Participants: Jim Gilley (Host), Danny Shelton (Host), C.A. Murray (Host), Lynell LaMountain, Michael Eskenazi, Peter Holmes, Sheila McThenia, Ted & Marie Sternhardt, Will Froelich, Des Cummings, Dr Dexter Frederick, Dr Todd B. Lang, Dr. Julie vanPutten, Ethan, Jay Perez, Lacinda Lang
Series Code: NLLB
Program Code: NLLB011501
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00:13 Danny, I am, as a pastor friend of mine used to say
00:18 humbly proud to know that we're involved in a church 00:22 that is so incredibly involved 00:25 in the current lives of individuals. 00:28 You know, we talk about the health care crisis 00:30 in this country, but when you follow these steps, 00:32 when you do these things, 00:34 when you put them into practice, 00:35 your life is better 00:37 automatically and almost instantaneously. 00:39 I think it's amazing that what started in the 1860s 00:42 with a health message from a lady 00:44 that had a second grade education. 00:48 When you look at that and to see this dream 00:50 she dared to dream and to see what God has done. 00:53 I think a lot of people have no idea 00:55 the size of the Adventist health system--what would we say 01:00 about it in compare too much with the rest of the world 01:02 or other church Christian denominations. 01:04 It's the largest Protestant health system in the world. 01:08 Well, that's incredible in the world. 01:10 We're not the largest Protestant church 01:12 by numbers wise by any means. No. 01:14 So it tells you the emphasis put on the health message. 01:17 It actually tells you that what's happening is 01:20 the health message resonates with communities 01:23 and also paints a vision for our nation 01:26 that attracts people to say, these are the kind of folks 01:29 we want running our community hospitals. 01:31 I was telling C.A. and Jim before the program. 01:34 I owe my very life I believe to the lifestyle 01:39 and to the health program 01:41 of the Seventh-day Adventist church, the health message. 01:44 My father was disabled at 36 with a heart condition. 01:47 Some of my aunts and uncles went prematurely, 01:50 in my family there's a lot of heart disease. 01:53 I have heart disease, atherosclerosis three years ago. 01:55 I had a stent put in. 01:57 But 20 or some years ago I became a vegetarian. 02:00 Changed my lifestyle, let up on all the eggs, 02:02 you know, the diary products 02:04 and didn't do it for any reason. 02:06 I was one of those Adventists 02:07 who'd say, "Hey, if I can eat clean meat, I am gonna eat it. 02:09 No one can tell me what to eat or what not to eat. 02:11 I will just go by the Bible." 02:12 But as I begin to get into 3ABN and I saw the beauty of it, 02:17 I looked at it as a promise and not something that, 02:20 well, you have to do and then I began to enjoy. 02:23 So taking advantage that lifestyle change, 02:26 I believe that's the only reason 02:27 I am gonna be 60 here before too long. 02:29 I still play full court basketball 02:31 running up and down the court and feel good 02:33 and I attribute that to-- 02:35 I'm very thankful to the leadership 02:36 of the Seventh-day Adventist church, 02:38 Ellen White and to the Lord in particular 02:40 for bringing this message to light to the world 02:42 because in my own life, 02:44 I am a testimony that it's worked thus far. 02:46 Absolutely, I think that that's the one reason 02:49 as C.A. said that Adventist health study is the reason why 02:53 we have had so much validity 02:56 behind the creation health model. 02:58 If we did not have Adventists living this today, 03:01 and out there in their hundreds, 03:04 we would not have people coming to us and saying, 03:07 "you know, how to live better, you know, how to live longer." 03:10 They want both of those. 03:11 They don't want to live longer unless 03:12 they want to live longer and better. 03:14 So I think that's the great advantage 03:16 of the Adventist health message and people who live it. 03:19 And I think that you're making that testimony every day. 03:21 Amen. Amen, all right. 03:23 Now, Des, you got some guests coming up, 03:24 so Danny and I go and get out of the way 03:26 and let you interview 03:27 a couple of new friends. Introduce them for us please. 03:29 As a matter of fact we have a group of people 03:31 coming from our church in Port Charlotte 03:34 and we want you to make sure 03:36 you get acquainted with them. 03:38 Dr. Lang and his wife Lucinda, and we have Will, 03:42 and we're going to talk to them about activity 03:44 because that's the next letter of our acronym. 03:47 You see, when you meet God in the creation story, 03:50 you meet Him at work. 03:51 So there is an active God. He starts the week at work. 03:55 He ends the week at rest. 03:56 Having meaningful and active lives is so important 04:00 as we go forward. 04:02 So I wanna start with Dr. Lang and his wife Lucinda, 04:05 and talk to you a bit about 04:07 what has really gotten you into the creation health mode now. 04:11 You first of all have really been affected Dr. Lang by this 04:15 and really taking on as a personal mission. 04:17 So tell me why? 04:18 Well, I first have to thank Will, 04:20 because it was Will who brought creation health 04:23 to Port Charlotte, couple of years ago. 04:27 And I'd the privilege of going to that first event. 04:31 We had a panel of doctors that were there to answer questions 04:34 and you know I wasn't going to go at first because-- 04:38 You're doctor and you know it all. 04:40 I understand that. 04:41 Well, you know, the point is that 04:45 I'm a third or fourth generation Adventist, 04:47 I grew up vegetarian, 04:48 I exercise. Exactly. 04:50 And all of the things, I didn't-- 04:51 It's right in your DNA, you don't need it. 04:53 You got it, well you know, 04:55 and I think a lot of Adventists are that way quite frankly. 04:59 But every time, you know, 05:00 I've taught it four times now 05:02 and I learn something new every time I teach it. 05:05 You've taught it four times. 05:07 So you've really gotten into this 05:08 as part of your own personal life. 05:11 I have and it started with rest just like 05:13 many of the other people that have testified tonight. 05:16 Well, I want to ask Lucinda about that rest thing. 05:19 Have you noticed changes in his own life 05:22 because of creation health and especially 05:24 this rest principle? I really did. 05:26 The best thing that happened when he got more rest, 05:29 he was able to wear all the hats that he wears. 05:31 And that takes a lot of energy 05:33 and that gave us even a better thing 05:35 that happened was we became as a team 05:38 more nutritious in our meals. 05:40 And we did that together and that made a big difference. 05:42 And I am happy and thankful that our seven year old now 05:45 can grow up with that and can be a part of that. 05:48 Now you personally are also a presenter. 05:50 I am-- For Creation Health. 05:52 I am, I learn something every time-- 05:53 So you're side by side with a team here. 05:55 Now you're active through a Will's activity orientation. 05:59 I know he has a gym and he keeps everybody active, 06:01 but has he changed your life in a more significant way? 06:04 Well-- Or a more visible way. 06:08 Yes, you know, in my practice 06:13 about six months after attending that first seminar, 06:19 patients started come in and saying, 06:21 "You know, there's something different about you. 06:23 I am not sure if I can put my finger on it." 06:26 That was some people's comment. 