Participants: Rico Hill (Host), Thomas Jackson, Camille Clark
Series Code: FSH
Program Code: FSH000019A
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00:03 Hello and welcome to From Sickness To Health.
00:05 I'm your host Rico Hill and I'm Sickness. 00:08 And today I would like to begin the program by quoting 00:11 Isaiah 26 and verse 3. It says: 00:14 "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace 00:17 whose mind is stayed on Thee 00:20 because he trusteth in Thee. " 00:23 Isn't that an encouraging scripture? Yeah... 00:27 if you live in a bubble and nothing bothers you. 00:30 What do you mean by that? I mean let's be honest: 00:32 life is stressful. People have worries. 00:34 Kids are stressful; your job is stressful. 00:37 Your spouse gets on your last nerve. 00:39 Health nuts... stress... but hey, I actually enjoy it. 00:42 You enjoy stress? Oh, I love it! 00:46 Think about it. When people are stressed the biochemistry 00:48 goes crazy. They're more susceptible to disease 00:52 and sickness... I find my way in there. 00:55 And that's what you like? Oh I love it! I love attention! 00:58 Oh it figures! Well I need you to know that's not going to 01:01 happen here today because today our topic is 01:05 stress: When You're Too Stressed To Be Blessed. 01:09 What do you mean that's not going to happen? 01:10 Well it's not going to happen because I'm not going to let you 01:12 stress me out and anybody else out. 01:15 Oh-ho... how you gonna do that? 01:16 Well it's easy. See, I just start the program. 01:19 Roll it! That's how I do it. 01:58 Thank you for joining us here in the studio of 02:00 From Sickness To Health. 02:02 We have a rock solid program for you today. 02:05 And we want to just first start by saying hello to our 02:07 friend and co-host Sickness who is remote 02:12 somewhere stressing somebody out I'm sure. 02:14 I know that you're going to be working with somebody 02:17 somewhere in an office causing stress, so we'll be 02:20 talking to you in a few moments. But in the meantime 02:22 I want to introduce to you the guests - our experts - 02:25 today. And we have with us once again Dr. Thomas Jackson 02:28 who is a doctor of natural health sciences. 02:32 But also he runs a ministry, a gospel medical missionary 02:37 ministry in Huntingdon, TN, where he is the speaker 02:40 and director... I think for something like 38 years. 02:43 Is that right? Yes. Well we're glad you're here today. 02:45 Welcome to the program. Oh, good to be here again. 02:47 Oh, we're glad you're here. And joining us today also is 02:50 Dr. Camille Clark who is specializing in internal 02:54 medicine. Thank you for being here today. 02:56 Thanks for having me. We're going to talk about stress. 02:58 We are. We're going to talk about stress! We are. 03:00 You're not stressed out, are you? 03:02 Look at that smile on her face. She can't be... 03:05 There might be stress but therefore she is doing 03:08 a good job handling that stress. That's right! That's right! 03:10 Now I want to do something a little different today. 03:12 I want to start out by showing a video 03:15 that really puts into perspective what stress is. 03:18 How it affects the body. So we're going to run that video 03:21 and then we're going to go check in with Sickness 03:24 where he is. Let's roll the video. 03:27 Your body: stress affects everything within us. 03:31 Look at what stress does. 03:33 You know stress is one of those things that oftentimes 03:35 starts in the brain. Your hypothalamus signals your 03:38 pituitary. The pituitary then signals something called your 03:41 adrenal glands. Your adrenal glands live above your kidneys 03:45 and they release something called epinephrine 03:48 as well as other stress hormones commonly thought of as 03:50 adrenaline. Adrenaline then affects your liver 03:52 because your liver wants to increase the amount of glucose 03:54 in your system. What also happens with stress hormones 03:57 is your heart beats faster. Your blood pressure goes up, 04:00 over time increasing your risk for heart attacks, 04:02 strokes... very dangerous things. 04:05 But you know what? It doesn't just affect your cardiovascular 04:07 system. It also increases in- flammation throughout your body 04:11 including in your arteries. You know what? It even affects 04:14 people's breathing... hyperventilation 04:16 and other things when you become too stressed. 04:19 So hey, what about your GI tract? 04:21 People can have nausea, vomiting, stress ulcers. 04:25 I know some people that when they get stressed 04:28 they actually develop constipation or diarrhea. 04:31 So what you're looking at there is an animation 04:34 of every single essential organ system in the body 04:38 being affected by something called stress. 