>> Hello and welcome to It Is
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Written Canada.
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Can we ask you to take a moment
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to think about what you think
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about?
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[RENÉ] What is the first thing
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you think about when you wake up
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in the morning?
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[MIKE] Does your mind drift
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towards fear and what could go
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wrong?
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[RENÉ] Do you worry about your
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children or your parents?
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[MIKE] Your finances?
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[RENÉ] Or the state of the
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world?
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[MIKE] And what effect do your
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thoughts have on your emotions?
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Do you feel agitated, anxious,
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and easily angered?
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>> Or when you wake up in the
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morning, do you have
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peaceful thoughts?
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[MIKE] Even when you know that
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things are bad and complicated
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in the world, do you find
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yourself releasing your cares to
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God and experiencing a calm,
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peaceful tranquility that is far
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beyond your ability to
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understand?
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>> Do you sense God's goodness
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with His Holy Spirit with you
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even when things are not
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going well?
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>> Today on It Is Written
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Canada, you will meet healthcare
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professionals who will share
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with you practical and effective
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ways to help your mind and
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emotions rise above conflict and
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bring more peace into your life.
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¤¤
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[birds chirping]
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>> Welcome again to It Is
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Written Canada.
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Because we are living in a world
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that is, unfortunately, filled
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with conflict, we want to share
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with you practical and effective
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ways to rise above that conflict
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and bring more peace into
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your life.
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>> To begin with, we have Flor
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and Richard Green and their baby
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son, Zion.
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They are from Thunder Bay,
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Ontario and Flor and Richard
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love helping people.
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Flor is a medical doctor from
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the Dominican Republic who also
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holds a degree in clinical
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epidemiology from McMaster
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University.
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[MIKE] Richard went to business
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school and is also a trained
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medical missionary.
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Flor and Richard and Baby Zion,
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welcome to It Is Written Canada.
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>> Thank you guys for having us.
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>> It's a pleasure to be here.
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>> We're talking about peace and
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how to get more peace in your
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life and you live in a beautiful
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place out in nature.
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How does that affect your levels
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of peace and your experience of
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peace?
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>> Yeah, I think environment has
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a big impact on our peace, our
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mindset, our daily routines.
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We don't realize how much it
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impacts us.
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I remember growing up in the
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city or the suburbs, in sort of
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a concrete jungle, but close by
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to our home was a lake, it was
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Lake Ontario with a nice little
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beach and that was sort of my
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getaway place where I'd go and
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have walks by the pier and kinda
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clear my thoughts, have some
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meditation and prayer, to sort
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of reflect.
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And you could tell the
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difference in being in that
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environment and in being
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surrounded by stressors, whether
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that was studying for an exam
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and cramming night before an
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exam or, you know, just working.
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And so where we are, we're
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fortunate enough to be
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surrounded by 160 acres of
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greenery and forestry and...
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You could see the difference
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when little, a little deer and
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fawn walk up to the window and
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you're having dinner, it does
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something to you mentally that
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words are just so difficult to
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describe, where there's
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something there where
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environment definitely impacts
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our peace.
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>> It's true, it was completely
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different for me growing up.
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I was in a country where noise
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is part of our daily living.
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Lots of people, lots of
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children, lots of things
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happening on the daily basis and
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there's not lots of nature where
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my house was located.
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So making this transition has
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brought so much more peace and
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it's been so much better for
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myself and for my family.
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>> I know that when you grew up,
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Flor, you did a lot of camping.
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[FLOR] Yes.
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We used to go camping quite
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often to the country and that
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experience brought a lot more
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happiness to my childhood.
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We would look forward to every
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camping trip and that was such a
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blessing because you will not
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only be there with your friends,
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with nature, animals, fruits,
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fresh water, but it was also the
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presence of God in everything
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that was surrounding us.
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>> I think it's hard sometimes
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for people who are confined to
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the city.
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They don't realize how much
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noise is around them.
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I know when we were living in a
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city in Alberta and then we
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moved to the countryside, we
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moved up into the mountains of
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British Columbia, and it
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was so...
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[RENÉ] Quiet.
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[MIKE] ...quiet.
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It was loud it was so quiet,
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you know?