06:28 It was also happening in church. 06:30 And then other people would say, 06:32 "You've lost weight." 06:33 And I said, "Well, yes, that is true." 06:37 And but the key factor 06:40 that I really want our audience tonight to understand is this. 06:45 I feel very impressed with this 06:48 because the eight principles are all important 06:52 and we've all applied them individually, 06:55 but when you apply them all simultaneously, 06:58 that's when life really happens. Absolutely-- 07:01 It starts to pop 07:03 and what I like to call the glow. 07:06 So Adventism offers not just a diet or not just activity, 07:10 but a whole lifestyle and you've said, 07:12 you say to your people when--when in your classes. 07:16 You give them a line about the relationship of this 07:18 to the whole health crisis in America. 07:21 Well, I feel like I've broken record sometimes, 07:25 because I say it regularly, 07:27 "This is America's health reform." 07:32 Absolutely, I think that above all you're living it, 07:36 you've changed your lifestyle, it's encompassed you. 07:38 But the great thing about this 07:40 is it's now a contemporary Adventist experience. 07:43 You're second or third generation 07:45 and in that second or third generation 07:47 you start taking things for granted. 07:48 Absolutely. Now it's your's personally. 07:50 Now you're actually I saw you on TV in a commercial 07:53 because the community is really reacting positively 07:56 and the news station actually interviewed you 07:59 about your seminars because you're holding 'em now in where? 08:04 We held it at the brand new Charlotte Harbor Event 08:08 and Conference Center in Punta Gorda. 08:11 And, you know, I really do have a passion for this, 08:15 so I called all the television stations and I said, 08:18 "Look, we're in a healthcare crisis we need this." 08:22 And one listened and by God's grace I, you know, 08:27 just little doctor from little Punta Gorda they listened. 08:32 And, you know, it makes a difference in people's lives 08:36 and it's a tool that I think all of us can use 08:39 as we live it, we experience it, 08:42 people listen and it's a tool that is timely, timely. 08:49 And when you talk about a glow, 08:51 when you talk about timeliness, 08:53 I am thinking of passage that says, 08:55 "Arise, shine, for your light has come, 08:56 and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you." 08:59 He will draw people and He's drawing people. 09:02 So you make news because God becomes 09:05 the center of it. Absolutely. 09:06 Will, I want to talk little bit about you 09:08 because you kind of started this story. 09:10 Now it's affected your whole church. 09:11 What is your role in the church? Well, I-- 09:15 Yeah, you have a great voice 09:17 but I need the microphone with it. 09:19 I serve as the team leader for Health Ministry Department. 09:24 Health ministries were fortunate 09:25 to have quite a few health professionals, 09:28 Todd among those. 09:29 His Dad also is a retired physician in the community. 09:32 We have several doctors and nurses-- 09:35 You are very blessed-- Yes. 09:36 because there was an Adventist hospital 09:38 there in this community some time ago. 09:40 But now I want to ask you, 09:42 you some years ago when the hospital actually was 09:45 still operating there established a wellness center 09:49 and you were part of that. 09:50 I did the initial ordering for all the equipment 09:52 we brought into the Wellness Center 09:54 and it was an awesome ministry in the community. 09:56 So you have a long heritage of being an Adventist. 09:59 Yes, fifth generation actually. 10:00 Fifth generation. Yes. 10:01 And you started in wellness here with the hospital. 10:04 Now you comeback to the community 10:06 and what did you decide to do? 10:07 Well, I was involved in retirement care. 10:10 And things ended up that I decided to open up a gym 10:14 and took over the management of the gym. 10:17 And I wanted to have a program 10:20 to where people could understand and practice wellness 10:24 as a whole perspective for the whole person, 10:26 not just coming to a gym just to exercise, 10:29 just to lose weight, but to have total health. 10:31 So this is really the core of your activity center. 10:34 So you're keepin people 10:36 around the entire creation health model just not the "A." 10:41 Just not the "A." 10:42 We also practice the "A" in couple of different aspects, 10:45 both mental activity as well as physical. 10:48 Every member that comes into the gym, 10:49 I provide with a free personal training session. 10:53 It's an orientation to help them fully understand 10:56 what the total package of health is. 10:58 And I've incorporated the creation health principles 11:00 in a nutshell into that ours personal training program. 11:05 So they spent a lot of time learning 11:07 not just learning how to exercise. 11:09 I got to ask you, now you're offering this in your center. 11:12 You start to have people enroll, you have groups. 11:14 Tell me about the groups? 11:15 Well, we started off with our very first... 11:19 creation health seminar at the gym. 11:21 I had about 16 people that signed up for it 11:24 and it was an awesome experience. 11:26 I had one of the local Adventist physicians came in 11:29 and he provided the question and answer 11:31 portion of the program. 11:32 And it was just an awesome experience. 11:34 I had one gentleman that attended that series 11:39 and shortly after that he moved away out of the area. 11:43 He sold his condo, his wife was very ill. 11:46 She was given a terminal disease actually. 11:50 Received a word that she had a terminal disease 11:52 and so he moved back north. 11:54 And while they were up there they were seeing the physician 11:56 they had up there and physician actually told them, 11:58 they said the only hope you really have 12:00 for increasing your lifespan 12:03 and having a quality of life is to eat a plant based diet. 12:07 And plant based diet kind of triggered something 12:09 in this gentleman's mind 12:11 and his mind flashed back to the Creation Health Series. 12:15 So did they follow a plant based diet? 12:17 He followed plant based diet 12:19 back in August this past year. 12:21 They returned to Lake Suzy area. 12:24 They bought the condo next door to where they used to live 12:27 and he came back to the gym. 12:29 He just finished the series that Todd just conducted 12:33 at the Charlotte Harbor Event Series--Center 12:35 doing his second time through the creation health. 12:38 And he came back to me, he says, "Well," 12:39 he says, "You did tell me that every time you learn-- 12:42 every time you do presentation of creation health, 12:45 you learn something more." 12:46 And he says, "I've just gone through this series, 12:48 the second time " he says, 12:50 "I've learned more and more this time." 12:51 So what you're finding is that in fact 12:53 creation health is not only a great idea, 12:56 it's life changing, it's changing lives for you. 12:58 You told me a story of a lady 13:00 who actually came in as a professional singer 13:04 and has lost over 160 pounds under your guidance, 13:07 through the activity and nurture the whole creation health model. 13:11 Yes, it's awesome, I want to thank you all so much 13:12 for the way the Lord is using you 13:14 to bring activity to reality 13:17 around the creation health model. 13:18 Phenomenal, thank you. God bless you. 13:21 Well, Des, there's another letter 13:24 that we're seeing here, 13:26 that's the letter "T" which indicates trust 13:32 and there is an awful lot of psychological things 13:37 that are so important that we find in health. 