04:41 And when 80% of Americans report feeling stress in their 04:45 lives or being overstressed this is a major problem! 04:49 A major problem. Hmm. Doctors: most people don't know 04:53 that stress impacts the body in such a universal way as this, 04:59 do they? That's true... very true. 05:00 Well... go ahead. And you find that most of us don't realize 05:04 that probably 9/10 of our sickness is the result of 05:08 probably not knowing how to manage stress. 05:11 It might not be an initiator of sickness but a promoter. 05:16 It might accompany like improper eating... 05:20 stress added to that. And so we do not address those things. 05:24 We might address maybe the physiological aspect of sickness 05:28 but never the emotions and the mental disposition 05:32 that it has upon our health. 05:34 Well, we're going to talk about that because we're going to look 05:37 at all the various health laws as we call them - um-hmm - 05:41 that can... when you violate them, when you don't do 05:44 them or do too much or you're intemperate or whatever 05:46 how it will bring on stress. Before we get into that 05:49 we want to see how in a practical way 05:52 how Sickness might be stressing someone out. 05:55 So let's turn to the monitor and see what's going on there. 06:03 Hello Rico. I'm here in the office of a great 06:07 stress candidate. You know the thing I love about stress 06:11 is that just about anything can trigger it... 06:15 especially all these noises and confusion. 06:19 Notice how it works, like when something falls on the floor 06:23 and breaks. 06:26 Yeah... or all these phones going off. 06:29 Just ringing and ringing. It's bill collectors 06:32 and telemarketers. Oh! You're stressing out! 06:35 Oh by the way, her boss just called. 06:38 He needs a report on his desk by the end of the day 06:42 or else. Imagine that for stress. Oh-ho... 06:45 You need something to eat: some comfort food 06:49 right about now like some fast food or a candy bar. 06:53 But you and I know a little sugar... that'll just add 06:56 to her stress level. Um-hmm... tastes so good. 07:01 Last night she didn't get any sleep. 07:03 She was stressing about what the day would bring. 07:05 Oh yeah, you know right about now you should get a workout in. 07:09 Um-hmm. But you don't have time for that. 07:12 Look at all those e-mails. Umm, keep typing. 07:15 Give your fingers some exercise. 07:17 You know, how about some water? That'll help your stress level. 07:20 Naah... let's go for exercising with coffee! 07:25 Mmm... I'm going to pour you some nice coffee here. 07:28 That'll give you the energy 'cause you didn't get any sleep. 07:33 Now her nerves are going to be wrecked. 07:37 She won't just be stressed... she'll be anxious, too. 07:41 Back to you Rico. 07:47 Wow... poor lady. You know, she almost looked a little familiar 07:51 to me. But let's talk about this situation. 07:54 Now she was - like most people - 07:57 unaware of all of these factors and how they 08:00 were impacting her... namely the caffeine 08:04 that was also found not only in the coffee but also in the 08:07 candy bar. Didn't get enough rest; didn't get enough sleep. 08:11 Yeah, we're going to talk about all that, but 08:13 we want to just kind of look at stress. 08:16 Let's really break it down. 08:18 What is stress? What is it? 08:21 I'm glad you asked that question, Rico, because 08:24 stress is very common. It's something that we all 08:27 have to deal with, all have to face. 08:29 We have something called stress sores. 08:32 So as was mentioned before there are a lot of things 08:35 in our lives that can cause stress. 08:38 It can be family; it can be responsibilities; 08:40 it can be job; it can be finances... deadlines. 08:43 And stress is actually our reaction to it. 08:46 And even going back to the video there, they mentioned 08:48 what happens in the body on a physiological level when 08:51 you are stressed out. So your heart pumps faster - um-hmm - 08:55 trying to deliver blood. Your GI system is 08:59 not stopping to digest because there are more important things 09:02 to take care of right now. You don't need to be eating your 09:04 food but you need to be utilizing your energy. 09:06 So there are positive reactions to stress 09:10 and negative reactions to stress. 09:12 For instance, if a bear comes out when you're walking 09:15 on the hill, is that time to relax? Take it easy? 09:19 It's time to run! It's time to run or fight. 09:21 That's right! That's what you're referring to: the fight 09:24 or flight response. Absolutely, the sympathetic response. 09:27 That's a sympathetic response. Absolutely! 09:29 So in that moment your heart's beating faster, 09:33 your digestive system cooling down a little bit 09:36 so that you can deal with that immediate... Get a rush of 09:38 adrenaline. Absolutely. So you need that adrenaline; 09:41 you need that epinephrine. You need all of that to react. 