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00:03 by the friends of the Amazing Facts Ministry. 00:07 (soft upbeat music) 00:09 - In January 2010, a minivan struck 00:12 and killed a man crossing a Brooklyn street, 00:15 especially tragic because this was no ordinary man. 00:19 Joe Rollino would've been 105 years old in March. 00:23 His friend said he was the model of health. 00:26 A World War II vet with three Purple Hearts, 00:29 Rollino got his start in the 1920s 00:31 at the Coney Island Carnival billed 00:33 as the strongest man in the world. 00:36 Five feet five inches tall and weighing 150 pounds, 00:40 for his size, he was one of the strongest men ever. 00:44 He could move 3,200 pounds with his back, 00:47 lift 475 pounds with his teeth, 00:50 and 635 pounds he could lift with one finger. 00:55 At Joe Rollino's 103rd birthday party, 00:57 a friend gave him a quarter, 00:59 and Rollino bent it with his fingers. 01:01 He then apologized because he used to do it with a dime. 01:05 Did I mention that Joe Rollino didn't drink or smoke, 01:08 he exercised daily, and he was a lifelong vegetarian? 01:13 The Bible also makes a connection 01:15 between a very strong man and a unique lifestyle. 01:18 The Bible says Samson did not drink, 01:20 and he stayed away from unclean foods. 01:23 Would you like to live to a healthy 100? 01:25 Anything as possible when we follow God's health plan. 01:29 So join me now as we take a deeper look 01:31 into this life-changing subject. 01:38 Well tonight, we're gonna be talking 01:39 about the subject of Refusing Babylon's Buffet. 01:44 So if you've got your Bibles, 01:46 go ahead and turn to the book of Daniel chapter one, 01:49 and it tells us that, "In the third year of the reign 01:52 of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar, 01:55 the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem and he besieged it, 01:59 and the Lord gave Jehoiakim, king of Judah, into his hand, 02:02 with some of the articles from the house of God, 02:04 that he carried into the land of Shinar 02:06 to the house of his God, and he brought the articles 02:10 from into the treasure house of his God." 02:12 First thing I want you to notice about the book of Daniel, 02:14 it is a battle between two gods and two kingdoms. 02:17 All through the book of Daniel, 02:19 it's talking about the gods of the world and the king 02:23 of kings and who's gonna ultimately win in this battle. 02:27 "Then the king instructed Ashpenaz, master of the eunuchs, 02:31 to bring some of the children of Israel 02:32 and some of the king's descendants." 02:34 Actually some of these are descendants from he Hezekiah, 02:37 and there had been a prophecy made by Isaiah to Hezekiah, 02:41 saying, "Some of your descendants will be brought 02:44 to the palace of Babylon and be eunuchs serving the king." 02:48 This was literally fulfilled in the book of Daniel. 02:52 "Some of the king's descendants and some of the nobles 02:54 and young men in whom there was no blemish but good looking, 02:58 gifted in all wisdom, possessing knowledge 03:00 and quick to understand, 03:02 who had ability to serve in the king's palace, 03:04 and whom they might teach the language 03:06 and literature of the Chaldeans. 03:08 And the king appointed for them a daily provision 03:10 of the king's delicacies from the king's cafeteria. 03:15 They would be fed as they studied in the king's university 03:18 to serve as advisors and wise men." 03:20 He said, "We're gonna get the brightest and the best." 03:23 "Now from among those were the sons of Judah were Daniel, 03:27 Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. 03:29 To them, the chief of the eunuchs gave the name to Daniel 03:32 the name Belteshazzar, then to Hananiah, Shadrach, 03:36 to Mishael, Meshach, to Azariah, Abednego. 03:41 But Daniel purposed in his heart he 03:42 would not defile him himself 03:44 with the portion of the king's delicacies." 03:47 Daniel was faced with a little moral conundrum. 03:50 He said, "I'm thankful that of those 03:52 who are carried away captive, 03:53 we're gonna be having comfortable quarters 03:56 somewhere in the king's barracks. 