Heavenly Father, we thank you
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so much
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that you are
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the God of the impossible.
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And sometimes it seems like
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when we deal with health
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needs, they're impossible.
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But you want to
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step into our world
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and help us.
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Please help us
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catch that vision again
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as we study from your Word.
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We ask In Jesus name, Amen.
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If you've been with us
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for the first presentation
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in this series, we talked about
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how God is trying to help us,
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I believe,
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as a Christian community
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worldwide,
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to harness Bible principles
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that relate to fasting
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and utilize them
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to help people with a very,
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very compelling health need.
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And that is a need to trim down
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to lose some pounds
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to become more fit.
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We're talking about a program
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that we call the Fast
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8 program.
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And if you're just
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learning about it
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for the first time,
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you can get your free
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handout today.
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That'll give you an overview
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of the whole program,
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the Fast 8 program.
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You'll find it at our website.
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www.TimelessHealingInsights.org
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TimelessHealingInsights.org.
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When you go there,
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there'll be an opportunity
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for you to sign up.
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We'll get you
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not only a free
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copy of the handout
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that gives you the game plan
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for the whole
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eight week program.
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You can just take that
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and run with it.
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You don't need anything else.
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It gives you the guidelines.
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But we're going to
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be supporting that
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with video resources.
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So if you sign up,
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we will be keeping
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you abreast
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of any of the programs
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that we release on video.
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We're planning a live program
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the day before the launch date.
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So in other words,
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Saturday night,
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February 4th, 2023,
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we're planning a live
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interactive program
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that you can join us for.
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If you've signed up,
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we'll make sure you have
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the program link
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and program information.
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With that background, though,
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you may still be scratching
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your heads
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and maybe you're
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just joining us
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for the first time,
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you're saying,
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but fasting in the Bible.
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What does all this have to do?
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Does the Bible really
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give a framework for fasting
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as the foundation for a program
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for any kind of
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health benefits.
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In a previous episode,
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we actually talked
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about this first point,
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and that is that
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fasting transcends
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what we eat and drink.
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We looked at Isaiah 58
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and we saw how God was saying,
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You're all focused
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on what you're
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not eating or not drinking,
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but you need to be focused
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on helping other people.
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It's fasting,
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true fasting is about more
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than just what we eat
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or don't eat.
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But fasting can also be viewed
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as an application of a Bible
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principle known as temperance.
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And why I'm
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so excited about this
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is because God promises
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to give us the gift
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of temperance.
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I'm reading from Galatians 5,
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the Word of God, Galatians 5:22
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and onward.
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Many of you know
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that in Galatians
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we read that wonderful passage
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about the fruit of the Spirit.
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So when we accept Jesus
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as our Savior
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and the Holy Spirit
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comes into our hearts,
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we receive
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the fruit of the Spirit.
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And what is the fruit
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of the Spirit include?
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It includes love, joy, peace,
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long suffering, gentleness,
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goodness, faith, meekness.
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And then what?
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Temperance or self-control.
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Why is this so exciting to me?
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Temperance is really
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at the foundation
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of any kind of fast.
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And God is telling you
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that the Holy Spirit gives you
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temperance, gives you
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self-control, gives you
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the ability,
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in essence, to say no
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to things that are harmful
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and to say yes
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to things
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that are good in moderation.
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That is a promise.
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Now, don't miss this.
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If you haven't heard me
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say it already,
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and some of you have
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been with us
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from the first presentation,
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Isaiah 58 tells us
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that the true spirit of fasting
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is one
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that seeks a fast
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from doing our own pleasure.
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It's the whole idea
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of living for God
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and ministering to others.
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And this is for everyone.
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It doesn't matter
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what our weight is.
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So I'm telling you,
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there's an opportunity
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to go on this journey with us,
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even though the program
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is especially crafted
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for those who need to
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to lose some pounds.
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We are going to be
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including in the program,
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special help
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for those who need,
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listen carefully,
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to gain weight
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because it's a weight
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optimization program.
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You say,
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wait a minute,
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now, wait a minute,
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I want to lose weight.
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Why would I?
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How can a program
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help me lose weight
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and someone else gain weight?
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Well, we're going to tell you
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specific things that you can do
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to tailor the program
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to meet your own needs.
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So it's not a
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one size fits all.
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And this is really
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exciting to me
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about the program
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because I think that's
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what frustrates a lot of people
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with any kind of
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a health program.
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And so this is an
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individualizable program
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that we're going to help you
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with no matter what
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your weight is.
