Welcome back to the program. 00:00:01.06\00:00:02.09 I'm Charles Mills here with Dr. James Marcum. 00:00:02.12\00:00:03.47 We are taking about brains today. 00:00:03.50\00:00:05.61 And Dr. Marcum, you have given us 00:00:05.64\00:00:07.57 some incredible things to think about here, 00:00:07.60\00:00:09.80 the connection between our worship of the true God 00:00:09.83\00:00:15.26 and the health that we can enjoy. 00:00:15.29\00:00:17.49 That it's vital that we do one before we can enjoy the other 00:00:17.52\00:00:22.03 that go hand in hand there. 00:00:22.06\00:00:24.58 What in your research have you discovered 00:00:24.61\00:00:27.31 to be something that we can do 00:00:27.34\00:00:30.02 to increase our benefits we get from worship? 00:00:30.05\00:00:36.62 Cannibals worship, every religion in the world worships, 00:00:36.65\00:00:42.04 why do we need to worship and what can we do to make sure 00:00:42.07\00:00:46.68 that the worship that we are taking part in 00:00:46.71\00:00:49.11 is the correct worship? 00:00:49.14\00:00:50.20 That can change your chemistry with that type of worship. 00:00:50.23\00:00:52.74 And not the worship that hurts our chemistry. That's right. 00:00:52.77\00:00:55.49 And nowadays we look at all the-- 00:00:55.52\00:00:56.96 it's always really been about worship. 00:00:56.99\00:00:59.13 Think about the Garden of Eden, 00:00:59.16\00:01:00.49 to worshipped the true God or the false God? 00:01:00.52\00:01:02.71 Daniel, did they worship the statue in the field 00:01:02.74\00:01:05.32 or did they worship the true God? 00:01:05.35\00:01:07.60 Well, evidently they worshiped the true God, you know. 00:01:07.63\00:01:09.75 And that is why the devil has made it so hard to worship God, 00:01:09.78\00:01:16.28 because he has put these false gods out here, 00:01:16.31\00:01:18.51 he has put all these false ideas out there, 00:01:18.54\00:01:20.88 the devil knows this. 00:01:20.91\00:01:22.44 And he wants to make us sick too, 00:01:22.47\00:01:23.76 And he wants to make us sick, 00:01:23.79\00:01:24.88 so he says if I can get to their brain, 00:01:24.91\00:01:26.96 if I can get to their thoughts. 00:01:26.99\00:01:28.53 If I can get to their heart in this case, 00:01:28.56\00:01:30.68 I can make it impossible for them 00:01:30.71\00:01:33.51 to have the benefits of worshiping the true God. 00:01:33.54\00:01:35.70 And if God can get to our brains you remember? 00:01:35.73\00:01:38.69 You know, God look us not on the outward, 00:01:38.72\00:01:40.70 God look us on the heart, 00:01:40.73\00:01:42.26 God sees disease and illness not like we see it. 00:01:42.29\00:01:45.61 God knows why? Exactly. 00:01:45.64\00:01:47.55 He knows why. There you go. 00:01:47.58\00:01:49.84 Disease is not necessarily always physical. 00:01:49.87\00:01:52.79 If you have a physical anomaly that's one thing, 00:01:52.82\00:01:54.88 but if you have a brain that God doesn't know, that's a problem. 00:01:54.91\00:01:59.30 But God can look right into the brain 00:01:59.33\00:02:01.22 at our whole time period, 00:02:01.25\00:02:02.70 He can be anywhere He wants and looks into our brain. 00:02:02.73\00:02:05.00 He knows but He gives us that choice to make with our brain, 00:02:05.03\00:02:07.79 so it's been about worship, even in Christ time, 00:02:07.82\00:02:10.43 do you worship the Christ, the true Christ 00:02:10.46\00:02:12.87 or do you worship the religious institutions. 00:02:12.90\00:02:15.37 You look at our society today, 00:02:15.40\00:02:17.19 we have so much else going on, we are so busy. 00:02:17.22\00:02:20.12 Do we take the time to listen or do we have 00:02:20.15\00:02:23.04 all these preconceived notions about what health? 