03:58 We'll be in this Babylonian university. 04:00 I'm thankful they're offering to defeat us. 04:02 They're not torturing us, 04:03 that we'll be able to serve in this capacity. 04:07 But they want us to eat things, 04:10 according to the word of God, we are not supposed to eat 04:12 and drink things, according to the word of God, 04:14 we are not supposed to drink 04:16 that the Bible says will defile us." 04:20 Daniel was very wise, came up with a solution, 04:24 and he suggested to the prince of the eunuchs, said, 04:28 "Test your servants for 10 days, 04:31 and let them give us vegetables to eat and water to drink. 04:35 Put us on a vegetarian diet for 10 days." 04:38 And so at first, the prince of the eunuchs says, 04:40 "I can't do that because my job is to keep you healthy, 04:43 and you're gonna have to eat the good Babylonian food 04:45 if you wanna be healthy. 04:46 How can you be healthy eating vegetables and pulse 04:50 and beans and drinking water?" 04:52 They'd got the idea that somehow that the exotic food 04:56 is gonna be the healthiest food, but that's not true. 04:59 At the end of 10 days, 05:01 their features appeared better and fatter in flesh. 05:04 Now you might be thinking, "Pastor Doug, 05:06 I don't wanna be fatter in flesh." 05:07 What that means is they had just made a grueling trip 05:10 across the desert to come to Babylon, 05:12 and they were probably worn thin, 05:14 and they were able to fill out. 05:15 They had elasticity in their step and zip in the hip, 05:19 and they just looked like they were in good shape. 05:24 And they looked much better than all of the young men 05:26 who ate the portion of the king's delicacies. 05:29 You could visibly see a difference. 05:31 Not only was there a visible difference 05:33 after just 10 days of eating this diet, but it says, 05:36 "In all matters of wisdom and understanding 05:39 about which the king examined them, 05:41 he found them 10 times better than all of the magicians 05:46 and astrologers that were in his realm." 05:49 10 times wiser, these young men. 05:52 Notice the connection between their perceptions, 05:54 their intelligence, and their diet that is being made. 05:58 So why are we talking about this 06:00 as we delve into deep prophecies? 06:02 Because clarity of mind is actually 06:05 gonna help in your understanding. 06:07 The devil is trying to befuddle this whole generation 06:10 in the world with drugs and dissipation and bad diets, 06:13 so we just don't think straight, 06:15 and it affects our understanding. 06:17 It affects every aspect of our life and our relationships. 06:19 And that's why this is the first chapter 06:22 that you find in the book of Daniel. 06:23 It's a lesson on self control, 06:25 giving glory to God with your body, 06:28 and tells us that not only did they live 10 times longer. 06:32 You read on in that chapter, 06:33 it says Daniel lived until the time of King Cyrus, 06:36 meaning Daniel lived about 100 years. 06:40 So he not only was sharp, 06:42 and even you get into Daniel chapter five. 06:46 He's an old man, and he's still brilliant at that time, 06:50 and God is still speaking through him. 06:52 So let's find out what the Bible says about how to take care 06:55 of our bodies so that we could have a longer, 06:58 stronger, more abundant life, and friends, 07:01 when I began to learn these things, it just changed my life, 07:04 and I am just so thankful that we have a chance 07:06 to share this with you. 07:07 We're gonna have fun tonight. 07:08 You wanna know what the Bible says, amen? 07:09 - [Congregation] Amen. 07:10 - And I think you're gonna be blessed by this. 07:12 First of all, question number one, 07:14 what was the original diet that God designed for humans? 07:18 You read the answer there, right? 07:20 In the first chapter of the Bible. 07:22 It says in Genesis one verse 29, "And God said, 07:26 'See, I have given you every herb that yields seed, 07:30 and every tree whose fruit yields seed to you, 07:34 it shall be for food.'" 07:36 The original diet for man was fruits 07:40 and nuts and maybe beans. 