13:39 We have to be thinking right. 13:41 We have to have the right spirit 13:43 and trust is one of those things. 13:46 Yes, Jim, at the center of the acronym is "T" 13:50 for trust in God because at the center of our lives 13:54 must be a trust in God. That's right-- 13:56 And as we bring God into the center of our lives 13:59 all of the rest of these letters mean something. They do. 14:02 And so we find that this is amplified 14:04 and expressed in the next story. 14:06 I am going to introduce you to a gentleman 14:08 named Michael Eskenazi. 14:11 Michael is joining us as a journey 14:15 that he had in living trust in his life. 14:18 And, Michael, welcome, we are glad to have you with us. 14:21 And tell me what you do for a living? 14:24 Actually I'm manager of credit union. 14:27 I am in charge of the lending operations. 14:29 So you're Vice President in a credit union? Exactly-- 14:31 You're in a banking business so to speak. 14:32 I am in the banking trade. 14:34 That's a stressful business these days. 14:35 In fact they do stress tests on the banks they say. 14:37 Yes, they do. 14:39 And so, now here you've to really learn to trust people 14:43 and trust has become a journey in your life. 14:46 I want to go back and start your journey. 14:49 You were born into a Jewish home. That's correct. 14:52 And at age 16, 14:54 something happened as you started to explore 14:57 the Christian faith. 14:58 Tell me what happened? 14:59 Well, basically when I was 16, I grew up in a home. 15:02 It was not a religious home 15:05 other than going to Hebrew school 15:07 for a short time. 15:08 I developed an interest in the Christian faith 15:11 through watching different Christian T.V. shows. 15:15 I used to have to basically sneak watching T.V. shows 15:18 because it was forbidden to even say the word, 15:22 you know, Jesus or anything else like that in my home. 15:24 So I grew up with an interest in watching different shows 15:28 and that basically sparked the big interest 15:30 in wanted to know more. 15:32 One of those was an Adventist show. It was. 15:35 I was switched to stations back 15:37 and I watched the show call Iserine. 15:40 And basically it intrigued me because the German 15:43 who gave the show was very mild and meek 15:45 and he would go into a lot of depth 15:48 in reference to what the Bible was about. 15:50 And was his name George Vandeman? Yes, it was. 15:53 And so here you go and you actually 15:55 send away from one of his books. Yes. 15:57 So the first Christians you began studying with 15:59 and around the age 16, showed up at your door. 16:02 Who were they? 16:03 It was a young couple. 16:05 I expected them to just mail me a book. 16:06 I had no idea one Saturday I heard a knock on my door. 16:09 And there a nice couple came 16:11 and they introduced themselves 16:12 and want to know if I would be willing to invite them 16:15 in learn about-- more about the book 16:17 and they started Bible study with me. 16:18 And so here you are at 16 studying with Adventist, 16:22 but then something happened in the course of your life. 16:24 You had just abandoned that study 16:26 because it was forbidding you, 16:28 you then became married. Yes. 16:30 But you married somebody 16:31 who would didn't have a Christian background 16:33 and that ended in a divorce experience. 16:36 That's correct. 16:37 But now you come into dating a woman 16:40 who also--is on a journey to find scriptural truth. 16:44 Tell me about that? 16:46 Yeah, basically I got married 16:49 and my wife actually had grew up in a villager's home actually 16:54 and actually her father was a pastor. 16:56 But unfortunately she didn't feel 16:58 that it was for her comfortable with reference 17:01 to the truths of the Bible 17:03 and we decided to go on our journey together. 17:05 So now you're seeking truth in scripture again, 17:08 reminds you back of this Adventists faith. 17:10 But once again it's television that takes the prompt. 17:14 And you--what did you start watching on television? 17:16 We start to watch like T.V. shows of the years 17:18 again over different Christian networks 17:21 and we came upon a show called "Amazing Facts." 17:23 And we were very intrigued by this show. 17:26 It was very different than the other Christian T.V. shows. 17:30 And one day we decided, you know, who is this man? 17:32 You know what faith is He? 17:34 And we basically did our googling 17:37 and found that he was part the Seventh-day Adventist faith. 17:40 So now you've found out 17:41 the Seventh-day Adventist faith for a second time. Yes. 17:43 It starting to make a pattern in your life 17:45 but you have a son. Yes. 17:47 Your son is born to you and where is he born? 17:50 My son was born in the Florida hospital 17:53 and we were in a celebration 17:56 which is obviously where we go now. 17:57 But we had no idea that it was an Adventist church. 18:00 So a year ago looking for a church, 18:03 you go to the internet very place your son was born, 18:06 it says there is a church meeting there. 18:08 Now I am a part of that church. 18:10 And I want to tell you that one of the reasons Jim 18:12 we started this church is because we think 18:14 that hospitals should have spiritual centers of excellence 18:17 just like a center of excellence for cardiology 18:19 or a center of excellence for orthopedics, 18:22 we should have a center of excellence in spirituality. 18:25 So, Michael, you come to the church 18:27 and you study and what happened last year? 18:31 We decided to make a commitment. 18:33 We felt that this church was the truth. 18:35 We felt it was-- what we were looking for 18:37 we've prayed for a long time. 18:39 And we decide that this was a commitment 18:42 for our lives and we got baptized. 18:44 So now you get baptized into the church 18:46 and you become very embedded into the process, 18:49 but you told me that something happened 18:51 that you didn't fully expect. 18:52 You tell me that what happened 18:54 is that you found something in the fellowship of the church 18:58 that surprised you. What was it? 19:00 Basically, you know, we had, 19:01 I guess that we've gone to lot of different churches 19:03 and we felt that there was some different about this one. 19:07 And we felt that there was love at here. 19:09 There was really a commitment of God, 19:12 a commitment of truth here and it was very different. 19:15 And basically, it changed our lives. 19:17 I mean, you know, as I said one of the reason 19:21 why we make commitment here was because we felt that 19:23 this was the truth religion. 19:25 And the people here really showed 19:29 not just outside but inside that 19:31 they really all truly loved God. 19:34 So you told me that before you knew 19:36 there was a God somewhere. 19:38 Yeah, basically I always knew that God existed, 19:41 you know, we always-- I always felt like God was, 19:43 you know, around, 19:45 but when I became a part of this church 19:47 I felt that God actually had now become 19:49 a part of my life completely. 19:52 I felt like God was around 19:54 but now I felt God was actually with me. 19:56 And it's changed my life because now I feel 19:58 wherever I go God is actually with me no matter where I go. 20:02 And you've made a wonderful witness in that church. 20:05 And I want you to know that the Lord is using you 20:08 in tremendous ways to express trust 20:10 because trust is at the core of who we are 20:14 and what we stand for. 20:15 Jim, that's the story of trust. 