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Let me share
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something with you.
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Many of you know
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that Seventh-day
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Adventist for decades,
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for well over a century,
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in fact,
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have been very active
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helping communities.
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Helping the health
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of their communities.
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And I know some of you
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say, well,
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I wish we were doing more.
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Well,
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we're trying to do that here
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in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
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And I know
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others are doing that
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many places
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throughout the world.
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As we think about that,
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one of the books
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that has guided Seventh-day
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Adventist for many years
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is a book called
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Councils on Diet and Foods.
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Some amazing insights
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into a variety
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of health principles,
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especially relating
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to dietary principles.
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But I want you to notice
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the balanced council
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about fasting that
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we find in this book
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on page 189.
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The spirit of true
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fasting and prayer
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is the spirit
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which yields mind, heart
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and will to God.
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Who do you think would benefit
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from this type of fast?
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Everybody, right?
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True fasting and prayer.
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We should all have that
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spirit of yielding.
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Our minds,
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our hearts are wills to God.
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That book also has another
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bit of counsel
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that applies to all of us.
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And it's this.
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The true fasting,
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which should be recommended
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to all, is abstinence
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from every stimulating
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kind of food
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and the proper
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use of wholesome, simple food
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which God has provided
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in abundance.
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Now, think about this
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for a minute.
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It's talking about fasting.
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But what you see clearly in
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this reference is not fasting
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in the sense of you
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only drinking water
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for the next 40 days.
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It's talking about eating
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wholesome, simple food.
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But it's talking
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about avoiding those things
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that would undermine
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our health.
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Here in this context,
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stimulants, okay?
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Stimulating foods
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or stimulating things
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that we ingest.
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So, my invitation.
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Join the weight
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and health
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optimization program.
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We need as many people
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as possible to participate,
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and it should not be viewed
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as a stigma to join.
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You see, you might say, well,
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you know,
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if I tell anyone that
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I'm joining this program,
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if someone asks me
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and I say I'm joined,
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it's like me saying that,
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then I think
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I need to lose weight.
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No, I'm.
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Do you see how
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I'm casting this? Okay.
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Anyone can join this.
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We want to encourage you,
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as many of you as possible,
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to join the program.
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And it is really desirable
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for those of you,
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even if you feel you're thin
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to be in the program,
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you'll find things
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that will help you
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and help your health.
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Well, what about this one?
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And I've heard this before
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in many settings,
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you know,
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people don't want to come
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to some health event
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because they say, I'm ashamed
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when I'm around thin people.
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How many of you caught
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caught it?
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This program
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launching in February of 2023,
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it is virtual.
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Nobody needs to see you
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at all, okay?
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So join us for the program.
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Fast 8
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at TimelessHealingInsights.org.
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Let me just give you
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a little bit more background
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because some of you
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are still scratching your head.
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You say, okay, I'm
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going to get the free handout,
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but I really want to know
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about the Bible background
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for some of these fast.
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So that's where we want to go
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right now.
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We want to look
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at some of the Bible principles
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that undergird
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different aspects
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of the program.
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I'm not going to go
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through the whole program.
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The handout is about 13
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pages long,
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and we are going to keep this
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fairly succinct.
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But I look at several
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different examples,
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several of the different fasts
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that will be featuring
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in the program
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and why there's a biblical
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basis for it. So week one,
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we're going to introduce
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folks to this fast.
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We call it the leaf
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stem and flower fast.
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And you'll see the
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the first point that we make
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is that some people,
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even on this fast,
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they may end up eating more
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while on this fast.
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Now, I can see some of you
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looking really perplexed.
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Others of you are smiling.
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Other of you are wondering,
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I mean, what's this guy
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talking about?
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How can we go on a fast
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and eat more?
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Because most of the people
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I think, who do this
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first principle
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that we're going to introduce,
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they are going to
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take this counsel.
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The first part of one meal
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a day.
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By the way,
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we give them one break.
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So six days out of the week.
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The first thing you do
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with just one meal
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out of the day
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is you eat only from leaf
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stem and flower vegetables.
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Okay.
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Now, some of you are kind
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of scratching your head.
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A leaf stem
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or flower vegetable.
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What is that?
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Well, it's
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actually botanically.
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If you look at the plant,
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it's either the leaf,
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the stem, or the flower.
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Well, give me help me out.
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What are some leaf vegetables?
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Okay.
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I hear kale, spinach, collards,
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Swiss chard, cabbage.