09:44 But the danger comes in when you're dealing with that 09:47 on a constant basis - on a constant basis - 09:50 and it's having a continual effect on your body 09:53 and wearing out your system and you're keeping on going 09:57 and not taking that time to rest, to relax, to rejuvenate. 10:01 'Cause our bodies were not made to continually be under 10:05 that amount of stress. That's right. You know, what's 10:06 interesting is that you talk about the bear. 10:09 I won't tell the story now but there was one time that 10:12 that I was on a hike and I was chased by a bear. 10:14 And I know a little something about adrenaline coming 10:16 about adrenaline coming out of your system and just going 10:18 out of your system and just going through your system - 10:21 right - so that you can run. 10:22 Now I'm here today because of adrenaline. 10:25 Now I don't want to hold you to that, but you know, I've done 10:28 a little research on bears here and I heard that they can 10:32 in a straight line they can run the speed 19.6 seconds. 10:38 That's right, that's right... but you know what? 10:40 There's something called angels. OK, come on now. 10:42 So I had a little bit... I had some double aid: a little bit 10:47 of adrenaline and some angels. That's right. So let's continue 10:50 on with this discussion. So very excellent point about 10:53 what really is happening. So stress is something that is 10:57 usable. It's good for the body; it's something that we all 11:00 experience. In fact, stress is... It happens when we're 11:05 lifting weights, right? There's tension, stress upon 11:07 the muscles to develop muscle strength. 11:09 It's valuable in one sense that if you're going to develop 11:12 mental power you've got to tax you mind. 11:15 Um-hmm. In a spiritual sense, trials and tests bring about 11:20 developing character. Ah-ha! And so when a woman is about 11:23 ready to bring forth a child there's stress there 11:25 in the labor. She can testify to that. 11:30 No... I can't testify. I've seen it... I've seen it. 11:34 In the hospital you've seen it? 11:35 OK... but stress is valuable and as mentioned it can be 11:39 also adverse. And one of the things that I understand with 11:42 stress: stress becomes dangerous 11:46 when it exceeds my ability to respond 11:52 constructively. Yeah. So... the intensity of it 11:57 and the duration of it. And so if it exceeds my capacity 12:01 to respond... As doc mentioned, the stressors. 12:05 Say you've been working for 24 years. You've still got 12:08 a mortgage on your house. All of a sudden you're laid off. 12:11 Ah, yes. All right... that's stress. 12:14 You've been off for about a year... two years. 12:16 You know, that's the duration... intensity. 12:18 So how we respond to that will determine the impact 12:22 stress has on my life. Do you follow what I'm saying? 12:24 I follow what you're saying. Now there is a landmark 12:27 experiment and I've heard - you've shared this before - 12:33 of the cat. Because Dr. Clark mentioned that our digestive 12:38 system goes into like... almost like a hibernation - 12:42 that's right - it stops while there is stress. 12:44 That's right. Now what is this thing with the cat? 12:47 The cat... and I coin that... it's pinching the cat's tail. 12:52 Um-hmm. And there's a doctor from Harvard University 12:55 did research on how stress impacts the digestive system. 12:59 This was in the late 1950's etc. 13:02 So what they did with this cat: they surgically inserted a 13:06 x- ray machine into the cat 13:08 to monitor the flow of digestion. 13:11 So while the cat was eating calmly and purring 13:14 digestion flowed smoothly. 13:17 Then the doctor went over and pinched the cat's tail 13:22 and the cat became angry in feline fashion. 13:26 So that immediately stopped digestion. Um-hmm. 13:31 And so as the cat was calmed down then digestion flowed back. 13:36 So what he was trying to determine: how stress, 13:40 worry, anger, can interfere with the flow of even digestion. 13:44 Even the best diet. I mean, you can be on the best 13:49 organic, plant-based diet which I'm not knocking that - 13:52 praise God for it - and your body is on unmanageable stress 13:56 that food will ferment in your system... 13:59 therefore producing toxins or poisons. Auto-intoxication. 14:02 Auto-intoxication... stress! And so this is why we have to 14:06 be very mindful how to address the impact of stress 14:09 upon our lives. So I like what you just said. 14:12 You said even though the food that you may be eating 14:15 is good food - um-hmm - how- ever, when this particular food 14:22 is being taken in while there is stress - that's right - 14:24 I always like to say eating is sacred. Yes! 14:28 In other words, you don't eat while you're actually writing 14:31 bills. That's a good point. Right? That's right. 