20:17 Now it's tremendous too 20:19 and I love the way of celebration. 20:21 A hospital fits into that 20:23 because I was on the board of Florida hospital, 20:28 the system, I administered health systems for seven years 20:30 and it was during that time that, 20:33 Des, you brought the plan for the celebration hospital too. 20:37 As I remember we looked at it, we talked about it. 20:40 We did all of those things 20:42 and some of us wondered will this work. 20:44 Not just a hospital that treats those that are sick 20:47 and that are injured and that are-- 20:50 but those that are trying to be healthy 20:53 and we are presenting to them a plan 20:56 where they're growing physically and spiritually 20:59 all at the same time. 21:01 More of the sanitarium model so to speak, 21:05 so more of the original health plan 21:08 that was brought into existence in this denomination. 21:11 And so I applaud you Des for bringing that plan and I-- 21:15 remember the first time we all went out there 21:17 with our heart hats on? That's true. 21:19 Walk through that place and we had prayer. Absolutely. 21:21 And I have--Camille and I have both been patients there 21:25 for a short time and what a wonderful caring place. 21:30 Jim, we just hope that, that building 21:31 because its eight sides represent creation health. Yes. 21:34 That it's has a continual around the clock message, 21:37 that the eight sides of the tower of celebration 21:40 are the creation health principles 21:41 that were given to us in God's original plan. 21:44 It's the best plan for our lives. 21:46 But I tell you what? 21:48 Jay Perez is Vice President for mission and ministry 21:51 and he is extending this plan 21:53 beyond just the Caucasian English speaking population. 21:57 You have some things going in the Hispanic communities, 21:59 so, Jim, please ask Jay about what's happening in his life? 22:03 Well, Jay, we do want to hear from you 22:05 about exactly what's taking place 22:08 in that particular ministry there. 22:11 Well, Jim, it's our desire to give this message not only, 22:15 you know, in our surroundings here, 22:16 but also throughout the world, 22:18 so last week we just got 22:20 in the whole set of creation health in Spanish. 22:24 And all the materials have been translated small groups. 22:28 You see a copy here and it is our plan now 22:33 to train beginning in February 11th, 22:38 500 of our lay people here to Florida. 22:43 And they'll be training for the next four weeks 22:45 after February 11th, preparing for a lunch of 500 small groups 22:51 throughout Florida Conference with the intent 22:53 of having and reaching 5,000 people 22:56 between April and May with the creation of health program. 23:00 And the program is called "Salute Creación." 23:02 It has everything videos, DVDs, 23:05 everything all the materials and we wanna 23:08 let take it not only here but also, you know, 23:11 in Central America, South America, 23:13 Inter-America throughout the world. 23:14 Oh, that's tremendous. 23:16 Already you're seeing an impact from that, right? 23:19 Absolutely, we're seeing churches 23:22 that have been launched-- have launched this program. 23:24 Last year, we have about 25 pastors, 23:27 who went, taught the programs in the churches 23:30 over 30 seminars where presented 23:33 and now we're ready to launch that 23:35 throughout the conference. 23:36 Well, and great plans for the future 23:39 and we are excited about that. 23:42 And, Des, you have Lynell Lamountain at this time. 23:47 As the matter of fact what's happening, Jim, 23:49 is we not only have materials 23:51 that are available for us in Spanish, 23:53 but Lynell tells a story of what's happening 23:56 in some churches that and how this is changing 23:58 their lives in their own communities. 24:01 You have a great story of that. 24:02 One of the highlights for me in these past couple of years 24:05 working at creation health is I've a friend and his name is 24:08 Patrick Williams, his wife Marine. 24:10 He is a senior pastor of the Cornerstone Church 24:13 of Seventh-day Adventists which is about 20 minutes 24:15 away from Washington Dallas Airport. 24:17 And the interesting thing about this story is 24:19 his church was invited by the Stoneridge Community. 24:23 It's a planned community of 1,500 homes 24:25 to be its community church. Wow. 24:27 So they and how do that come about. 24:29 What-- what they do? 24:31 Well, he was friends with the developer 24:33 and they had a good reputation in the community 24:35 because the church has a mission 24:36 to administer people's hope person needs. 24:39 There are physical programs, educational, social, 24:41 emotional, religious. 24:43 So they had a good reputation 24:44 for meeting people's needs already 24:46 and invited to be church in that community. 24:48 That community is just not a subdivision. 24:50 It has an elementary school 24:51 and middle school, has swimming pools. 24:53 It has a commercial center. 24:55 Everybody in Northern Virginia, in that area 24:58 is within 5 to 25 minutes of this church. 25:01 And Pastor Patrick Williams told me 25:03 that we just want to create a spiritual environment 25:04 where everybody feels welcome 25:06 and where we can just minister to the whole person. 25:09 In fact last May and June, they passed out 25:12 to every home in that community 25:14 each one of these creation health discovery books, 25:16 1,500 books they passed out to every home. 25:19 And that influenced the decision 25:20 to invite them to be a part of that community. 25:23 Yes, because it laid the foundation for now 25:25 what the church wants to do is bring 25:26 all of the creation health resources 25:28 into the community like, Forgive to Live, 25:29 SuperSized Kids, to reach the people there, 25:32 and not only there but the whole region 25:34 is one of the fastest growing regions 25:35 in the country right now. 25:37 So if I am sitting at home watching this program. Yes. 25:39 And I feel like the Lord is drawing me 25:41 to find a better life through creation health. 25:44 Do you have resources that can help me? 25:46 We do. We have a-- 25:47 this is just one part of our creation health kit, 25:49 we have an eight part creation health series, seminars series. 25:52 We have eight DVDs that come with it. 25:54 The nice thing is, is we have a medical experts 25:56 teaching the science behind each one of these principles, 25:59 so you can do it, you know, present it 26:01 confidently as a layperson. 26:02 We have about 500 PowerPoint slides, of speaking notes. 26:05 We have group activities, leaders' tips. 26:07 That's just in the kit, everything is done for you. 26:09 So this is what Dr. Lang has been using 26:11 and Will had been using. Yeah. 26:12 To do their program. For over two years. 26:14 Well, how can people find that? 26:16 Just go to creationhealth.com. 26:18 Everything they need to know is right there. 26:20 Thank you very much. I appreciate it, Lynell. 26:22 That's a real blessing. 26:25 We enter now one of the areas 26:26 that one does not normally associate with health 26:30 and that's the area of interpersonal relationships. 26:33 We know this, the Lord never sends depression. 26:35 Depression does not come from the Lord. 26:37 But we need to surround ourselves 26:39 with individuals who are upbeat, 26:41 who love the Lord, who love life, 26:44 and that's an important part of our own personal health. 