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Okay, you get the idea, right?
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These are leaves
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so you can eat.
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So you're going to sit down?
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One meal on the program
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launches on a Sunday.
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Monday, February 6th,
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if I've got the calendar
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right in my mind.
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You're going to be saying
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I need to plan one meal.
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Maybe it's
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going to be my lunch,
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maybe it'll be my dinner meal
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and I'm going to have
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the first thing
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I'm going to eat
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and I'm just going to have
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a serving of leaf
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stem and flower vegetables.
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And we'll get to
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what a serving is in a minute.
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Okay.
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So you say, well,
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I've got these leaf vegetables,
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but what are stem
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or flower vegetables?
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Can anyone help us there?
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Okay.
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Broccoli.
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That is exactly on point.
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So broccoli is the stem
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and the flowers
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are the florets.
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What else do we have?
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Cauliflower. Yes, cauliflower.
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That should be no surprise,
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right?
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Well, asparagus.
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Okay. Celery.
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Artichokes.
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Okay.
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So, so
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you start your meal
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with one serving.
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Now, that's
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where it really gets intense.
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I can remember some years ago,
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my
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wife and I were
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visiting in a home
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and we learned
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that their daughter
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did not eat fruits
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and vegetables
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and we started
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going down the list.
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I think we finally identified
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only one vegetable
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that she would eat.
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And those were potato chips.
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Okay?
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By the way,
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first of all,
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a potato is not a leaf
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stem or flower vegetable, okay?
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So potato chips do not count.
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But here was the deal.
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If we try
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to get that young lady
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to eat a serving of vegetables,
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I don't think it was
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going to happen.
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So here
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we've, we've made the barriers
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as low as possible.
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And we say you decide
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what a serving is.
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If it is one bite of celery
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that will qualify.
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You say, what one bite?
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How is that going
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to help anyone?
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What kind of a program is this?
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Now it's true.
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The more dramatic
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you implement
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the program,
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the better the results will be.
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But we want every, we,
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we this is a program
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where everyone is successful.
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No one loses.
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The only people
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who lose are the people
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who don't join the program.
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So no one no one's going to,
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everyone who finishes
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the program is going to get
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at least a virtual diploma.
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It's a virtual program, okay?
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So we'll come up with
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some kind of virtual diploma,
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whether it's the
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commendation of the presenter
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or whether it's something
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that you can actually
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print out.
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Some of you creative folks
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might want to help me
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on that front.
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Now you say,
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what's the biblical basis
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for this, though?
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Well,
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I think
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one great biblical basis
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is right
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in the very
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first chapter of the Bible.
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If you look at Genesis
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1 when you're looking
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at the original diet,
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Genesis 1:29,
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it's an amazing description.
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God says,
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I've given you every herb
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that yields seed,
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which is on the face
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of all the earth
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and every tree
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whose fruit yields seed; to you
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it shall be for food.
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What was the original diet?
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It was entirely
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plant based, right?
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And there's
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a lot of discussion,
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Genesis 1 to 3,
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if you're a
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health professional
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and a pastor like I am,
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I've heard a lot of the dialog
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over the years,
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different Hebrew
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scholars and pastors
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discussing, well,
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you know,
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are vegetables
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included in Genesis 1:29.
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Well, I think
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from I'm not a Hebrew expert
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from listening to the experts.
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I think the plainest
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reading of Genesis 1:29,
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vegetables were included
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in the original diet.
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Now, I know some of you
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have studied this,
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you go to Genesis 3
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and you're
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welcome to turn there with me
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if you'd like,
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I'm turning to Genesis
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3, and
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you read about the curse
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after sin.
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And when you read there
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in verse 17 and onward,
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you'll hear
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this curse
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spoken of by God Himself.
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Cursed is the ground
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for your sake, and toil
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you shall eat of it all
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the days of your life.
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Both thorns and thistles
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it shall bring forth for you.
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And you shall eat
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the herb of the field
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and the sweat of your face
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you shall eat bread
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till you return to the ground.
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Now, some people,
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they read that.
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They say you'll eat
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the herb of the field.
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God added vegetables after sin.
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Most compelling
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Hebrew scholars
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that I've heard on
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this are saying
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that what this word
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translated herb of the field
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is referring to
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is plants
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that needed cultivation.
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And it makes perfect sense
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in the context of speaking
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about how you're going
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to have to toil
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to get your food.
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What could this be
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referring to?