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Like, it was very disturbing to
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my peace, I couldn't sleep at
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night because it was too quiet
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and dark, like, there was no,
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you know, lights from the street
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or anything like that, it was
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just dark and you'd look out and
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there was the stars.
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So that was peaceful and living
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in nature really does bring us
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peace.
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[FLOR & RICHARD] Yes.
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>> So, Flor and Richard, how are
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your thoughts important to
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experiencing peace in your life?
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>> You know, there's a verse
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that comes to my mind, and I'm
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paraphrasing, "As a man thinketh
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in his heart, so is he."
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And our thoughts really are an
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internalization sometimes of our
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surroundings.
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As we look at things, we think
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right away, we can't help it.
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And we often act upon our
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thoughts.
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And so I remember growing up, my
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mom used to sing this little
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song, it was, "Be careful little
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eyes what you see, be careful
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little ears what you hear," and
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that stuck with me for a very
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long time.
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And so whatever it is that we
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are allowing to enter into our
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body, as we know, our body is
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the living temple of the Holy
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Spirit, it impacts us whether
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consciously or subconsciously
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and can have an impact on our
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moods, our emotions, our
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cholesterol, our blood pressure,
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things that we didn't even know
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that it could impact.
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And so when I personally
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remember when COVID started, you
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know, I was glued to the
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television.
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I was stuck to the television on
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CNN and different newscasts,
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looking at what the president
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was saying, or what the news was
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saying and I could realize day
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after day, I was just feeling
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very, you know, down.
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And so it wasn't after a few
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months in that we decided we
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need to take ourselves from the
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TV and be more conscious of the
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things we're allowing into our
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lives because we could tell that
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it was impacting just how we
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were interacting, we were
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feeling fearful and, you know,
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as we were able to control our
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thoughts and be more intentional
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about it, you become sensitive
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to it.
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And so...
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...it's our responsibility to
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recognize that everything around
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us can impact us both positively
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or negatively and we have to
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make the decision as to what we
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allow into our minds and into
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our bodies.
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>> That's very true.
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It has been established and
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proved that our thoughts, our
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positive or negative thinking,
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will have an impact in our brain
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and in the production of
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cortisol or serotonin and, as we
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know, the more cortisol you
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produce, you will be more
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stressed and peace will simply
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not be a part of your life.
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So we are striving to have a
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life that has peace, not just
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because of the fact that I wanna
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feel secure, but because that's
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the life that God created
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for us.
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He wants us to be happy and He
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wants us to feel peaceful in our
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environments.
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>> Our thoughts really do effect
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our emotions.
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You see, thoughts engender
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feelings or emotions.
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So if we have a negative
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thought, it will generate a
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negative feeling or emotion.
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For example, if someone is
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angry, they're upset,
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frustrated, or annoyed, that's
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often displayed in aggressive
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behaviour.
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So we see how the thought
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actually, it's translated into
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feeling and emotions and as a
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result of that, subsequent of
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that, it turns into behaviour.
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So thoughts are very important.
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Everything begins and ends with
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our thoughts.
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So if we could harness and
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cultivate an environment of
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healthy thinking, positive
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thinking, then as a result of
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that, our emotions, our feelings
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will reflect that type of
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thought.
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So it's important that we
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challenge our thoughts.
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When people come for counseling
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or psychotherapy, many of them
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experience what we call
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"cognitive distortions" or
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"distorted thinking," and what
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we do is we try to challenge
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those type of thoughts, help
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them to look at the other side,
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maybe flip the script, as it
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were, because you're often
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seeing it in a one-dimensional
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or uni-dimensional way.
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So if we could bring them our
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perspective where they haven't
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thought of the other side, then
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that helps them to consider what
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we call a "blind spot."
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So it's really important that we
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challenge our thoughts and
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ensure that our thoughts are
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producing, of course, healthy
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emotions because all the
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emotions begin with their origin
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in the source of our thoughts.
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So the question is, what
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environment, what, shall I say,
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is the soil in which our
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thoughts are planted in?
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And we gotta make sure that we
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have good soil so they can
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produce good thoughts.