26:48 Des, I am gonna ask you to come over here and take my spot. 26:50 And I'm gonna step out of the way 26:52 and let you talk to these people as we move into this area 26:54 that we wouldn't think would be an important area 26:56 and yet it is interpersonal relationships. 26:58 Absolutely C.A. it's a very important area 27:01 and it's my privilege to welcome Ethan Bird. 27:06 Ethan, would you please introduce your guests. 27:08 I love to. 27:10 I get a chance to work in relationship 27:11 with a lot of people because I work at Florida hospitals, 27:13 Zephyrhills in the Wellness Center, 27:14 where I find a lot people are looking for a road map. 27:18 They're right in between wellness and illness 27:20 and I think that creation health is the perfect tool 27:22 to be able to help people to know which way to go. 27:25 And I have two friends of mine with me right now. 27:27 Ted and Marie Sternhardt, who I met 27:29 in a creation health seminar. 27:31 Now Ted and Marie, you meet in a creation health seminar, 27:34 I understand, this starts with Ted. 27:37 Ted, tell me what happened to get you 27:40 to go to a creation health seminar. 27:42 I understand it may have been--is reflective 27:44 of something that took place with your wife. 27:46 That's correct. 27:47 My wife had developed heart attack 27:52 and she was admitted to Florida hospital, Zephyrhills. 27:56 And she had an open heart surgery 27:58 and had have a pacemaker defibrillator put in, 28:02 so, well, I was visiting her in the hospital. 28:06 I saw a banner in the hall that said 28:08 there's a creation health seminar 28:10 going on 12 weeks to wellness. 28:12 So I figured we need to get back to the wellness, 28:15 we strayed from the path. 28:17 We knew better, but we strayed from the path 28:19 and we were both reaping the benefits of that stream. 28:22 Now you were also told 28:24 that if you didn't get things figured out, 28:26 you're going to have a problem with the stent, is that right? 28:29 That's correct. 28:30 I wanted to work in the workout in the wellness center, 28:34 but the doctor wouldn't let me unless I got a signature. And-- 28:40 So, Marie, let me ask you a question. 28:42 You had the heart attack, it motivated him 28:45 to go do something, 28:46 but he admits that they kind of-- 28:48 you kind of strayed from the path. 28:49 Now you were on the path at one time. 28:52 Oh, yes, we were. 28:53 We were really on the path committed to. 28:55 And we, as a matter of fact, 28:57 we taught health and nutrition 28:58 from a biblical perspective after I left nursing. So-- 29:01 So you have been nurse, you taught 29:03 the health and nutrition biblically 29:05 and then it sort of strayed away. 29:06 Well, we retired and moved to Florida 29:08 and everybody eats out in Florida. 29:11 You know-- So retirement. 29:12 What can I say, you know, fried chicken and hamburgers. 29:14 So you can retire and move to Florida, 29:16 but you got to take creation health if you're gonna do that. 29:18 You got that right, absolutely, absolutely. 29:20 So at this point you have your open heart surgery. 29:24 You're going to through rehab 29:26 and your husband comes along 29:28 and suggests something more. 29:30 Tell us about why. 29:31 Well, he suggested we get our act together basically, 29:34 but he went to the 12 weeks for wellness program 29:38 and he came out of that committed 29:41 to lifestyle changes which motivated me. 29:45 I was just out of the hospital when all this shook down. 29:49 So he inspired me to move forward 29:52 and get back on track and that's one of the reasons 29:56 Florida hospital is the main reason 29:57 why I am standing here tonight, 29:59 but his encouragement to get focus back 30:02 on God's way was really-- 30:06 That was really key to and part of that in particular. 30:09 Now, Ethan, you said you used small groups 30:12 where you get people together and not only 30:13 do you have the small groups meeting during the week 30:15 but you actually have some weekend activities, 30:17 talk about that? That's right. 30:19 In the creation health seminar and other wellness classes, 30:22 we invite people to become friends in such a way 30:25 that they spend time together supporting each other 30:27 for the healthy lifestyle behaviors they're improving. 30:30 And this is where it comes full circle 30:32 because Ted and Marie have the experience 30:35 to be able to share with others regarding their health change, 30:38 but we meet on the weekends for prayer, 30:42 for accountability questions. 30:43 How we have been doing with our health decisions 30:45 and they actually support me 30:47 in the decisions that I'm making to be healthy. 30:49 And in the class of the creation health seminar, 30:52 I sent people there direction if they need a great story 30:55 on the impact that creation health principles 30:57 can make in an individual life. 30:58 And you're actually meeting in a small church too 31:01 on Sabbath sometimes as you meet together. 31:03 That's right we meet in my home, 31:04 actually it's called simple church, 31:06 it's bsically a support-- spiritual support group. 31:09 And Ted and Marie go there-- 31:10 and they are really like parents to me 31:12 in mentoring me along a lot of different behaviors, 31:15 but especially in health and I appreciate that. 31:17 Now this interpersonal relationship 31:19 what you told me Ted and Marie is that it's affected 31:22 your relationship with your children in a special way. 31:25 That's correct. We've grown so much closer. 31:29 They see the changes that their mom has made 31:33 and the improvement that's been made. 31:35 And they've really given up many things. 31:38 I think Marie can tell you more about that. 31:40 So you've a daughter that has made some real progress, Marie. 31:42 Yes, and she is also a nurse. 31:44 So she nurses, don't make changes very easily. 31:48 But she saw what I was going through 31:51 and she decided at 45 that she did not want to go down 31:55 the path her mother had gone. 31:56 So she came to stay with me through all of the hard times. 32:01 When she went home, 32:02 she made a complete 180 in her lifestyle. 32:06 Fantastic. And so-- 32:08 our personal relationship has changed so much, it's just-- 32:12 it's about our whole family closer together. 32:15 You know, when you get your body clean, 32:19 your heart and your brain work together so much better, 32:22 and you begin to see what's really important, 32:25 and that is our relationships. 32:27 Especially, the relationship with our Creator, 32:29 but the relationships we have with our loved ones. 32:33 You know this relationship factor it's said, 32:35 that people can stress you or they can endorphinize you, 32:39 depending on the quality of your relationships with them. 32:41 And it's so true that happens in our daily life, 32:44 but it's so important to go back 32:45 and look at the garden. 32:47 God made people to experience love and unity. 32:51 You can't experience love in the singular. 32:53 It's not a singular word. You can hate in a singular. 32:56 You can die in the singular. Love is always plural. 33:00 And God has blessed you with relationships of creation health 33:03 and the interpersonal relationship 33:05 that will allow you to live well down here 33:07 and forever in heaven. God bless you. Thank you. 33:12 So, my friends, just remember 33:15 interpersonal relationships are a key to your future. 