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As I've listened to
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the Hebrew experts
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exegete this verse,
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you know, expound on it,
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they've said, well,
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it includes
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things like cultivated grains.
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And as I was
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speaking to another
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group earlier,
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I said, you know what,
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I've hiked in a lot of places.
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I've been out
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in a lot of natural settings.
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I've been out in back
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country and stuff.
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And I've seen
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all kinds
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of edible things growing.
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I've seen wild grapes growing.
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I've seen wild plums growing.
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I've seen, you know,
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different fruits, different
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edible plants growing.
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But I have never seen
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a field of wheat
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growing out in the wilderness.
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I've never seen
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a stand of corn growing.
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And so
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this is the the application
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that some experts
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in the Hebrew language make.
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But here's my point.
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It doesn't matter to me. Okay?
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If you're convinced
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that vegetables were added
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after the fall,
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and I'm okay with that.
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Either way, God,
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either at the beginning,
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knowing our needs before
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sin gave us vegetables
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or knowing
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our special needs after sin.
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Added vegetables,
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however you want to look at it.
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These are important,
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important nutritional elements.
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And if you look scientifically,
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the most nutrient
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laden foods
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are the vegetables, okay?
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And especially the leaf
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stem and flower vegetables.
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If you want to get
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the most nutrition
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and the fewest calories,
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what foods are you
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going to eat more of?
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Leaf stem
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and flower vegetables. Okay.
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So this is week one.
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We're trying to help people
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eat more of these
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nutritional powerhouses
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that can help us
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optimize our health
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and trim down
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if we need to lose some pounds.
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Week two.
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One of the things we introduce
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there is fasting from what?
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Inactivity.
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Now, some of you saying,
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well, you're just playing
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games, Dr. DeRose.
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What kind of a fast is that?
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You're just telling us
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to exercise.
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Well,
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as you go through the program,
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you're going to see
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we're not going to force you
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to exercise.
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I know some people say, well,
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I don't go on on
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any kind of
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weight loss programs
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because they all want
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us to exercise.
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I can't exercise.
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You don't even have
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to exercise on this program.
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Now, you'll do better
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if you include that. But
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you're going to see, as
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you go through the handout,
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the most updated version,
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that there's a number of things
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that are optional.
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But if they're optional,
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we've included them. Why?
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Because it will benefit you.
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So does the Bible speak
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about fasting from inactivity?
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Does the Bible speak
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about the value of activity
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and work?
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Well, there's a lot of places
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Proverbs 6,
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you might remember this
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famous passage
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from the wise man.
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Go to the ant,
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consider her ways and be wise,
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which having no
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captain, overseer or ruler
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provides her
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supplies in the summer
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and gathers
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her food in the harvest.
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Now, what I really like
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about this passage
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we speak about
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health programs
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is it's great
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to have people
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going alongside of you,
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and we're going to be
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doing that
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for eight weeks
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in this program.
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But you know what?
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What I see here
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is what God is trying to get
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people to
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is to be more like ants.
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You don't need the captain,
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the overseer, the ruler.
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In modern language,
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what would we call that?
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Maybe the personal
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trainer, okay?
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And by the way,
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I have a great regard
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for personal trainers.
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But
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what I'm just saying is
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activity prioritized
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in the Bible,
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multiple places in Proverbs
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speaks about diligence
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and work and activity.
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And some of you say
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but listen, that's
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just talking about people
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earning a living.
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I earn my living at a computer.
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I fall under the blessing
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of Proverbs.
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Yes, to some extent you do.
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But the Bible
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specifically speaks
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about physical activity.
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And I just want to remind you
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of something.
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You already know this,
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and that is a little with
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the Lord is much.
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Have you heard that before?
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A little with the Lord is much.
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So with that in mind,
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listen to the words of Paul
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to Timothy.
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Bodily exercise profits what?
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A little.
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But godliness is profitable
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for all things,
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having promise of the life
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that now is,
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and of that which is to come.
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What's going on
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in this passage?
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Paul is endorsing
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the value of physical activity,
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but his main point
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is don't prioritize
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that over
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the spiritual dimension.
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And so the point is, though,
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the Bible says
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physical activity,
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fasting from inactivity
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is of value.
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What else are we looking at in
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week two?
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Well,
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just like the Bible
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speaks to us
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about the blessing of activity,
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it also speaks
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about the blessing
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of avoiding overwork.
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And one of the things
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that you may know
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that Americans
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are shorting themselves
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on today as a nation is sleep.