07:42 But in the beginning, man was certainly a vegetarian, 07:46 and during that time, 07:47 his lifespan was measured in centuries. 07:50 This was the original diet for man. 07:52 And now you might be saying, "Pastor Doug, 07:55 are you telling us we've gotta be vegetarians?" 07:56 Let me set the record straight. 07:57 No, I'm not telling you that. 07:59 I'm saying this is where we came from, 08:01 and this is where we're going in heaven. 08:03 This is God's original plan, 08:05 and since God designed our bodies, 08:07 he knows that this is the best diet for the human body, 08:11 and science now is backing that up. 08:14 Question two, after Adam and Eve sinned, 08:17 what supplemental food did God add to their diets? 08:22 You read in Genesis three, and this is following sin, 08:25 man could no longer eat from the tree of life. 08:28 He said, "And you will eat the herb of the field." 08:30 And that is better known as what? Vegetables. 08:34 In other words, at first, it's just the fruits 08:36 and the grains, the water, of course, 08:42 nuts, and then he adds vegetables. 08:44 Now you know the difference between a fruit and a vegetable? 08:48 Let me do a little quiz with you real quick. 08:50 Apple? 08:51 - Fruit. - Fruit. 08:53 Potato. - Vegetable. 08:55 - Vegetable. Tomato. - Fruit. 08:58 - They sound alike. 08:59 Potato tomato, but they're different, huh? 09:01 Zucchini. 09:03 - Fruit. - Vegetable. 09:04 - I heard both there. Zucchini's a fruit. 09:06 Eggplant. - Fruit. 09:09 - Frui, yeah. Brussels sprouts. 09:12 - Vegetable. - Unedible. 09:14 (audience laughs) 09:19 Anything that is the product of the blossom is a fruit. 09:24 Any part of the plant, whether it's a tuber, like a potato, 09:27 and then you get the carrots or the root 09:28 or the stalk or the leaves, that's part of the vegetation. 09:31 That's a vegetable, and so then God added vegetables. 09:35 I know a lot of kids are really sorry God added vegetables 09:37 to man's diet, but this was the original diet for man, 09:41 and man was originally a vegetarian. 09:44 And it's been proven and a lot of athletes 09:47 have also discovered that in that diet, 09:51 you're gonna have less disease, less cancers. 09:54 Your life will be longer. The jury's in. 09:57 How many of you have heard 09:58 of the "National Geographic" study that they did? 10:01 It was in the cover of their magazine 10:03 called the blue zones, the blue zones. 10:06 These are areas of the world 10:08 where people live unusually long, much longer than average, 10:12 and they did some research and went 10:14 around the world and looked at the lifespans, 10:16 looked at the lifestyles of people 10:17 that were living a long time, 10:19 trying to evaluate why do they live so long. 10:22 I remember three out of four of the principal areas, 10:26 they had Sardinia in the Mediterranean, 10:29 people lived a very long time, 10:32 they had people in Okinawa that live a very long time, 10:36 and then they had Seventh Day Adventists 10:39 in Loma, Linda, California, that live a very long time. 10:43 That was one of the groups. The jury is in. 10:45 It is a fact that if you follow the biblical principles 10:48 of health that you find in the word of God, 10:51 you can avoid a lot of disease. 10:52 Now, I know that some of this is genetics, 10:56 and someone said one of the most important things you 10:58 can do to increase your health 10:59 is choose your ancestors very carefully 11:02 'cause there's some things you can inherit, 11:04 but you don't have to have the same results 11:08 as your ancestors. 11:10 Even though you may have inherited bad genetics, 11:12 that was maybe combined with a bad lifestyle. 11:15 One reason I got real excited about this 11:17 is any of you remember Jack LaLanne? 11:20 (muffled speaking) 11:21 He had the first aerobic exercise program on television, 11:25 and when he was a boy, his father died 11:31 when he was very young from a heart attack. 11:32 I don't know, he was late 40s or something, 11:35 and he later learned it was from the lifestyle. 