Welcome back to "The
Ultimate Prescription"
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If you're just joining
us, we're talking about
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"worship," and more
specifically "awesome sights"
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as they can be a
way they we can worship.
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Dr. Marcum, you started
talking about a study that you
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read about "awesome
sights," is that right?
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Yeah, I read a study not
too long from California.
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It was the University of
California, Berkley, that they
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specifically measured the
body's chemistry, the stress
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chemistry on people
that saw awesome sights,
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and people that
didn't see awesome sights.
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And what kind of awesome
sights are we talking about?
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Oh, just things that
were amazing - like a sunrise,
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just things that... Waterfalls.
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See a lot of the
awesome sight has to depend
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on the person. Sure -
what's awesome to you.
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Yeah, I've heard
recently that someone said,
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well, an awesome sight to
them might be a beautiful castle
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or a sunrise or for
me, a walk on the beach.
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But anyway, they created
what they considered an awesome
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sight and they
measured inflammation
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in the body which
is a stress reactant.
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They measured cytokines
and they found that people
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that saw awesome sights had
less of those stress-releasing
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substances - less stress,
better DNA, less mutations,
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less problems!
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So just by having an
awesome sight, that was
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a treatment that they
could apply to their body.
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So lots of times we think about
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Adam and Eve, the
way they worshipped...
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I'm sure they had
loads of awesome sights.
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You know, sometimes
when I'm with an animal,
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I appreciate that and I
say, "Wow, that's an awesome
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animal," and I look at my dogs.
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You know my dogs, Max
and Dap, they're the best
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dogs ever and I just love
those dogs and I see that God
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created them for
something special...
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there's a love that's shared.
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For me, when I see my dogs,
that's an awesome sight too.
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Now you might not agree
with that - my wife probably
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wouldn't agree with
that, but, unfortunately,
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they leave
un-awesome sights in the house.
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She does not like that.
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But anyway, this study
showed that awesome sights
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were very important and as
we think about different ways
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we can incorporate
worship into our lives...
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you know, we
develop a worship study;
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we have daily
worship; we have church;
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we have
singing; we have service.
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The point I want to make is
there are lots of resources,
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hunt for them - find
them, see what works for you.
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Ask God to lead you
into special times with Him,
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and He will do that.
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He'll help you
find states of worship.
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He'll help you understand
how it's benefitting you.
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So I guess we can say
that observing an awesome sight
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is worship in that when we
see it, if it's a natural scene
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or whatever, when we see it
and we credit it to God's glory,
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then that becomes worship.
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Yes it does, and when
we appreciate... you know,
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for me sometimes, it's when I'm
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looking at the body -
I'm learning something new!
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When I see the DNA and
how everything fits together,
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and how things turn on
and off, or a new technology
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that God has given us to help.
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That's all amazing!
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For instance, years
ago we didn't have glasses;
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we didn't have hearing
aids; we didn't have pacemakers;
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we didn't have a lot of things!
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But God has allowed us to
use this and we can use this
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to keep our lives working
better so we can find His
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will in our life and sometimes
our will might be spreading
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the gospel directly;
sometimes it might be
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serving our fellow man or
loving someone or raising a
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child or reading a book.
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There are many ways that
God uses us through worship
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to do His will.
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No matter what it is,
it might be a small role,
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it might be a bigger
role, but as we live daily,
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one day at a time, we
find that we grow in our faith;
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we grow in our worship -
that improves our physiology.
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It gives us hope for
today and hope for tomorrow.
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That hope, itself
- this healing belief
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has chemical benefits as well.
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We call that "healing
beliefs, the placebo effect."
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We get all of this - so
it's all wrapped up in this.
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I just find it very interesting.
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Now recently, there
was an awesome sight that
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happened near where we
live and you had given me some
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good
encouragement to go witness it,
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and try and make a video of it.
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So the total eclipse
happened, and we were near
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the path of totality
actually, just 45 minutes up the
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road from where we live.
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There was the path of
totality where you would
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see a total solar eclipse.
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And so, we took one
of our cameras up there;
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we didn't have quite
the proper gear to film it
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the best way possible, but
we made do with what we had,
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and we got a short
video of the total eclipse...
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So watch this and just have
a listen to people's reaction
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to the total solar eclipse...
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Loud noise... WooHoo! Wow!
Many people talking, laughing!
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Clapping! WOW! THAT'S AMAZING!
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Many people
excited! Loud! Talking!
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Well now, come back! It comes
back! Much talking at same time.
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People happy,
clapping! Wow! Clapping!
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Whistling! Look at it!
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OH WOW! Yeah!
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Now, I've seen eclipses before,
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not a total solar
eclipse like this, but I've seen
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eclipses before and I knew
it would be a cool experience.
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But when it happened, I
was a little bit overwhelmed...
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it was much more of a powerful
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experience than I thought
it would be, just because
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I don't know why - just
God's creation and seeing it
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there, it was just
kind of overwhelming.
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You could hear the crowd
kind of reacted with awe. Yeah.
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So I guess my question to
you and my question for our
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viewing audience
who just saw this...
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"Would you consider
that an awesome sight?"
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Yeah, absolutely! You bet! Okay.
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"Would you consider
that awesome sight...
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could it be an
act of worship?" Yeah.
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I think when we credit and
realize that God is the Creator,
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and He's the One that has
made this natural phenomenon,
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you know, that people
don't know how to explain...
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Well, it's God's creation
to show us, "Hey, look at
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this, I made
something neat for you."
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And when we credit Him with it,
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I think that's a
great act of worship.
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And do you think, when
that happened, your physiology
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changed?
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I suppose so, yeah.
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And for that moment of time,
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did you feel a lot of
stress in your body? No.