00:02:23.07\00:02:25.85 Oh, preconceived notion that we have to eat the healthy diet, 00:02:25.88\00:02:29.49 is that where health is at? 00:02:29.52\00:02:31.07 Is a preconceived notion that we have to be 00:02:31.10\00:02:32.66 on top of modern medicine or exercise, is that where it's at? 00:02:32.69\00:02:35.89 Or is it this in conjunction with having a mind 00:02:35.92\00:02:39.61 that God knows, that God can change 00:02:39.64\00:02:42.44 even if we have some physical disease 00:02:42.47\00:02:44.60 as long as we have that going on, 00:02:44.63\00:02:46.40 we are going to be safe. 00:02:46.43\00:02:47.91 Now you talked about worship, that's an excellent question. 00:02:47.94\00:02:51.09 You know, everyone, how do I worship? 00:02:51.12\00:02:52.76 You know and some people find 00:02:52.79\00:02:54.35 that their worship experience is vested to church. 00:02:54.38\00:02:57.34 Some find it in the word, 00:02:57.37\00:02:59.45 but what about the people that have never read 00:02:59.48\00:03:01.57 or they are functionally illiterate? 00:03:01.60\00:03:03.46 Some people find it in music but I would tell you 00:03:03.49\00:03:06.90 as you honestly ask, David asked, he asked. 00:03:06.93\00:03:10.89 And in Matthew He says, come in to Me, find Me, 00:03:10.92\00:03:13.90 pray to Me, look for Me, look for Me, 00:03:13.93\00:03:16.57 and He is going to tell us, 00:03:16.60\00:03:17.79 He is going to write this in our heart, how to worship Him. 00:03:17.82\00:03:20.37 And it might not be the way we have been taught to worship 00:03:20.40\00:03:23.36 but it might be unique for you and unique for me. 00:03:23.39\00:03:26.02 It's a relationship and that relationship 00:03:26.05\00:03:28.88 looks different for different people. 00:03:28.91\00:03:30.45 It's not the same for anybody. 00:03:30.48\00:03:32.22 We are looking for a formula. 00:03:32.25\00:03:33.67 We all want to have a formula which says here A, B equals-- 00:03:33.70\00:03:37.64 but our formula needs to begin with me. Right. 00:03:37.67\00:03:41.74 Me plus whatever minus whatever times whatever, 00:03:41.77\00:03:46.29 it has to begin with me, 00:03:46.32\00:03:47.85 so don't look for complete answers out there, 00:03:47.88\00:03:52.52 it begins in the heart. No. 00:03:52.55\00:03:54.64 Yes, don't have these preconceived notions. 00:03:54.67\00:03:56.99 Let God do it for you. 00:03:57.02\00:03:58.48 Let Him create what He wants, you know. 00:03:58.51\00:04:01.23 Create me a new heart as the man think it. 00:04:01.26\00:04:03.72 You know let God do it for you. 00:04:03.75\00:04:05.38 You know, it's nothing that you can do, it's a gift. 00:04:05.41\00:04:08.19 Several times in the scriptures it says it's a gift. 00:04:08.22\00:04:10.54 Its something that's given, 00:04:10.57\00:04:12.17 it's a gift that you have to accept 00:04:12.20\00:04:14.38 and you have there is-- when you accept the gift 00:04:14.41\00:04:16.77 there are some responsibilities too. 00:04:16.80\00:04:18.37 You have to take care of that gift and nurture that gift, 00:04:18.40\00:04:21.84 that gift that relationship and it develops. 00:04:21.87\00:04:24.40 That's why I think in all my heart 00:04:24.43\00:04:27.00 that this relationship we have with God. 00:04:27.03\00:04:28.96 Now we have some chemistry, 00:04:28.99\00:04:30.86 we have modern science to prove it. 00:04:30.89\00:04:32.70 I would love to do the studies on different types of worship 00:04:32.73\00:04:35.64 and see what's affected especially in different types of 00:04:35.67\00:04:38.60 you know, to see how God would want this done 00:04:38.63\00:04:40.91 and the science is growing everyday. 00:04:40.94\00:04:42.52 With these PET scans we can see 00:04:42.55\00:04:43.70 the parts of the brain getting bigger. 00:04:43.73\00:04:45.13 We can see those neurons growing in the prefrontal cortex. 