11:39 And he went to a lecture and he saw a man 11:41 that was 60 years old doing back handsprings 11:45 across the stage, and he was promoting a vegetarian diet, 11:48 and Jack LaLanne said, "I don't wanna die young," 11:51 and he committed himself to health. 11:53 He ended up living into his 90s. 11:55 He signed one of his books, and he saw our TV program. 11:58 He signed one of his books and sent it to me, 12:00 said, "Doug, thinking of you healthfully." 12:02 And when he was like 75 years old, 12:05 he pulled 75 kids across San Francisco Bay 12:08 in a boat by himself. 12:10 He just had incredible health, 12:13 but he learned that, in spite of the genetics of his family, 12:17 by changing his lifestyle, he could prolong his life. 12:21 So original diet, vegetarian diet. 12:24 Here's an amazing fact for you. 12:26 A few years ago, Janette and Alan Murray from Australia, 12:31 Janette had survived cancer, 12:34 and she thinks one reason she had survived breast cancer 12:37 is because she had turned to a vegetarian and a vegan diet, 12:41 and they wanted to promote that. 12:43 So she and her husband Alan decided 12:45 to do a marathon around Australia, 12:48 and they ran 365 marathons a day consecutively 12:55 without missing a day. 12:57 They went 11,000 miles completely 12:59 around the country of Australia. 13:02 They consumed, I think, 22,000 bananas. I forget. 13:07 Lots of vegetables, lots of fruit. 13:08 They had a support crew that would meet them along the way. 13:11 They'd start early so it wouldn't be too hot. 13:13 Then they went to Tasmania. They ran around Tasmania. 13:16 They ended up running consecutively 366 marathons in a row, 13:23 making it through the "Guinness Book of World Records," 13:24 and the interesting thing is Janette was 63 and he was 68 13:29 at the time they did this. 13:31 Vegetarians. People say, "Oh, vegetarians can't be healthy. 13:34 You don't get enough protein. 13:36 You don't get enough vitamin B. 13:37 Those are myths. That's totally not true." 13:40 Don't go anywhere, friends. 13:41 We'll be back in just a moment 13:43 with the rest of today's presentation. 13:45 It's no secret, friends. 13:47 Millions of people today are suffering from health issues 13:50 that lead to crippling disease and shorter lives. 13:54 We spend billions every year on goofy health fads 13:57 that often end up hurting our bodies more than helping. 14:00 But what if I told you that the Bible 14:02 has the exact prescription that you need 14:05 to live a healthier and a happier life? 14:08 Amazing Facts wants to send you a special free resource 14:11 called "Amazing Health Facts." 14:14 This attractive full-color magazine 14:16 presents eight powerful biblical health lessons 14:18 in a direct and captivating way, giving you practical, 14:22 easy to follow guidance on better living today. 14:25 Backed by modern research, 14:27 each lesson is packed with colorful and intriguing facts 14:30 that will help you keep your body, mind, 14:32 and spirit stronger than ever. 14:34 To get your free copy, call the phone number on the screen 14:37 and ask for offer number 806 or visit the web address. 14:41 And after you read this incredible resource, 14:43 be sure and share it with a friend. 14:45 Let's return now to today's presentation 14:48 and learn some more amazing facts from the word of God. 14:52 So is God concerned with our physical health? 14:55 What does the Bible say? 14:57 Is it just spiritual things or is it physical also? 15:03 You read in Matthew four verse 23, 15:05 "And Jesus went about all of Galilee, 15:07 teaching in their synagogues, 15:09 preaching the gospel of the kingdom, 15:11 and healing all kinds of sickness 15:14 and all kinds of disease among the people." 15:17 Did Jesus want people to be sick and diseased? 15:19 - No. - No. 15:21 He spent so much time healing these things. 15:23 "Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things 15:27 and be in health just as your soul prospers." 15:30 Now he's telling us that, "Not only do I want your soul 15:33 to prosper, I want you to prosper and be in health." 