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[birds chirping]
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[MIKE] You really do have to be
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intentional about peace, you'd
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be intentional about your
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environment, about your
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thoughts.
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And so there's another
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intentional aspect here and that
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is being intentional about
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forgiveness.
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How does that play into our
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peace?
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>> So growing up, my dad always
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used to say that forgiving is
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not just about yourself or the
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other person, but about the
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whole environment and creating a
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place where you can be happy and
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peaceful.
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He will also say that forgiving
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or not forgiving, holding
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grudges, is like drinking poison
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and expecting to be healed from
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a disease which is the
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complete opposite.
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So forgiving is also an
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intentional act that will
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release you from many negative
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thoughts and negative feelings
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in your life.
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And as we just mentioned, your
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thoughts, your feeling, and the
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way you are inside will directly
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affect the overall state of
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your life.
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[RICHARD] Yeah.
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You know, I think of Jesus and
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His interaction with Peter and
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Peter thought he had all the
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answers.
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He said, you know, "Master, how
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many times should we forgive?"
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and the comment was, "Seven
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times?"
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Jesus says, "No, Peter, seventy
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times seven."
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It wasn't a literal number, it
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was the fact that our lifestyle,
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our mindset should be one of
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releasing each other of the
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wrongs they've done to us.
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And also reminded where Jesus
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says that, you know, "If you
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can't forgive your brother who
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you can see, how do you expect
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your Heavenly Father to
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forgive you?"
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And there's a release, as Flor
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mentioned, that takes place when
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we allow the wrongs that someone
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has done to us to bypass us and
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it no longer has an effect on
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our lives.
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And I think of when Jesus says,
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you know, "My yoke is easy, My
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burden is light."
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What does that really mean?
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It means that we no longer have
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that stress that we walk around
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with of the wrongs that someone
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has committed against us and
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that only truly takes place when
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God Himself lifts those burdens,
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'cause we can only do so much,
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and go to the foot of the cross
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and give it to Him.
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But He literally is willing and
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able to take that baggage, the
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fears, the anxieties, the
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worries, the hurts of the past,
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physically, mentally,
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emotionally, and completely make
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us new, completely make
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us whole.
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And I think that's a huge part
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of our lives that everyone
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needs, not just Christians, not
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just any, you know, random
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person on the street, but every
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single human being needs to
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experience that release.
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In the Lord's prayer, it says,
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"Forgive them of their
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trespasses as we forgive those
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who trespass against us."
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So it means that people will do
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us wrong, but our
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responsibility, our response to
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that situation is what will make
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or break that level of peace
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we're able to experience
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in our lives.
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[MIKE] Yeah.
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So it's been said that when we
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forgive, a captive is set free
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and then we realize that that
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prisoner was us.
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[FLOR] Yes, ourselves.
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>> So, Richard and Flor, what
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are some effective ways that you
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have discovered to rise above
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anger and conflict to bring more
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peace in your life?
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>> Well, I can think of
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something very recent.
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We have a newborn, well, a baby,
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and as we were in the process of
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the pregnancy, we often had
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arguments regarding his name.
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We both have strong
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personalities and it's our first
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baby so we wanted our option to
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be the chosen one, each of us.
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But thinking of it, you have to
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make a commitment to the person
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that you're with.
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It's a relationship of give and
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take, and making that
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commitment also involves make--
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being able to make concessions
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and being able to be empathetic
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about the position of the other
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person that is across you.
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So making the decision for us
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for our baby's name definitely
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taught us how to commit to each
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other, how to communicate
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better, and how to make
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concessions when it's necessary.
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[RICHARD] Choosing a name for
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our son whose name is Zion,
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which we both love now, had its
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ups and downs, it wasn't a
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smooth, straight line and I
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think that's the life that we
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all live.
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Life isn't linear.
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You'll have those roller coaster
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moments, you will have the peaks
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and the valleys, if you will.
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For me personally, prayer and
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meditation are at the core of
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finding that peace.
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>> So how important is your
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faith in experiencing more peace
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in your life?
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[FLOR] I'll say it's very
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important.
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For me, my faith is not simply
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about a religion or going to
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church once a week and
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worshiping there and meeting
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with friends.