00:04:45.16\00:04:47.98 We can measure these stress chemistries 00:04:48.01\00:04:50.07 and see what the effect is. 00:04:50.10\00:04:51.39 So every one that comes to me with a brain problem, 00:04:51.42\00:04:54.58 I want to think, well, what's the cause 00:04:54.61\00:04:57.21 and are they worshipping 00:04:57.24\00:04:59.23 and even if they don't understand that, 00:04:59.26\00:05:01.23 I want them to at least ask God for this help 00:05:01.26\00:05:04.36 and engage with Him even if they don't know 00:05:04.39\00:05:07.26 what the relationship looks like, 00:05:07.29\00:05:08.76 we have to start somewhere. 00:05:08.79\00:05:09.88 Now the evil one wants to take us away from the relationship. 00:05:09.91\00:05:13.13 He wants us to live in a numb world. 00:05:13.16\00:05:15.27 He wants us not to talk to each other, 00:05:15.30\00:05:17.21 just to not to, you know, 00:05:17.24\00:05:18.56 he wants us to text or informational highway 00:05:18.59\00:05:21.42 get so busy that we don't have time to listen, 00:05:21.45\00:05:25.39 listen to that still quite voice. 00:05:25.42\00:05:28.18 You know sometimes God talks to us 00:05:28.21\00:05:30.01 like He is on the way to Damascus, 00:05:30.04\00:05:31.83 sometimes He has got to get noisy, 00:05:31.86\00:05:33.50 but sometimes He speaks in that still quite voice to us 00:05:33.53\00:05:36.76 and we hear that voice and He says, you know, 00:05:36.79\00:05:38.85 come in to me, worship me, all you they are stressed out 00:05:38.88\00:05:41.63 that have the medulla firing away, 00:05:41.66\00:05:43.49 damaging your body come disease and I will give you this rest, 00:05:43.52\00:05:47.10 I will give you this chemical change 00:05:47.13\00:05:49.27 and everything might not be perfect 00:05:49.30\00:05:51.11 but this is the place I would start in improving the brain. 00:05:51.14\00:05:54.31 Now if you look at other biblical things 00:05:54.34\00:05:56.11 that we have for the brain. 00:05:56.14\00:05:57.32 We know that Adam and Eve they worked a week and they rested. 00:05:57.35\00:06:00.33 Rest is so important for the brain. 00:06:00.36\00:06:02.11 We know that there are active exercise. 00:06:02.14\00:06:04.35 Exercise and rest are so important for the brain. 00:06:04.38\00:06:07.26 We know that water is important for the brain. 00:06:07.29\00:06:09.70 We know that good nutrition, 00:06:09.73\00:06:11.63 we know that what we've talked about all this food 00:06:11.66\00:06:14.15 that makes inflammation makes the brain even worst. 00:06:14.18\00:06:17.08 But to me it doesn't make much sense 00:06:17.11\00:06:19.88 to have a brain that can create the disease. 00:06:19.91\00:06:22.26 We are trying to prevent with nutrition and everything else. 00:06:22.29\00:06:25.34 We're just sort of banging our head on the wall 00:06:25.37\00:06:27.69 if we can't get at the cause because God looks at our heart 00:06:27.72\00:06:30.78 He looks at our brain, that's where healing occurs. 00:06:30.81\00:06:34.14 And I think that sort of a new approach 00:06:34.17\00:06:36.93 that some people just don't add to the equation. 00:06:36.96\00:06:39.59 We are not taught that in medical school, 00:06:39.62\00:06:41.49 we are not taught that in modern health. 00:06:41.52\00:06:43.72 But part of the reason 00:06:43.75\00:06:45.17 we have so much problems with our brains, 00:06:45.20\00:06:47.93 we see the dimensions, the toxins, 00:06:47.96\00:06:50.38 the toxins themselves, sure they hurt the brain 00:06:50.41\00:06:52.65 but why are people going to the toxins? 00:06:52.68\00:06:55.22 Why is the brain being destroyed, 00:06:55.25\00:06:57.18 because that stress part is turned on 00:06:57.21\00:06:59.43 making all these stress chemical that drives us to do things 00:06:59.46\00:07:02.28 that we weren't designed to do. 00:07:02.31\00:07:04.49 When we do those things to deal with the stress, 00:07:04.52\00:07:06.42 guess what happens, bad things happen. 