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The Bible promises rest.
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And so one of the things
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that we emphasize in
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this program
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is the blessing of rest
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and getting adequate sleep.
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One of the nice things
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about a virtual program
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is you can be tuning
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in to the program.
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We're going to
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plan to release these things
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in the evening
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on Saturday evenings
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starting February 4th,
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and you can actually sleep
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during the program. Okay.
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Now, some of you laugh
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and you say, well,
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how is that going to help us?
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You can always watch
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the video again.
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We're trying to help
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you get your sleep.
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And if I put you to sleep,
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it's not all lost.
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Okay.
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Really,
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that's one of the goals
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for you.
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The Bible has
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multiple promises.
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I like this one in Ecclesiastes
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5, it's the third on the list.
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We've got several
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listed there, Psalms 4.
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Maybe we should
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look at all of them. Psalm 4:8.
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I will both lie down in peace,
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and sleep;
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For you alone, O Lord,
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make me dwell in safety.
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The idea here is that
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we can trust in God.
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So as we're going through
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this program,
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it's not
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that you're laying in
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bed thinking,
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Oh no, why
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did I sign up for this?
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I got to do this,
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I got to do that.
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We're going to try
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to keep the barriers
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as low as possible,
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the hurdle
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hurdles as low as possible
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so you can clear them.
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But we still want
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to challenge you.
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So you're going to
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be working together
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with us as
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we go through the program.
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And I say
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working with us again,
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there's not going
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to be necessarily
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anyone
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directly involved with you
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unless you choose
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to have someone directly
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involved with you.
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But we are going to try
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to help you say,
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what is God asking me to do?
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What is He calling me to do
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as far as sleep
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so you can lay down at night
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and you will go to sleep.
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Look at Proverbs 3:24.
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When you lie down,
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you will not be afraid;
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Yes, you will lie down
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and your sleep will be sweet.
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And then in Ecclesiastes
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5, Sweet
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is the sleep of a laborer,
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whether he eats little or much.
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But the full
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stomach of the rich
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will not let him sleep.
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I think this is
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especially fitting verse
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as we're talking
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about the value of fasting
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and we're putting these other
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principles into play.
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So one of the things
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that may be interfering
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with your sleep
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are your poor dietary habits.
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Are you aware of that?
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We've seen many people
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with this over the years.
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So we're going to
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actually try to help you
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rest better,
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have better health.
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And there are thin people
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who have
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making bad dietary choices
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and it's keeping them awake
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at night.
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It's contributing
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to reflux,
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heartburn, some of that,
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some people with reflux,
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the acid is actually going
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into their their airways
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and they're
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they're getting
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breathing problems from it.
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Week two and week five.
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We also look at
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another principle
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that has biblical undergirding
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actually several
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different applications to this.
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We're going to talk
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in the eight week program
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about meal timing.
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And one of the things that
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will be optional,
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but we'll encourage
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it is no snacking.
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Now, some of you are
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just saying, hey,
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I'm going to die
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if I don't snack.
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Again, no,
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no one's going to
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lose on this program.
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We're not planning
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of any fatalities, okay?
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So we individualize things.
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You individualize things.
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Here's an interesting scripture
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in Ecclesiastes.
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Again, this is Solomon writing.
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He says,
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Happy are you, O land,
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when you're king
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is the son of the nobility,
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and your princes feast
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at the proper
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time, for strength,
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and not for drunkenness.
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So is there a time
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to have a good meal
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and a feast? Yes.
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So we're not telling you,
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you know,
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you sign up for this
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eight week program
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and the rest of your life,
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you will be on the diet of
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celery and brussel
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sprouts, okay?
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This is not
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where we're going
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with this, okay?
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This is not to try
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to lure you in
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and get you on
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some extreme diet.
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We're trying to teach
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you sound principles
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that have
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a biblical undergirding.
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And one of them is
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the Bible teaches
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that there are
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appropriate times to eat
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and sometimes that are not.
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So what should you do?
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If these things
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are resonating with you?
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You should go to the Fast
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8 website.
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Just go to
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TimelessHealingInsights.org
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It's that simple.
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Some of you, though,
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you're saying
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there's got to be more to this.
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This all sounded easy.
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I know. Dr. DeRose.
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I know him well enough.
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And he's going to try to take
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all my sugar away from me.
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Well,
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we are not going to do that,
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okay?
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We're not going to take
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all your sugar away from you.
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But we are.
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One of the principles,
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one of the fasts
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is fasting from high sugar
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and high salt items.