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So the way we live, it's a
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practical way of exercising
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our faith.
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[RICHARD] For me, my faith
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impacts every area of my life
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and my wife's life and my son's
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life, from what we eat, to how
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we dress, to our rest, to our
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nutrition.
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So it's really the bedrock of
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our relationship with each
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other, relationship with God.
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Even though I grew up in the
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church, faith has everything to
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do with my life, how I live, how
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I talk, my interactions with
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people...
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Growing up, I took my faith for
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granted because I didn't really
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value it, and they say you don't
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really know what you have until
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you lose something.
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And I went through those
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rebellious years where I, not
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rejected my faith, but didn't
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pay much attention to it and it
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waned over time and it wasn't
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until I had that void in my
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life, realizing that there is
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this tension that was building
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up, uncertain of what to fill
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that void with, that I really
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remembered that, "Hey, it's not
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about religion per se, it's
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about relationship."
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And so I'm reminded in
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Revelation where Jesus says to
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remember your first love and so
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for me it came full circle and
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then that was the realization
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that my faith is the bedrock of
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peace in my life, it's the
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bedrock for understanding God
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and the Bible says without
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faith, you can't please God.
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I believe that all the
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experiences that we go through
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that build our faith, sometimes
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the trials and the tribulations,
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they all work out for good.
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As the Word says, "All things
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work together for good."
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And so all these elements come
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together to give us this
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connection with God that we
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perhaps never had or experienced
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in the first place, but when it
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becomes personal, then the peace
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comes rushing in like a wind in
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a desert.
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>> Mmm, good illustration.
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Also think of water, you
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mentioned water earlier and how
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important that is, you know, He
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leads me beside the still waters
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and, you know, peace is like
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a river.
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So we're going to have our
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friends, Cathy and Arlete, and
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they're gonna be talking about
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the importance of water, really
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drinking water, and how that is
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really good for our health and
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brings us many benefits.
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So let's take a look at this.
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>> Hi, everyone.
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My name is Arlete Susana and
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this is my sister-in-law.
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>> Hello, my name is Cathy.
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>> Thanks so much for coming to
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visit me today, Cathy.
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>> That's just my pleasure.
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I really like being next to
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the water.
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It's so peaceful.
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Yeah.
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>> Speaking of water, actually,
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did you know that our bodies are
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about 75% water and our brains
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are actually closer to 85%?
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So water is super important for
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us, not just for our mental
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health and being out in nature
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like this, but internally for
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our body's health.
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The water helps to cleanse any
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toxins, to hydrate our cells,
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and to just keep everything
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moving well.
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>> Actually, our family likes to
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start off the day with a nice
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big glass of water.
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>> That's a really great
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practice to get into.
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I actually recommend to my
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clients and to all of us, our
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family, that we start off our
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day with actually warm
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lemon water.
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And the way that you do this is
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you take half a lemon, you get
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the juice of-- the whole half of
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lemon if that's what you like,
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if you like it extra lemony,
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squeeze it into a glass, pour
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about halfway of
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room-temperature water, and just
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top it up with boiling water so
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that it's the perfect
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temperature of warm.
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It's actually a little warmer
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than cool, it matches your
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internal body temperature so
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that when you wake up in the
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morning, you're still nice and
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warm, that water is excellent.
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You drink it quickly and it acts
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like a little flush.
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And then just follow it-- drink
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it in about 15 minutes, then
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follow it up with a second glass
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of just plain water.
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>> But you don't have to drink
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the second one so quickly.
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>> No, you don't have to drink
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it as quickly.
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And actually if you don't have
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a lemon or if you have sensitive
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teeth, your teeth enamel or
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whatever is extra sensitive,
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instead of doing the lemon
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juice, you can try adding lemon
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essential oil, just one drop to
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that glass, and it'll still--
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still warm, and it'll still have
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the same flushing effect as if
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you had it with the freshly
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squeezed lemon.
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>> But, you know, if you don't
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have the oil, you can drink your
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water with a straw because
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that'll bypass your teeth and
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then you don't have to worry
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about, you know, wearing down
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your enamel or anything
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like that.
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>> That's a really great tip,
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actually, yeah.