14:35 Or while you're angry. Or while you're angry. 14:38 Or you don't sit down and eat and have a conversation about 14:41 something that is going to cause stress because you will not 14:45 benefit from that wonderful meal that you're having. 14:47 Is that right? I call it "pinching my tail. " Rico! 14:50 Mr. Sickness again. Hold on a second. Let's... 14:53 We've got a perspective here. What do you have to share here 14:57 Sickness? Well, I don't know if I'm allowed to speak since 14:59 I'm not wearing suspenders like the rest of you all. 15:02 Anyway... So look, here's the thing: people have comfort food. 15:05 That's how we deal with our stress. 15:08 So now you're trying to stress us out that we can't have 15:10 comfort foods? What are you saying? 15:12 Now I know what you're thinking out there. You're saying: 15:14 "Yes! Comfort food... we love it. " 15:17 But we need to talk about that, don't we? Um-hmm. 15:19 Because when we're talking about comfort food 15:21 we're talking about things that may even be contributing - 15:24 that's true - to stress. Sugar! Refined white sugar. 15:29 Talk about that Dr. Camille. 15:30 So... comfort foods, what are they? 15:32 Well for a lot of the ladies out there it's some chocolate. 15:36 Chocolate has a lot of sugar. 15:38 And you're right: it does make you feel good... 15:40 for a time. But in terms of the glycemic index, what is that 15:44 doing to your body? It gives you a temporary high 15:46 and then what happens afterwards? You get a low. 15:49 Yeah. And so you're feeling even worse than you were feeling 15:51 before. So while a lot of the comfort foods may give 15:56 a temporary "buzz, " the long-term effect is 15:59 actually even worse than where you started before. 16:02 Wow! So in the video we saw there with Sickness and the 16:07 office worker, we saw that she was having not only some 16:11 sugar which has caffeine in it - it was chocolate - 16:15 Right? You talk about the chocolate and the ladies, yeah? 16:17 but also there was coffee. Um-hmm. Caffeine. 16:22 Caffeine. So she was getting like a double express... 16:24 of "express-o, " right? 16:27 So we see that the foods... What other foods are we talking 16:31 about that can cause stress? 16:33 Stress... As you already mentioned, sugar is one. 16:36 Sugar is one. Because #1, too, sugar not only robs 16:39 the body of B vitamins which are also necessary to support the 16:42 central nervous system. Calcium. We find sugar turns to alcohol 16:47 in the body so that means it depreciates oxygen to the brain. 16:50 And we find that outside of sugar... You mentioned caffeine. 16:54 The theobromine that's within the chocolate. 16:57 You find even fried foods can suppress the body's 17:01 receptors or stress receptors. 17:05 You find that without food dehydration does the same thing. 17:09 We can go on and on. Those are some of the main 17:12 foods. Sugar... soft drinks! 17:16 You know, these beverages with carbonated drinks 17:19 will also produce stress. 17:22 So all of this attacks the adrenal glands, the kidneys, 17:24 the liver. These things definitely impact the body 17:28 to the degree where the body's got to cope with it... 17:30 body's got to adjust to it. And I'm going to jump in 17:32 real quick. What we're talking about here is when 17:34 you're eating processed sugar you're walking around basically 17:38 in a pro-inflammatory state constantly. 17:41 And if you don't believe that, all you have to do is visit 17:45 say an emergency room after Halloween. 17:49 When people have had, you know, copious amounts of chocolate 17:53 and white refined sugar their immune system is suppressed 17:58 and therefore they end up being sick. 18:01 There's a stress on the body and they didn't even know it! 18:04 That's true? That's right. Let's talk about some other things. 18:06 How about water? You've got water right here. 18:08 You drink too much water and you get stressed out? 18:10 Or you don't drink enough... which is it? 18:12 When you don't drink enough. When you drink enough water. 18:14 Right. Talk about that for a second. You get dehydrated. 18:16 The body is made mostly of water, and so when it's 18:19 depleted and you're not replacing it 18:21 then your body is kind of out of balance - um-hmm - 18:24 and so you do see the effects. 18:26 I do want to go back a little bit, though, to the sugar thing 18:28 if that's OK just for a moment. We talk about... so sugar's not 18:31 bad. There are different types of sugars. There are natural 18:34 sugars, OK? There are natural sugars in the body that are 18:37 necessary for us to function. If we need to fight or flight 18:41 or do what we have to do. Glucose! We need glucose. 