00:07:06.45\00:07:09.65 So, you know, you talk to me before 00:07:09.68\00:07:11.49 about which comes first, the chicken or the egg? 00:07:11.52\00:07:13.85 Wow, that's a little bit hard but David-- 00:07:13.88\00:07:16.45 David, when he was the sickest, when he was the sickest, 00:07:16.48\00:07:19.98 did the most sickest thing a person could do. 00:07:20.01\00:07:22.56 He cried out to God and says, 00:07:22.59\00:07:24.47 listen, create in me a new brain. 00:07:24.50\00:07:26.80 I don't want that old brain 00:07:26.83\00:07:28.30 that brain that focuses on pleasing myself, avoiding pain, 00:07:28.33\00:07:33.96 that brain that also focuses on doing what's easiest. 00:07:33.99\00:07:37.03 He knew he didn't want that brain. 00:07:37.06\00:07:38.26 He knew that he need a new brain 00:07:38.29\00:07:39.59 and there is nothing he could do to do that. 00:07:39.62\00:07:41.71 He had to have God do that for him 00:07:41.74\00:07:44.15 and he ask for it, he came to him 00:07:44.18\00:07:46.05 and look at all throughout the Psalms, 00:07:46.08\00:07:47.56 he worshipped God and despite all the things he did, 00:07:47.59\00:07:50.45 all the sicknesses he had, 00:07:50.48\00:07:51.84 he was a man after God's own heart. 00:07:51.87\00:07:54.16 And he would complain about God 00:07:54.19\00:07:55.70 and he would yell and scream at God 00:07:55.73\00:07:57.85 and he had all these psalms written where, 00:07:57.88\00:08:00.23 you know, where are you, are you gone and everything. 00:08:00.26\00:08:02.71 But in the freedom that love brings, 00:08:02.74\00:08:06.12 in the freedom of his relationship with God, 00:08:06.15\00:08:08.29 he knew he was safe in doing that. 00:08:08.32\00:08:10.66 He could yell at God. He could complain about God. 00:08:10.69\00:08:13.22 He could say, where are you God, 00:08:13.25\00:08:15.16 because there was something growing in his brain physically 00:08:15.19\00:08:20.26 when he learned to love that true God, 00:08:20.29\00:08:22.84 that allowed him the freedom to question, 00:08:22.87\00:08:25.23 the freedom to search, the freedom to complain, 00:08:25.26\00:08:28.01 the freedom to worry but it was in that-- 00:08:28.04\00:08:31.40 the safety cocoon of Gods love, 00:08:31.43\00:08:34.10 his brain was able to accept his limitation, 00:08:34.13\00:08:38.55 his brain was able to accept the fact that he wasn't well. 00:08:38.58\00:08:41.49 And what so cool about this, Dr. Marcum 00:08:41.52\00:08:43.64 and I'm loving what you are saying here 00:08:43.67\00:08:46.28 is that when we want to be better than we are, 00:08:46.31\00:08:50.19 when we want to take that first step to health 00:08:50.22\00:08:55.84 before we go to the grocery store, 00:08:55.87\00:08:58.15 before we read T. Colin Campbell's book, 00:08:58.18\00:09:01.21 before we read Esselstyn, before we change our diet, 00:09:01.24\00:09:03.75 before we do any of these things, 00:09:03.78\00:09:06.07 we need to take the time to start worshipping the God 00:09:06.10\00:09:10.39 who is the author of the truth. 00:09:10.42\00:09:15.00 The author of health, the author of the food, 00:09:15.03\00:09:17.43 the author of T. Colin Campbell, the author of humanity, 00:09:17.46\00:09:21.23 because once we begin that journey 00:09:21.26\00:09:23.93 with God changing our brains, 00:09:23.96\00:09:27.41 our brains are going to have a better ability 00:09:27.44\00:09:29.66 to do the right things, to make the right choices, 00:09:29.69\00:09:32.80 to go the right way, to think the right way, 00:09:32.83\00:09:35.51 to reason correctly, 00:09:35.54\00:09:37.10 so that health becomes something not only that we do, 00:09:37.13\00:09:40.58 it becomes something that we are. 00:09:40.61\00:09:42.15 But it begins and you have said this on this program many times, 00:09:42.18\00:09:45.12 it begins with a relationship with God 00:09:45.15\00:09:47.33 and now after what you said here 00:09:47.36\00:09:48.77 I fully understand what you're talking about. 