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So there were chemical
changes that happened. Yes
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And just like the
study measuring the cytokines
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in those people, there's
real chemistry that happens
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in those awesome
sights when we worship
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and when we don't worship.
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Now, there's also false
worship out there, okay?
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And you can have health
benefits from other types
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of worship and we
see that quite a bit.
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But I'm very
concerned about who has control.
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The battle is in our
mind... who controls out mind?
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Because we don't only
want health benefits, you know,
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like a lower blood
pressure and these things...
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We want eternal benefits
and that's from living this
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continual state of worship
that walks with God in this.
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So I think that
was excellent footage,
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I didn't get to see the
total eclipse - I just saw
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a part where I was at, but
when I just saw this right then,
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I had goose bumps.
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There was a
physiologic change in my body
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when I saw that act of worship.
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I'm saying, today, that
when we find ways to worship,
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and we do it consistently,
when we feed out brains
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with worship -
when it grows the brain,
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there's real
physiology that changes.
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It's a very important
thing that we do and we have to
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make it an important
thing, because here we are
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in front of the God of the
universe - we want to do it
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as well as we can -
we want Him to train us
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how to do it! That's right.
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And we have to realize
that worship has changed
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throughout time.
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It has changed by
different age groups.
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It's also changed in different
cultures and we have to be
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a little bit
flexible about worship.
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For instance, people in
the jungles that don't have
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access to everything we do
or don't even read and write,
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they might have different ways
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that God reaches
them in worship. Yeah.
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Your generation, you know, how
are they worshipping nowadays?
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Yeah, it's different from the
way my grandparents worshipped.
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Right, it changes
over time, you know.
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For instance, I take care
of some older people, okay...
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and some of the ways...
they can't go to church anymore.
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They can't get out,
they don't interact,
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but one of the ways
they worship is turning on
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the television and
they might see a program on
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"Three Angels
Broadcast" that brings them
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into a state of
worship. Right, yeah.
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They might hear a song, so that
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might be a way that God uses
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that technology to bring
worship to people. That's right.
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Some people might not
be able to read and write,
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well God can reach them too.
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You know, some people have
all sorts of different ways to
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worship and we have to realize
that and try to incorporate
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those in our lives based
on asking God to help us.
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Show us how to worship.
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"Create in me a new heart."
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And God, remember
that text, "Come unto Me,
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worship Me, all ye that
labor and are heavy-laden,"
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the stress chemistry that is
on our genetics that's causing
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problems and I will give you,
it's a gift, I will give you.
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So as we come and ask
Him, He is going to give us
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this prescription - I think
that's a remarkable thing. Yep.
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You know, it's just
about the relationship,
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it's not about traditions.
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Jesus taught us
that when He came. Right!
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It's not about your traditions,
the ways of doing things.
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It's about a relationship.
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And we've got a short
video now that we'd like to
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share with you - that you
can share with other people
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that just drives the
point home that it's all
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about a relationship.
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I'm Dr. James Marcum.
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Our biblical prescription
for life today is found in
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Philippians 3:10,
where it says that...
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"I might know Him and the
power of His resurrection."
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Relationships - There have
been numerous studies that show
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how a relationship
improves our physiology.
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In fact, a Finnish
study in the "European Journal
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of Preventive Medicine"
studied 14,000 couples,
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and they showed decreased
myocardial infarction rates.
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Ruth Feldman, in Israel, found
out that cuddling and hugging
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increases Oxytocin and dopamine;
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both valuable
chemicals for our health.
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Think about this... If
human relationships improve our
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physiology, what about our
most important relationship...
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a relationship with God
made possible by Christ.
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What a powerful prescription!
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I want to invite you to
give Christ a hug today!
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I'm Dr. James
Marcum and this is your
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"Biblical
Prescription for Life."
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And if you would
like more resources about
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"Biblical Prescriptions"
and things that you
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can share with your
friends and neighbors,
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we have a free offer that
we'd like to put out there.
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It's our guide to restorative
worship and that can be found at
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BiblicalPrescriptions.com/
Worship
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Feel free to print off as
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It's just one page -
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to the idea of biblical
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excellent way to reach
out and affect your neighbors
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and your family for God's cause.
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And if you have health
questions, we always want to
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hear your comments
and your questions at:
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HeartwiseMinistries.org
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You'll find other
resources there that we think
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you will find quite valuable.
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Thanks for joining us on
today's program and we wish you
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the best of health!
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I want you to
remember that eclipse today
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as you live your life.
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You might have some
stresses that get to you...
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It might be your brain
is having some overcharge,
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but just remember that eclipse
and the way it made you feel...
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that awesome sight!
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And when you feel
stress in your body,
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I want you to think
about the treatment of worship,
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and the many ways that
you might worship including
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awesome sights, bible
study, prayers, service, praise,
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thanks - there are so many ways,
I can't touch them all - music!
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One of the ways we can
worship is through prayer.
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So let's bow our
heads together...
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Heavenly Father... Thank
You for opening up our minds
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and giving us awesome
sights in many different ways
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to worship You, Father.
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Come into our hearts right
now; be our Lord and Savior,
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and help us to grow
from this moment on, Father.
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And help us to
feel safe in Your love.
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Thank You for hugging us
and help us to hug You back
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today is our
humble prayer... Amen.
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If you might want some
more information about our
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ministry, I want to
encourage you to go to:
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HeartwiseMinistries.org
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We have lots of resources that
will help you - not only with
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your health but hopefully
will help with your worship,
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and we want to hear from you.
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We pray for you and we want
you to continue to pray for us.
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If you have any questions,
again go to our website, that's:
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HeartwiseMinistries.org
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