33:20 Des, if you come on over and join us, 33:21 we're kind of running you back and forth tonight, 33:23 you are getting your exercise. 33:24 I am As we--we move into 33:27 With nutrition and talk about this important part of health. 33:31 You are what you eat I am told. 33:34 One Christian comedian said years ago, 33:35 if you eat fat, greasy food, you become a fat greasy dude. 33:39 So you are what you eat 33:40 and nutrition is very, very key and very, very important. 33:44 Well, I wanted to have Dr. Frederick 33:47 introduce you to his special guest. 33:50 But before he does that I want him to tell you 33:52 what his role is in his church. First your church. 33:56 Yes, I attendthe Mount Calvary 33:57 Seventh-day Adventist Church in Tampa. 33:59 And I am the health ministry director of the church. 34:01 And you're also a physician. 34:03 I am a physician. 34:04 And what--what are you boarded in? 34:06 What is your specialty? 34:07 I'm in internal medicine and pediatrics. 34:09 So you're what they call a super family practice doctor 34:12 because you understand children 34:14 and you have the ability to be able to treat the adults. 34:17 You can treat the whole family. Yes. 34:19 So you're the health minister. 34:21 You started a creation health, 34:22 but not only did you start creation health, 34:24 you added a little thing to it that I love. 34:26 And that is you began to hand out some more awards. 34:29 What did you call those? 34:31 Yes, we added a special award 34:33 especially the name under some one 34:35 but also creation hero. And that was-- 34:38 So introduce your hero. 34:40 Yes, I would like to introduce to you Mr. Peter Holmes, 34:43 who attends our church and we chose him 34:46 as one of our awardees. 34:48 Now you have two symbols here, Peter, 34:50 that have to be explained, 34:51 because they are part of the story, 34:53 so we're gonna start with this one 34:55 and we're gonna hold it up. What does this represent? 34:58 First, I'm a little embarrassed to say this 35:00 but I used to wear this 35:02 and they actually were a little tight on me 35:04 about 4 years ago. 35:06 And when you wore those, 35:07 do you've any idea what you weighed. 35:09 No, I stop weighing myself. 35:11 I actually was told you need to go to warehouse 35:13 to get on a scale to find out how much weigh and I--. 35:15 So you stop weighing it about 500. It was plus. 35:19 So little over 500, so now we'll drop that 35:23 and show exactly where you are today? 35:25 Isn't that amazing where you are today? 35:27 You've had an incredible journey, 35:28 but part of that journey involves this. 35:30 1967 what was happening with you and that cane. 35:33 Well, in '67, I was born-- 35:38 Well, this was just a test, see this is just a test. 35:41 I am going to go back now. 35:42 My recall is in 1997 something happened to you with that cane. 35:46 Actually 1997, my son was born, 35:49 but I was having pains in my knees. 35:52 Actually I have the pillitary thing in my--well, 35:55 however you doctors say it, with my knees. 35:57 And I actually got to a point where I couldn't walk normally. 36:00 I needed something to help with-- 36:01 So, doctor, help us out here. 36:02 Dr. Frederick, what was wrong with his knees? 36:04 Well, he probably had osteoarthritis. 36:06 Osteoarthritis, it's kind of a degenerative disease. 36:09 Disease in joints. Very painful in the joints. 36:11 So you didn't even move hardly? No. 36:13 It was extremely difficult 36:15 and I actually I bought the cane 36:16 and most people didn't see me use it 36:18 because I was usually sitting down or...yes, I had-- 36:21 This hit a crisis point 36:22 when you went a few years later 36:25 with your son to try to take him to a theme park 36:28 and here you are coming along at the theme park 36:30 and you said, "Something's got to change. 36:33 What happened that caused you to say that? 36:35 Well, definitely this, the pants was one huge thing, 36:38 but it was just something I knew in my life was wrong. 36:41 And I knew there had to be some sort of change 36:42 and I just went to God and I told him, 36:44 I said, Lord, you're God, you're the Creator, 36:45 you're the potter, you know what it takes. 36:47 I am gonna trust You in everything. 36:50 I give my life to You to do what I need to understand, 36:52 because you're the one that's gonna show me how to do it. 36:55 So you tried all kinds of things up to this point. 36:57 You've been to all kinds of doctors, 36:59 you've been to all kinds of programs 37:01 and you came to the point where you tell me 37:03 that the key thing you thought was surrender. 37:05 It really was. 37:07 I just say Lord, just take my life. 37:08 Do whatever you need to do and You just show me what to do? 37:10 And so then you started to do some things. 37:14 I started to walk. Okay, now just a minute. 37:16 You were at 500 pounds. 37:17 You started to walk, you were at that weight 37:19 and if I were to say to you today. 37:22 If I were sitting beside you 37:23 and you're weighing wearing those pants 37:24 and I said, in 5 years you're gonna be 280 pounds, 37:30 what would you've said to me? 37:32 I'll call you crazy. Yes, definitely. 37:34 So maybe our lesson is, what I learnt from you 37:37 as a health hero is don't try to take this huge steps, 37:41 but do what you can tomorrow. 37:42 You definitely need to take it one small step at a time, 37:45 just consistent steps, don't just give up, consistently go. 37:49 So, Dr. Frederick, do you find that people 37:51 who take in more of a consistent approach of progression 37:54 do better than those who jump 37:56 try to make these big jumps. Absolutely. 37:58 I think that, you have to look at take a little bits 38:02 of pieces before jumping, you can get frustrated 38:07 and your confidence can be shattered 38:08 if you try to do too much or all at once. 38:11 So, Peter, now the Lord is using you 38:14 in some special ways. 38:16 I bet your people have noticed at work. 38:18 I bet your life has changed there. 38:20 I bet He is using you in ways 38:21 that are amazing to you right now. 38:24 Yes, it's a constant daily 38:26 I'm--people constantly ask me questions, 38:28 I'm constantly sharing with them my experiences, 38:30 my nutrition, exercise, getting up breathing fresh air, 38:35 getting out even-- even just this talking 38:37 with people and gaining those relationships with them. 38:39 It's been amazing, it really has. 38:41 So now you actually saw, the other day a co-worker 38:45 who--she was pregnant, she was smoking. 38:48 She has had her baby now and she's still smoking 38:50 and she came to you for little encouragement. 38:54 Yes, she's gonna kill me, if she see this, but-- 38:58 Well, we'll keep names out, okay, and I won't tell her. 39:00 Okay, Kathy-- we've been. 39:06 Now I didn't say you wouldn't tell her, but go ahead. Okay. 39:09 Well, basically I just for some reason, 39:11 I was--I was actually trying to rush out to get home 39:14 and I just kind of told her quickly. 39:16 I said, "Well, you know, it's a day by day process. 39:18 You need to take one step at a time 39:20 if you can't just something today, 39:22 do something today, do something tomorrow. 39:24 Just consistently take one step at a time." 39:26 And I realized that simple temperance thing is something 39:30 that works in every part of your life. 39:33 So actually, what's happening here for you 39:36 in your life is something that is applicable 39:40 for every one of us. 39:41 Take every small step one day at a time 39:44 towards the Lord and He'll change your life. 39:47 Yes, He will. C.A. 39:48 I am amazed. I wanna ask just one question. 