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>> So now the question is, how
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much water do I need to drink?
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>> That's a good question, too,
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and there's actually a formula
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for that.
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So you take your body weight in
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pounds and you divide it by 2
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and then you take that number
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and you divide it by 8 ounces
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and it'll give you the number of
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8-ounce glasses of water that
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you should have in a day.
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And what I usually do, for my
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weight I need to drink between
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seven to eight glasses of water,
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so what I do is I fill up my
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water bottle, this is a
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one-litre bottle, so that's
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about four 8-ounce cups, and if
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I need to drink eight, that
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means I need to drink two
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bottles full.
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So I start off by having the
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first bottle in the morning and
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then in the afternoon, I have my
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second and I know that I've had
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as much water as I need for my
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current weight.
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>> Yeah, I like that because I'm
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visual and also it's a reminder
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'cause throughout the day you're
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so busy and it's really easy not
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to drink your water so it's nice
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to have it where you see it.
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>> And you can take it with you,
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it's portable, and you can take
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it with you.
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>> Just remember to take it.
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>> Absolutely.
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>> Okay, now I have the
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question, when should I be
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drinking this water?
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>> Well, there is a
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recommendation for that as well.
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You should be drinking your
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water throughout the day and
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your water bottle will serve as
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your reminder, but you should
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stop drinking about half an hour
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before your meals so that you
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have enough hydration for your
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actual meal.
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Don't drink anything at all with
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your meal, not even water or any
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other drinks, juices, etcetera,
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and then start drinking your
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water again, plain, about an
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hour after your meals.
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And then you can just drink the
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rest of your water throughout
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the day.
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The reason why we do this,
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because I know you're probably
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thinking and asking, wondering
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why, is we don't drink with our
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meals so that we're not diluting
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your stomach acids so that
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they're at their full strength
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to be able to digest your food
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properly.
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And water is not just excellent
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for our internal health, but
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it's very important for our
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external health as well.
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>> I like my hot showers.
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I like my hot showers, but it's
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recommended that before you
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leave the shower, just to turn
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on the cold and it'll
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invigorate you.
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>> That's excellent.
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That's actually a form of
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hydrotherapy and if you do that
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hot and cold contrasting showers
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or baths, it's like a little
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internal massage where the hot
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will actually dilate your
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muscles and veins and vessels,
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etcetera, and the cold will
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constrict it.
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So if you do that contrast a few
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times, it'll be like a little
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internal massage and it'll just
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get your circulation going and
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it is just, it's relaxing and
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peaceful as well.
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>> For sure.
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>> So those are some of the many
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ways you can use water and
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benefit from it, internally by
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drinking it and enjoying it, and
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also externally.
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So it's such an amazing thing.
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So why don't we enjoy a nice
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glass of water together.
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>> Absolutely.
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>> It's important to stay
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hydrated, especially when it's
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sunny and hot.
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So hopefully you've learned some
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tips and that you will enjoy
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drinking some more water every
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day so that it can be of benefit
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to you.
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[CATHY] Cheers.
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[ARLETE] Cheers.
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[glasses clink]
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>> So what about you, are you
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getting enough water?
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With so many health benefits
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of-- to water, to drinking water
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as Cathy and Arlete mentioned
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to us, it's-- I think it's
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important that we kinda keep our
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water bottle next to us and keep
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sipping throughout the day and
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get enough water.
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So one final question, Richard
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and Flor, thinking about peace
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and the Bible, is there a Bible
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text or maybe a Bible story that
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brings peace to your mind when
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you're feeling in turmoil or
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maybe you can't sleep at night,
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something that just puts you in
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a state of peace.
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>> Yes, absolutely.
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I think of Psalms 23, verse 1.
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"The Lord is my shepherd,
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thou shalt not want..."
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What great comfort that brings!
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Any thing, any worries, any
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anxiety, I can just leave it to
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God and He will take care of it.
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I also think of the fruits of
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the Holy Spirit and peace being
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one of them.
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I wanna think that I am living a
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life that is honouring God and
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that the Holy Spirit is within
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me as I am a temple, right?
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So I want peace in my life and I
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want the Holy Spirit to be in me
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and be peace one of the fruits
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that are showing off because of
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His performance in my life.