00:09:48.80\00:09:50.98 Now the anterior cingulate, the anterior cingulate, 00:09:51.01\00:09:54.03 the ones we see getting bigger in PET scans, 00:09:54.06\00:09:56.28 and we see the bad that stress part getting smaller that 00:09:56.31\00:09:58.76 anterior cingulate gives us that ability 00:09:58.79\00:10:01.15 as it grows to love our enemies, 00:10:01.18\00:10:03.79 to do things that we weren't inclined to do 00:10:03.82\00:10:06.99 because of the old brain it says it's all about me, me, me, 00:10:07.02\00:10:09.14 the selfish part of the brain, 00:10:09.17\00:10:10.55 get smaller as the anterior worship goes 00:10:10.58\00:10:13.43 the love part of the brain gets bigger 00:10:13.46\00:10:15.44 and guess what another prescription 00:10:15.47\00:10:17.71 that we see in the Bible is love 00:10:17.74\00:10:19.81 that anterior cingulate cast out what? 00:10:19.84\00:10:22.44 Fear, here it goes. Right. 00:10:22.47\00:10:24.66 So as it gets bigger as that worship, 00:10:24.69\00:10:26.41 as that relationship gets bigger, 00:10:26.44\00:10:27.70 we are able to love more like God 00:10:27.73\00:10:29.60 not that we can ever be perfect 00:10:29.63\00:10:31.61 but as that grows we can love our enemies. 00:10:31.64\00:10:33.82 We can do things for the right reasons. 00:10:33.85\00:10:35.47 We can take this fear because we love 00:10:35.50\00:10:37.96 and that's what eliminates selfishness. 00:10:37.99\00:10:40.22 We can't do it in ourselves, it's a gift. 00:10:40.25\00:10:43.27 It's something only God can do. 00:10:43.30\00:10:44.95 We are not capable of changing our brains. 00:10:44.98\00:10:47.16 Ask David, ask Solomon, we can't do it, it's a gift 00:10:47.19\00:10:51.40 and all of these guys in the past, 00:10:51.43\00:10:53.16 these doctors in the past knew that. 00:10:53.19\00:10:55.13 So we have preconceived notions today 00:10:55.16\00:10:58.09 about how health should really be. 00:10:58.12\00:11:00.01 And, you know, I think there are great notions that we have, 00:11:00.04\00:11:03.28 but may be it's not the key ingredient, you know. 00:11:03.31\00:11:06.22 And just like Dr. Hippocrates had preconceived notions 00:11:06.25\00:11:09.40 about where the center of reasoning is, 00:11:09.43\00:11:11.55 may be each one of us has preconceived notions 00:11:11.58\00:11:14.38 about where health really starts 00:11:14.41\00:11:16.42 and that's why until the day I die, 00:11:16.45\00:11:19.42 I'm going to be triumphing and learning 00:11:19.45\00:11:21.40 about how God can create in us a new mind 00:11:21.43\00:11:23.93 and it might not look like the way we think it should look. 00:11:23.96\00:11:26.50 Because, you know, again if it was working so well, 00:11:26.53\00:11:30.22 wouldn't more and more people become Christians, 00:11:30.25\00:11:32.13 wouldn't more and more, we see more and more people 00:11:32.16\00:11:34.10 coming to this as a solution for health? 00:11:34.13\00:11:36.92 No, we are not seeing that, 00:11:36.95\00:11:38.45 so we have to come up with new ideas, 00:11:38.48\00:11:41.26 new ways to get people to understand worship. 00:11:41.29\00:11:43.72 And through people's health, that's the way we can do that. 00:11:43.75\00:11:46.38 And also just folding right into what you were saying there. 00:11:46.41\00:11:49.21 We have really got to study into what is God, 00:11:49.24\00:11:53.03 the true character of God 00:11:53.06\00:11:54.27 because if we are worshipping wrong, 00:11:54.30\00:11:56.01 there is benefit to all worship 00:11:56.04\00:11:57.54 but if you are not worshipping the God-- 00:11:57.57\00:11:59.36 We can optimize it. We can optimize it, absolutely. 