39:50 When you got down on your knees and prayed that first time, 39:53 did you believe that there was a God 39:54 on the other side of that prayer 39:56 that was hearing your prayer 39:57 I was concerned about you? 39:59 The funny part about that is-- 40:01 I don't know if someone whispered in your ear, 40:03 but I actually woke up, 40:05 when Lord woke me up at 4 o' clock in the morning, 40:07 it was raining outside. 40:08 I went outside and fell on my knees in the rain 40:11 and just cried out to God. 40:12 I cried out to Him, and knew there-- 40:15 I just knew, I gave it to Him completely. 40:18 See the Bible says, "He is a rewarder of those 40:20 who diligently seek Him" 40:23 and you're reaping the rewards, and we are happy for you. 40:25 Now you've a plan for this cane now. 40:28 You got a different plan not to hold you up anymore. 40:30 But you gonna tell me, 40:31 you gonna do some special thing, 40:32 you gonna beat up on something. Oh, yeah. 40:34 I am actually with the Pathfinders at Mount Calvary, 40:37 we're planning on to do a lot more activity, 40:38 including hiking and this is my-- 40:40 my bear beating cane. 40:42 So you gonna beat the bears away with that one. 40:44 So instead of having to walk just simply use it to walk, 40:48 you're actually now climbing mountains. 40:50 And the biggest mountain in life 40:52 is the mountain of personal surrender. 40:55 That's where the Lord led Moses. 40:57 That's where He leads each one of us. 40:58 Yes, it is. And you're a health hero. 41:00 Thank you for being a creation health hero. 41:02 Most importantly for being God's hero. 41:04 God bless you. 41:05 Amen. Praise the Lord. 41:07 I think we're gonna bring Dr. Julie VanPutten back up. 41:08 In just a moment as you gentlemen leave. 41:10 Thank you so very, very much and God bless you. 41:13 Because this part of our program 41:14 we're going to actually take a look at, oh-- 41:18 now some of you by this time have figured out that 41:21 we have not--we don't know how to spell. 41:23 Now because "N" should have--nutrition 41:26 which we just took up with Peter should come at the very end. 41:30 I do know how to spell, not well, 41:32 but I do know how to spell. 41:35 But I wanted to save something for you 41:36 that was spellbinding and this next story is just that. 41:40 Because what we're going to share 41:42 with you in the next few moments 41:44 will be played out in the story, so we start with Dr. Julie. 41:48 Dr. Julie, I keep listening to you 41:52 in your conversation with patients. 41:54 And you keep talking to them 41:56 about the importance of being positive. 42:00 Now I've heard of always be positive, 42:01 keep a smile on your face, 42:03 but is there is any science 42:04 behind this whole idea of positive 42:06 and hopefulness really helping your health 42:08 or its just a better way to think? 42:10 There is absolutely unequivocal evidence base science 42:14 that tells us how we create our internal environment, 42:17 Des, is critical to how we live our life, 42:21 the quality of our life and even the length of our life. 42:24 We can't control what happens outside of us. 42:27 But we certainly have a great deal of control 42:29 of what happens inside of us. 42:31 It can happen to us but it doesn't happen through us. 42:36 That's a great message 42:37 and is one that I think people need to hear more often 42:40 because John Harvey Kellogg 42:42 one of our first medical directors said, 42:44 "Faith in God is the key to health 42:47 because faith breads struck hope 42:49 and hopes stimulates health." 42:51 Amen. I like that a lot. 42:53 And what science really says to us, Des, 42:55 through some of the groundbreaking work 42:57 of Barbara Frederickson who is a researcher 43:01 and has written an incredible book called "Positivity" 43:04 and also Carol Dweck with the "Mindset," 43:07 that if you actually consciously call into 43:10 your life positive emotions, 43:13 things like gratitude, awe, interest, trust, love. 43:18 These things can change your life. 43:19 And they change your life not just because you're saying today 43:23 I am gonna put on a happy face. 43:25 They change the chemistry of your brain. 43:28 They allow you if you create these experiences. 43:31 If you say today, I am not gonna end the day 43:33 just like I schedule a lunch, 43:35 just like I schedule my appointment with my doctor 43:38 or to see my accountant or even as I go to work. 43:41 Today, I am gonna create in my life 43:43 three or more experiences of positivity, 43:47 which I won't end the day without having. 43:49 Wow! So this really verifies what Paul said, 43:52 "Rejoice in the Lord always." And he said that from a prison. 43:56 So it was a very positive attitude. 43:59 So, Dr. Julie, this is something you're bringing 44:02 through your practice everyday into the lives of people, 44:05 schedule three times something positive 44:08 in your thinking and in your thought process. 44:11 Tell us about the story we're gonna see on the video. 44:13 This is an incredible story and it's a story where-- 44:17 it is a total sense of what happens 44:21 when you realize that sometimes in life 44:24 things can happen to you, 44:26 but they don't have to control your future. 44:28 They don't have to determine your destiny. 44:30 Let's watch this incredible story. 44:40 I do routine breast exams but probably like 44:44 most woman wasn't very concerned about 44:47 or I paid that much attention to them. 44:49 And then one day I was looking in the mirror 44:51 actually and notice a shape difference in my breast. 44:54 My first reaction at that point 44:56 was hoping there wasn't something. 44:58 And then as we went through the process 45:00 and cancer was diagnosed, there was a reaction, 45:04 "Well, may be it won't be so bad." 45:05 And with each step, her diagnoses 45:07 got more and more serious 45:09 I went for a mastectomy and actually 45:13 I'm very glad that I chose to have that because 45:15 when they went in and did the mastectomy it ended up 45:19 that I had significant lymph node involvement. 45:22 In fact, I had cancer in 24 out of 31 lymph nodes. 45:27 You know, my 7-year-old, 45:29 I can remember once holding my face 45:31 when I was bog and sick in bed 45:34 and he is like, "Mummy, are you going to die?" 45:38 When you have four young kids and you're married 45:41 and you're already too busy, 45:43 when something like cancer invades, 45:44 it changes to where you realize that you can't do it. 45:49 I can't remember actually saying, 45:50 you know, I'm gonna lean on my whole support system. 45:55 They still feel the hope, I mean, 45:57 I didn't feel it at that time, 45:59 but I thought I am gonna feel-- I'm gonna borrow their hope. 46:02 And we were fortunate to see a community of faith 46:06 come around us, friends from work, 46:07 friends from church, friends from just life. 46:11 I was so afraid that if I had hope 46:14 and it would be disappointed. 46:16 That was actually very conscious fear. 46:19 I would talk to Tom about-- 46:20 my husband about this all the time? 46:22 I would wake him at 3 o'clock nearly every night, 46:25 and I would say, I said, "Honey what are you gonna do? 46:29 What are you going to do with these boys, if I die? 46:34 And, you know, I had tears coming down my eyes 46:37 and he said, "I promise you, I will take care of those boys." 46:43 He said, "I will make sure they're fine. 46:45 They will thrive, and I promise you 46:48 and I want you to trust me that I will do that. 46:50 My question for you is, 46:53 what are you going to do if you get to live?" 46:57 And it just got right to the core of me and I thought, 47:02 I want to be more than a conqueror. 