18:43 That's right. We need glucose. That's what the body, the cells 18:45 use on an individual level to help you carry out whatever 18:48 task. What we're talking about are the refined sugars. Um-hmm. 18:51 The simple sugars. The ones that are not going to be sustained. 18:54 Right... the added sugars that are not going to sustained 18:56 at a healthy level in your body 18:58 but rather is going to give you that spike and then 19:01 that downfall that's going to cause a lot of the stressful 19:04 reactions that we're talking about. 19:06 So I think it's important to clarify, you know. 19:08 Not all of it's bad, but we're talking about the processed... 19:12 the simple and the refined sugar. Thank you for that. 19:14 Thank you for that because we would have had people 19:16 leave here saying: "Wow! They're saying you can never have 19:18 anything sweet! " But you can actually have 19:20 things that are sweet obviously. We've talked about 19:22 that on another program. We're talking about the white 19:25 refined processed sugar that is depleted of minerals. 19:28 It's essentially poison... it really is. 19:31 But you can use honey; you can use stevia; 19:33 you can use maple syrup. You can use different types of 19:37 sugar. Cane sugar that is not processed. 19:40 That is a good sugar. So thank you for clarifying that. 19:42 What about exercise? Let's go back also to the water 19:45 situation - OK - because as doc said a body's over 80% water. 19:49 And we find that when our bodies become dehydrated 19:52 God designed the body to compensate. 19:55 And so the body will have to take water from certain areas 19:57 of the body. And there's several areas, 19:59 and one of the areas is the brain. 20:01 The brain is 80% water. 20:02 And so we can end up with what they call cerebral dehydration 20:05 and that interferes with the electrical current in our brain. 20:09 And then also it can produce depression. 20:13 Lack of water can also facilitate depression... 20:16 memory loss. So water is an essential for our body. Right. 20:20 Wow! Wow! Did you hear that? 20:22 We're talking about water. Not having enough water 20:25 you actually can become not only stressed out 20:29 but depressed. That's right. And one thing that I say 20:31 Rico: if anybody irritates you, provokes you, 20:36 take a water break. 20:41 Let's talk about exercise real quick. Now exercise... 20:43 We realize that we have to manage our stress 20:47 because stress is natural, right? But how does exercise 20:50 play into this? A lot of people live sedentary lifestyles. 20:52 They're just kind of in front of the television. 20:54 They're having their chocolate; they're having their caffeine. 20:56 They're doing whatever they want to do 20:58 and their body is stressed. They don't know it. 21:01 And then they're adding to it by not exercising. 21:04 How does exercise play in? And then I want to talk about sleep 21:06 so let's... Oh I can handle this one. 21:08 Yeah... I'll answer your question about exercise. 21:12 You want to talk about stress? 21:14 You have to plan to go to the gym. 21:16 You have to get dressed up to exercise. 21:18 You have to actually go there. 21:20 Oh man... you talk about stress. 21:23 Look, people walking these days? 21:24 This is the 21st century; that's why we have cars. 21:29 Do we agree with this? 21:30 You know, he makes a really good point. 21:33 So... You're telling me blue is telling true? 21:37 That was a good point he made. 21:40 It may seem like it's very stressful to get dressed up 21:43 to go to the gym to exercise, 21:45 but what actually happens when you are in the process 21:48 of exercising is completely different. 21:50 So the body releases natural endorphins that make you feel 21:54 better and your stress is actually relieved as a result. 21:58 So initially it may seem like: "Yeah, this is a very stressful 22:02 process that I have to go through, " but I think 22:03 for a lot of us - that's right - especially for me 22:06 you know as long as I can get myself to the gym 22:08 once I'm there I actually feel a lot better. 22:10 And you know what? You don't necessarily have to go to the 22:12 gym. You don't have to go to the gym! You can just take 22:14 a walk outdoors! Get out of your house and go for a walk. 22:18 That's exercise! Instead of fighting for that parking spot 22:21 close to the Wal-Mart entrance 22:23 park at the end of the parking lot and walk there. 22:27 There you go! Instead of taking the elevator 22:29 take the stairs. Take the stairs! Take the stairs! 22:31 How about sleep? Does lack of sleep, too much sleep... 22:34 can that stress us out? 22:35 A lot of people don't know that when you actually are 22:38 on certain social media sites... 22:42 Two o'clock in the morning, your body doesn't know it 22:45 because you should be in bed sleeping. 