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[RICHARD] There's several verses
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that come to my mind when I
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think about peace and Psalms 23
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is a beautiful one.
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I think of Jeremiah 33, verse 3
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where the Lord says...
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It gives me a sense of comfort
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to know that I have access, we
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have access, to the throne room
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of God as where it says to come
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boldly to the throne of grace.
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We're not alone.
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God is with us even in the midst
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of the trials and a verse that
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particularly comes to my mind is
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Exodus 14:14.
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"The Lord will fight your
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battles, but you must hold
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your peace."
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And it reminds me, reminds us,
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that we'll go through these
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skirmishes, these challenges,
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but we do not need to fear
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because God is in the midst,
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fighting for us at all times.
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>> So, Richard and Flor, we have
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come to the end of our time with
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you, but before we let you go,
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Richard, I wonder if I could ask
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you to pray for our viewers and
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our listeners so they can
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experience more peace
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in their lives.
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>> Absolutely.
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Let's bow our heads in prayer.
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Dear Heavenly Father, we are so
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grateful for this opportunity we
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can pause in our day-to-day
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activities and to just-- we're
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reminded of how we are able to
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gain peace in our lives when we
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surrender everything to You.
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And for anyone who is listening
00:25:57.45\00:25:59.72
in this moment, we pray that
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Your Holy Spirit would rest upon
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them and give them that great
00:26:02.72\00:26:04.46
gift of peace that we all so
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desire.
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You said to ask and it shall be
00:26:07.93\00:26:10.93
given unto us, seek and we shall
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find, knock, the door shall be
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opened unto us.
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So, Lord, we pray that Your
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peace will come in like a
00:26:17.94\00:26:19.11
rushing wind and lift every
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burden that they may be facing,
00:26:20.94\00:26:22.44
that we might be facing in this
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moment.
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In Jesus's precious name, amen.
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[MIKE & RENÉ] Amen.
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>> Richard and Flor, thank you
00:26:28.68\00:26:30.12
so much for joining us today on
00:26:30.12\00:26:32.19
It Is Written Canada.
00:26:32.19\00:26:33.46
>> Thank you so much for
00:26:33.46\00:26:34.16
having us.
00:26:34.16\00:26:34.92
>> Thank you, it's been a
00:26:34.92\00:26:35.52
pleasure.
00:26:35.52\00:26:36.22
>> Clearly and consistently, the
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Bible points the way to peace in
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the presence of life's
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challenges.
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>> Verses like Psalm 85,
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verse 8...
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Whenever I feel restless and I
00:26:55.81\00:26:57.88
can't sleep at night, I meditate
00:26:57.88\00:26:59.45
on Psalms like this and they
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give me more peace.
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>> Another book we would like to
00:27:04.79\00:27:06.22
recommend to help you find more
00:27:06.22\00:27:08.16
peace in your life is our free
00:27:08.16\00:27:11.03
offer, a book entitled, I Want
00:27:11.03\00:27:14.36
More BLANK In My Life.
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>> You fill in the blank, "I
00:27:16.87\00:27:18.23
want more peace in my life, or
00:27:18.23\00:27:20.14
joy, hope, rest, security,
00:27:20.14\00:27:23.30
connections," you name it.
00:27:23.30\00:27:24.67
This little book can help you
00:27:24.67\00:27:26.61
find what you are searching for.
00:27:26.61\00:27:29.41
>> Before you go, we would like
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00:27:42.99\00:27:44.83
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>> Friends, if you want more
00:27:47.86\00:27:49.56
peace in your life, we want to
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recommend to you the ultimate
00:27:51.97\00:27:53.64
book, the Bible, where Jesus
00:27:53.64\00:27:55.44
received strength in His time of
00:27:55.44\00:27:57.97
severest temptation with the
00:27:57.97\00:27:59.54
Devil, when He declared, "It is
00:27:59.54\00:28:02.54
written, 'Man shall not live by
00:28:02.54\00:28:04.51
bread alone, but by every word
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that proceeds out of the mouth
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of God.'"
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¤¤
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[water rushing]
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[muffled voices]
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