00:11:59.39\00:12:01.82 Very, very important things. 00:12:01.85\00:12:04.23 I just--I think of Christ hanging on the cross 00:12:04.26\00:12:07.40 looking down at the people 00:12:07.43\00:12:09.16 and then I say, how can He forgive them? 00:12:09.19\00:12:10.98 How can He, how can He hang there and realize that-- 00:12:11.01\00:12:14.34 that these people are murdering Him 00:12:14.37\00:12:16.21 and yet He loves them anyway? 00:12:16.24\00:12:17.94 That's how His brain was developed in such a way 00:12:17.97\00:12:21.45 that He saw differently, He looked beyond their acts, 00:12:21.48\00:12:24.37 beyond their murderous threats, beyond their angry words 00:12:24.40\00:12:27.03 and He looked and said, 00:12:27.06\00:12:28.12 those are my children, I love them. 00:12:28.15\00:12:30.37 And only a heart that is healthy, 00:12:30.40\00:12:32.52 a heart that is healthy with the love of God 00:12:32.55\00:12:34.36 and the worship of God has the ability of doing that. 00:12:34.39\00:12:37.83 Stay tuned, we will be right back 00:12:37.86\00:12:38.91 with a conversation with that God, don't go away. 00:12:38.94\00:12:42.30 I hope our discussion today has opened up your mind 00:12:49.58\00:12:52.65 to some new ways to think about your health, 00:12:52.68\00:12:55.56 a new ways to think about making your mind better. 00:12:55.59\00:12:59.51 And now we have science again, 00:12:59.54\00:13:01.56 once again show that the word of God is true. 00:13:01.59\00:13:04.52 Create in me a new brain, a new mind. 00:13:04.55\00:13:07.67 And watch what the chemistry can do 00:13:07.70\00:13:09.58 when we start to do this and how did David do that? 00:13:09.61\00:13:12.94 He asked for it, create in me something new. 00:13:12.97\00:13:15.85 And then in Matthew He says, come in to me and worship me. 00:13:15.88\00:13:19.01 So we have to find a way for each one of us 00:13:19.04\00:13:21.53 to worship and find out also who the true God is. 00:13:21.56\00:13:24.97 Then we can start seeing our chemistry change, 00:13:25.00\00:13:27.48 our anterior cingulate gets bigger, 00:13:27.51\00:13:29.40 then we can do things that we are not able to do 00:13:29.43\00:13:31.73 with that old reptilian brain of ours. 00:13:31.76\00:13:34.65 We can love our enemies. 00:13:34.68\00:13:36.02 We can eat the right foods a little bit easier. 00:13:36.05\00:13:38.88 We can love one and another a lot better than before. 00:13:38.91\00:13:42.71 And all this will caste out fear 00:13:42.74\00:13:44.84 which also makes our chemistry better. 00:13:44.87\00:13:47.12 Sure, we might have diseases like diabetes and cancer 00:13:47.15\00:13:50.45 and heart diseases but when we do this, 00:13:50.48\00:13:53.36 we are going to have that healing 00:13:53.39\00:13:55.41 where God looks in us and says, 00:13:55.44\00:13:56.76 I know you, at some point I'm going to heal you perfectly. 00:13:56.79\00:14:00.36 That is the ultimate prescription. 00:14:00.39\00:14:03.49 Let's pray together. 00:14:03.52\00:14:05.84 Father God, You have given us special insights today 00:14:05.87\00:14:09.99 and we want to apply them to our lives and others. 00:14:10.02\00:14:12.64 Father, just come into our hearts 00:14:12.67\00:14:14.22 and teach us about worship and teach us how to follow You 00:14:14.25\00:14:17.63 more closely is our prayer, amen. 00:14:17.66\00:14:21.28 I want to thank you for joining us today 00:14:21.31\00:14:22.69 on the Ultimate Prescription. 00:14:22.72\00:14:23.86 If you might have a question, 00:14:23.89\00:14:25.10 our website is heartwiseministries.org. 00:14:25.13\00:14:29.02 You can leave your questions, I will be happy to answer them. 00:14:29.05\00:14:31.62 Until next time continue worshipping the true God. 00:14:31.65\00:14:35.94