22:48 It thinks you're being chased by a bear! 22:50 Releasing cortisol. And can that put weight on you? 22:53 Oh most definitely... yes. 22:56 The Bible tells us, you know, it is not wise to rise up early 23:01 and stay up... Rise up early and go to bed late. 23:04 That's right. You give my beloved sleep. 23:07 We find that sleep is a recharging process. 23:10 Especially has impact upon the nervous system. Yes. 23:13 And also there is a time because during the daylight time 23:16 there's a neurotransmitter called serotonin 23:21 that is synthesized into what we call melatonin. 23:25 As the sun sets, you know, it's time for us to rest. 23:28 So between certain hours our body is producing these hormones 23:31 recharging our batteries. Because, case in point, 23:36 you go home tonight, leave your car lights on 23:40 all night, you understand. The fact is you won't be able to 23:43 start the car because the battery is drained. 23:45 And so sleep deprivation definitely impacts our stress 23:49 level. Case in point: during the Gulf War... 23:52 during the Gulf War there is a situation called 23:55 blue on blue or friendly fire. 23:59 The United States Navy personnel 24:02 were mistaking their own airplanes for the enemy. 24:07 They were shooting at their own airplanes. 24:09 And this continued to happen till they began to do a little 24:12 research and assessing the situation. 24:14 They found out that the personnel were sleep deprived. 24:18 Aah! Sleep deprived. It affected their judgment. 24:21 Um-hmm. And so sleep definitely has a great impact upon how 24:25 we deal with stress. So in our own families we might 24:27 be doing a little friendly fire. 24:29 Friendly fire. We might be arguing, fighting, shooting 24:31 at one another... and because we are sleep deprived. 24:33 Well we're almost out of time here, but, you know, 24:37 I think it all comes down to do we trust God. 24:40 Do we trust God who told us that we need to drink water? 24:43 We need to eat the right foods. 24:46 We need to get exercise. We need to go to bed and 24:48 have our bodies function accord- ing to the circadian rhythm. 24:51 Now there was a professor 24:54 who came into her class with a glass of water like this. 24:57 And she said, you know: "How much water is in here? " 25:01 And the took guesses. Eight ounces; six ounces; 25:03 and various things like that. And as she held it out 25:06 she said: "If I hold it for a minute, what will happen? " 25:09 She said: "Well, you know, my arm will get a little tired. 25:11 But if I hold it for an hour what will happen? " 25:13 "Well, your arm will start to get achy. You'll have 25:16 aching in the arm. " "But if I hold it all day long, 25:19 what will happen? Well, the arm will become paralyzed. " 25:23 And the point she was making: stress is like that. 25:26 We have to... We'll have it... We'll have stress, but we 25:29 have to put it down. We have to put it down. 25:32 We have to manage it and more importantly 25:35 we have to trust in God. 25:39 God has designed us that if we don't trust Him 25:42 we'll stress out. 25:47 "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart 25:49 and lean not unto thine own understanding. 25:52 In all thy ways acknowledge Him 25:54 and He shall direct thy paths. " 25:57 That's Proverbs chapter 3 verses 5 and 6. 26:00 Well this has been another very informative program, hasn't it? 26:04 I mean, lots of really good information 26:06 that I think is going to help people. 26:08 No? Well what I think is really fascinating 26:11 is that when we trust in our own selves, 26:14 our own ways, and not God's 26:16 the human body is designed to stress out. 26:20 We ultimately manage stress by trusting in God. 26:24 So they say. Oh, you don't believe it? 26:27 Of course I do but haven't you learned anything 26:30 from me today? I really haven't. 26:32 OK. I get people to trust me 26:35 and not what God has said and then they get sick. 26:37 I mean I really don't know what I'm talking about... 26:39 I just say stuff. But hey, I call it planting reasonable 26:44 doubt. That's my thing. 26:47 And I call it sick. 26:49 No, no, no, no... Sickness. 26:52 Well you know what? I can't deny that. 26:55 You keep trying to cause doubt 26:58 and I'll just keep sharing the truth that leads not only 27:01 to health but also to eternal life. 27:03 Look friends, we have an invitation from a loving Savior 27:07 who has said to us: "Come, all who labor 27:11 and are heavy laden with burdens. " 27:14 He promises to give us rest. 27:16 In other words, trust Him more and stress less. 27:20 We can cast all of our cares on Him 27:24 because He cares for us. 27:29 I cannot say the same for the one who would want 27:33 to cause you stress. 27:36 Third John 2 says: "Beloved, 27:39 I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper 27:41 and be in health. " I'm Rico Hill 27:43 and I'm Sickness. Maranatha. |
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