15:37 Now the apostle Paul said, "It's true that bodily exercise 15:41 is not gonna save your soul." 15:42 The most important thing 15:43 is that you are spiritually healthy, 15:45 but that doesn't discount the importance 15:47 of bodily exercise and health. 15:50 Another little amazing fact. 15:52 The Williams sister, Venus and Serena, 15:55 I believe it was a Venus who had an autoimmune deficiency 15:59 and that she had to get out 16:00 of her tennis playing for a while. 16:02 She found that the best results came 16:04 from turning to a vegan and a vegetarian diet, 16:08 and it showed such dramatic improvement 16:10 that her sister Serena also adopted it, 16:12 and especially when they're training, 16:14 they're very strict about it, 16:16 and they have won more titles than any other pair 16:20 of women in tennis in history. 16:21 They're also in the "Guinness Book of World Records," 16:23 and I can go through a number of athletes, triathlon people, 16:27 Carl Lewis, and then they're learning 16:30 that the human body functions better 16:33 with the diet that God designed. 16:37 When I wake up in the morning, I typically, 16:39 before I go to the office, Karen, 16:42 she usually has a little bucket of grapes 16:43 for me or some fruit. 16:45 I'll dice up an apple and eat a handful of nuts, 16:49 and boy, that just holds me. 16:50 My head is clear, I feel great, 16:53 and I can make it until one o'clock just on that. 16:55 That's Adam and Eve, fruit, grains, and nuts. 16:58 Peanut butter and jelly sandwich 17:01 if you got strawberry preserves. 17:02 Fruits, grains, and nuts, all your basic fruit groups. 17:04 You got your protein. 17:05 Everything's in there and you feel great, 17:08 long as it's not too much sugar. 17:11 Oh, I didn't ever read the verse, John 10:10. 17:13 Christ said, "I have come that they might have life 17:16 and they might have it more abundantly." 17:17 God wants you to have an abundant life. 17:21 God promised the children of Israel 17:22 that if they would serve and obey him, 17:24 he'd remove all sickness. 17:27 Did he keep his promise? He did. 17:31 You read in Psalm 105 verse 37, 17:34 "He brought them out, and there was none feeble person, 17:38 not one sick person among his tribes." 17:41 Tells us they had about 600,000 men in the army. 17:44 So if you got 600,000 fighting men 17:47 and then you figure that there's some younger men 17:48 and older men and you got the women and you got the kids, 17:51 you've got at least two million people. 17:53 Can you imagine two million people and not one clinic, 17:56 and the doctors just sitting there all day, 17:58 tapping his foot with nothing to do? 18:00 Wouldn't that be wonderful? - Amen. 18:02 - Well, they spent 40 years following God's plan, 18:05 drinking the water from the rock 18:07 and eating the bread from heaven, 18:08 and he did give them occasional quail that would come in. 18:12 But following the diet of God, they ended up, 18:15 they were getting exercise. 18:17 There's a world famous Institute, their friends of ours, 18:20 just up the hill, called Weimar Institute. 18:22 Have some of you heard of Weimar Institute? 18:24 And they're famous for an acronym called NEWSTART, 18:27 And each letter in that acronym, NEWSTART, 18:30 represents one of the biblical principles for health, 18:33 things like nutrition and exercise 18:37 and water and sunlight, ST, and temperance, A, air, 18:43 R, rest, T, trust in divine power. 18:46 Had to talk it out to myself to remember what they were. 18:50 But you follow those things, fresh air, exercise, 18:52 sunlight, water, trust in divine power, 18:57 and you know what? 18:58 You follow that program. 18:59 People come from around the world to go to that institute 19:00 to recover their health by following those principles, 19:04 and they're in the Bible. 19:05 It's Bible teachings. 19:08 When they came out, 19:09 there was not one feeble person among their tribes. 19:12 Why is our health so important to God? 19:14 We heard this come up in our questions 19:16 with the people on the street. 