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We're going to ask you
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to walk away from those.
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That's week four.
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So you've got three weeks
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to get up to that.
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But this is where it's going.
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Now, some people say
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you shouldn't
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put out this whole handout
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because if I knew,
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you know,
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I'll read
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all the way through it
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and I could handle week
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one, two, three.
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But when I got to week four,
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I said, forget it.
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Hang with us, okay?
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Join us
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for the first three weeks.
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Week four,
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fasting from high sugar
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and high salt items.
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Does the Bible
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really speak to this at all?
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It's amazing.
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Proverbs 23
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when you sit down to eat
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with a ruler, observe carefully
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what is before you.
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Now, this is pretty extreme,
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but this is what Solomon said.
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He said,
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Put a knife to your throat.
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If you give in to appetite,
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do not desire his delicacies,
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for they are deceptive food.
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You say, Well, I'm
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glad I don't like
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whatever delicacies
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the kings like.
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I like my own delicacies, okay?
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Well,
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the Bible gives
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some other instruction.
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It's relevant
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also in Proverbs, Proverbs
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25, if you have found
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honey, does
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it say don't eat it?
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No, it says eat only enough
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for you
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lest you have your fill of it
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and vomit it.
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So we're not telling people
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they can't have any sugar,
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but we're asking people
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in this eight week
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program to walk away
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from some of those high
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sugar options
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that have been causing problems
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for them.
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Proverbs 25:27,
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it is not good to eat
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much honey,
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nor is it
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glorious to seek
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one's own glory.
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So it's interesting to me
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how the Bible puts
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physical principles
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and spiritual
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principles together
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and we won't be doing that
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in the February rollout.
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But if you sign up,
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we will be introducing,
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by God's grace,
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some overtly biblical content.
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The tentative plan is in April.
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But first we're trying
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to put out something
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that generally applies
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to everyone,
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whether they're Bible
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believing or not.
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We're using
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these Bible principles
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as we develop the program.
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They undergird the program.
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But what I'm
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sharing with you right now,
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you're not going to see on
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the handout,
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you're not going to hear that
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in the eight week program
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that starts February of 2023.
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Are we all on the same page?
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But we're looking
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then in April of 2023
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to roll out this program
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with an overtly
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Christian perspective.
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And one of the things
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that we'll be discussing
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right here
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in Fort Wayne
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is would we like to offer this
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for our community,
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perhaps even at the venue
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up on Bass Road
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in our new facility there
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starting in April.
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So that's a discussion
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that we'll be taking
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as a church here.
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And other churches
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throughout the country
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and throughout the world
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might be asking it as well,
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because we plan
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to make these resources
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widely available.
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One other thing
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that we're going to have
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people fast from,
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and hopefully this will
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reassure you a little bit more
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because again,
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judgmentalism, people blaming,
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it feel like, well,
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if I go to this program,
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especially if we
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have it in person,
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if we do something in person
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here in Fort Wayne, then
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then I'm sure
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I don't want to be seen
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at any program talking
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anything about weight.
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Well,
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one of the things we're going
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to encourage people to fast
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from is negativity, negativity.
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In Proverbs, the wise
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man said, Anxiety
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weighs down the heart.
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We're talking about what?
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Weight optimization.
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Anxiety increases your weight.
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Leads to
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spiritual weight of heaviness
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that can rest on you.
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But a kind word cheers it up.
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What are we going
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to be talking about?
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We're going to be talking
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about reasons to rejoice.
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Rejoice always.
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Pray without ceasing.
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In everything give
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thanks for
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this is the will of God
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in Christ Jesus for you.
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There's going to
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be plenty of reason
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for rejoicing.
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If you go with us
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on this journey,
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we encourage you to do that.
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Join us Fast
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8 is the name of the program.
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The website
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TimelessHealingInsights.org.
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Let's pray on that note.
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Father in heaven,
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we want to thank you so much
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that you allow light to shine
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on our path,
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that you care
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about each individual
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in this congregation, each one
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joining us by radio,
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by television,
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hearing this message
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however it's being heard.
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And Father
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we pray that people will
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be making decisions
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to improve their health,
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to maybe trim down
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a few pounds,
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maybe gain some weight
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if they need to.
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But to join us on this amazing
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health giving journey.
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Thank you
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that we can trust you
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to guide and to bless.
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In Jesus name, Amen.
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May God bless you
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as we embark together on this
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exciting eight week journey.
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