspoon of salt. That's
optional. I usually don't. This
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is a high-octane kind of salad.
You're going to get great
nutrition from the quinoa, the
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carrot, the kale, and the
pumpkin seeds. And the currants
add a nice little hint of tart
00:27:38.42\00:27:43.19
sweetness. And then for the
dressing, I just use the juice
of a lime, two teaspoons of
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tahini, a teaspoon of almond
butter, water to thin it out,
and a half teaspoon of
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sweetener, and a little
sprinkling of chili pepper seeds
and a few dashes maybe of
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Herbamare or some other kind of
spices. You mix the salad
ingredients together, then mix
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the dressing, and pour it over.
So let me show you. I've got the
quinoa right here. I'm going to
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add in some shredded carrots.
I'm going to add in the
wonderful kale. And this has
00:28:10.65\00:28:15.76
wonderful colour to it, this
whole salad. And then I've
already got the currants and the
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pumpkin seeds mixed. That's all
you've got to do. Those
ingredients, and then you'd just
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pour the dressing on top of it,
mix it together, and you've got
a spectacular, good-for-you kind
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of salad. And let me show you
how gorgeous it is. The
beautiful colours. And it's so
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fresh. Much of the ingredients
is raw. There you go. Beautiful
salad. Enjoy it in good health
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and I'll see you next time.
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CHRIS: Friend, there is true
comprehensive self-control found
in Jesus. I'd like to offer you
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a free copy of today's program.
Here's the information you need
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CHRIS: Thank you, Dr. Nedley, so
much for joining us today. DR.
NEDLEY: It's been great being
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here. CHRIS: And thank you for
watching. Please join us again
next week. Until then, remember,
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it is written, "Man shall not
live by bread alone, but by
every word that proceeds from
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the mouth of God."
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