47:04 I don't' want to just be a survivor. 47:07 I want to be, I want--if I get to live, 47:12 then I want what I do to reflect 47:17 that I've been given this-- this life as a gift. 47:22 I want to go to medical school. 47:25 Would you please C.A. meet Sheila McThenia. 47:30 It is so nice to meet you, after hearing that wonderful story. 47:33 And Sheila went to prepare for medical school 47:36 and we gave her this symbol of her future 47:40 which made her as healthy 100 ambassador. 47:43 Now, Sheila, you went to medical school, how do you do? 47:45 I mean, you went to fulfill your prerequisites. 47:48 You took some classes to make sure 47:50 that the chemotherapy hadn't damage 47:52 anything in your brain. How did you score? 47:55 Um, quite well, quite well. Yeah. 47:58 I went back to school at the end of my treatment. 48:02 I had a year of chemotherapy. 48:04 I'm started talking neurobiology 48:06 which led to the rest of my prerequisites 48:09 and just went and took the MCAT in March 48:10 and I am currently applying to medical school. 48:13 So you have finished the MCAT. You finished your prerequisites. 48:16 You aced those at the top of your class. 48:18 And now you're getting ready to go to school. 48:20 But now people are saying something different to you. 48:22 You're 43, aren't you too old to be a doctor? 48:27 And I laugh nicely at them, 48:30 because I plan to live till I am 100. 48:33 Well, there you go. I plan to live till I am a 100. 48:35 Amen. Praise the Lord. 48:37 And what you find to do with that life 48:38 because you said, when your husband finally said, 48:39 "What are you going to do with your life?" 48:41 It turned you and it spun you around. It did. 48:43 I've always wanted to go into medicine 48:45 and I had four children and my path led me 48:48 a different route and really I gain the courage to follow 48:53 what I always wanted to do which is go back 48:55 and practice medicine among underserved woman. 48:59 And now with under served woman 49:00 with cancer is really what I'd love to do. 49:04 Isn't that great? 49:05 Now lot of people call themselves a survivor, 49:07 I notice you call yourself more than a survivor, 49:09 a conqueror, you took that from scripture, right. 49:11 I certainly did. Amen. 49:13 And what is your motto? You told me, no... 49:16 No regret. No reserve. No retreat. 49:19 You're going forward by faith and you borrowed hope. 49:22 Correct I did. 49:24 So when you're out of hope my friends, 49:26 the message from Sheila, is you can borrow hope 49:30 if you realize that the God will stands besides you 49:34 will be within you and the friends around you 49:36 will give you their hope as you forge the future, 49:41 you can be determined. Amen. Jennifer. 49:51 What a place is heaven. 49:54 We have so many reasons to live a life. 50:00 That's a life of a conqueror because one has already 50:04 gone before us and has conquered all things. 50:09 He will take our hands, and He will guide us 50:10 every step of the way. 50:13 Darkness around me 50:18 sorrow surrounds me 50:23 Though there be trials 50:28 still I can sing 50:34 For I have this treasure 50:40 my God reigns within me 50:44 And I am determined 50:49 to live for the King 50:57 I am determined 51:02 to be invincible 51:07 Till He has finished 51:11 His purpose in me 51:18 And nothing shall shake me 51:23 For He'll never forsake me 51:28 And I am determined 51:33 to live for the King 51:49 Hell's gates are trembling 51:54 from our prayers ascending 51:59 Darkness is crumbling from praises 52:06 we sing Our Sovereign 52:12 Victorious is marching before us 52:19 And we are determined 52:24 to live for the King 52:32 I am determined to be invincible 52:41 Till He has finished 52:46 His purpose in me 52:53 And nothing shall shake me 52:58 For He'll never forsake me 53:02 And I am determined 53:07 to live for the King 53:14 When I am weary I'll look to His face 53:22 And when I am tempted 53:28 I'll trust in His grace 53:35 Yes, I'll trust in His grace 53:43 I am determined to be invincible 53:52 Till He has finished 53:57 His purpose in me 54:03 And nothing shall shake me 54:09 For He'll never forsake me 54:14 And I am determined 54:19 I am determined 54:23 I am determined 54:28 to live for My King 54:49 Amen. Thank you for beautiful song. 54:52 I am determined. 54:54 Tonight we have been inspired 54:56 by these testimonies, this message health. 54:59 It's an incredible program and I want to thank 55:01 each of the participants in Adventist health system 55:04 for what you're doing and making a difference 55:06 around the world. Yes. 55:07 It is-- I hope, it's been as moving 55:10 for those of you at home 55:12 as it has been for those of us that were here. 55:15 As we listened to how people beginning 55:20 to step out in these health principles 55:23 saw such magnificent changes in their life. 55:27 Well, I saw our brother drop those pants, 55:31 I tell you. All right. 55:32 That was-- that was moving to me 55:34 Could we say that was big? Yes, it was big. 55:37 It was and I really, really appreciate it. 55:40 You know, it proves, Jim, this stuff works. 55:45 It's not magic, it's not mirrors. 55:48 These principles are given to the church 55:50 to the world by God. That's true. 55:52 And as we have moved away from these principles, 55:55 we've seen suffering increase, we've seen life span increase. 55:58 But just putting some simple things into practice, 56:01 not drastic changes, but simple things 56:03 into practice gives drastic results. 56:07 Yeah. Yeah. That is true. 56:09 And we have to be patient when we see a gentleman 56:14 who is still a heavy man, he's still a big man 56:16 and I understand that. 56:18 I have fought this battle for a number of years now. 56:21 And sometimes it just takes a while for it to come down. 56:25 And if you saw him, you might say, bless his heart, 56:28 he needs to lose a little weight until you see 56:33 how much he has already lost 56:36 and how much change has taken place. 56:39 Doesn't happen overnight, happens step by step. 56:44 But with all of you the health changes that happened, 56:47 if you begin a lifestyle 56:50 that we've been talking about here 56:51 that Des Cummings has brought to us the creation lifestyle, 56:56 I believe that you're gonna see great change in your life. 57:00 Also what they teach-- also what they're teaching here, 57:03 what can be changed overnight is our own personal testimony. 57:07 We're sinner saved by grace. That can happen immediately. 57:10 That's right. And its--its wonderful 57:12 how they are putting all this together. And at this moment 57:14 you can accept Jesus Christ as your personal Savior. 57:18 And as we go off the air here and after we go off the air, 57:20 we're going to invite each of the people 57:23 that are here to come forward. 57:25 We're gonna have a special prayer at that time. 57:30 You know, the Bible says in closing, 57:32 "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine." 57:34 One of things that we can all do is put a smile on our face 57:37 and love of Christ in our hearts. 57:39 Well, you just keep on keeping on with Jesus 57:41 because He is coming soon. 57:43 We wanna be ready to meet Him. 57:45 God bless you. |
Revised 2014-12-17