19:18 It says in the Bible, I Corinthians 6:19 and 20, 19:22 "Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. 19:27 Therefore, glorify God in your body." 19:31 Now how many of you are hoping that God 19:33 is gonna give you a new body when Jesus comes? 19:35 Anybody? 19:36 You don't care so much when you're young, 19:38 but you get to be my age, you start thinking, 19:39 "That sounds pretty attractive to me. 19:41 I'd like to trade this in on a newer model." Anyone else? 19:44 - Yeah. - Yes. 19:45 - All right, suppose that you're my friend, 19:47 and you're gonna take a vacation in Mexico, 19:49 and you say, "Pastor Doug, can I borrow your pickup truck?" 19:52 The pickup truck's only a few years old, 19:53 and I say, "All right, yeah," and you take the truck. 19:57 You're gone for three weeks. 19:58 You don't tell me you're going to race the Baha 100. 20:02 And you come limping back after a few weeks, 20:05 and I can hear you coming. 20:07 There's this terrible knocking noise 20:08 that's coming from what used to be my engine, 20:10 and as you drive up, one of the doors is falling off. 20:13 Windshield's broken. Headlight's hanging out. 20:16 Smoke's coming out from under the hood. 20:17 You're making a terrible squealing noise 20:20 because the tires are worn off 20:21 and you're driving on the rims. 20:23 You ever seen that before? 20:24 Sparks are flying out everywhere, 20:27 and you come out and you jump out, 20:29 and you hand me the keys say, "Thanks so much, Doug. 20:31 I really appreciate it. Had a great trip. 20:34 Can I borrow it again in a month?" 20:37 Am I gonna lend you my truck? 20:40 I can't afford to fix it anyway. 20:44 You are not your own. You are bought with a price. 20:48 Christ owns you 'cause he is your creator. 20:50 He owns you because he's your Redeemer, 20:53 and we will give an account to God 20:54 for what we do with the bodies that he's given us. 20:57 If we're saying, "Lord, we want you to give us a new body," 21:00 and we're not caring for the one that we've got, 21:03 well, why would you think that he'd trust you 21:05 with a glorified eternal body? 21:07 Now some of you didn't know these things, 21:09 and you're already suffering the results 21:11 of bad life choice decisions. 21:13 God will forgive you, but you wanna start 21:15 where you're at now and start taking care of your body. 21:19 Amen? 21:20 This is something you don't hear Christians talk 21:21 about very often, but it's in the Bible. 21:23 I'm gonna show you some more verses here. 21:26 Look at Romans chapter 12, verse one. 21:28 "Present your body as a living sacrifice." 21:31 He doesn't want a dead one. 21:32 He wants a living healthy sacrifice. "Holy." 21:35 Your body's a temple of the Holy Spirit, 21:37 which is your reasonable service. 21:38 It's reasonable for you to do that and say, 21:40 "Lord, take my body. 21:42 Take my health." 21:44 Now, why do you want to take care of your health? 21:47 Not just for you. What's the great commandment? 21:51 Love the Lord with all your heart. 21:53 Love your neighbor as yourself. 21:56 I wanna take care of my body 21:57 'cause I love God and I wanna serve God. 22:00 I can serve him better if I'm in good health. 22:02 Does that make sense? 22:04 I wanna take care of my body 22:05 'cause I love my neighbor and I wanna serve my fellow man. 22:08 I can serve my fellow man better if I'm in good health. 22:12 We're doing these programs and plus, 22:14 I've got my other work that I do, 22:15 and it's rather demanding, and I just know that every day, 22:18 I've gotta get some exercise. 22:19 I've gotta make sure I get rest. 22:21 I eat very carefully. I've just eaten twice today. 22:24 If you eat too much, you get food coma just 22:26 before you preach and that doesn't work. 22:29 And so out of love for you, out of love for God, 22:33 I try to take care of myself. 22:35 Isn't that the reason to do it, first of all? 22:36 It's 'cause of love. 22:38 Are the Bible health principles still practical today? 22:41 Answers, I'm gonna go through just some 22:43 of these very quickly, and by the way, 22:45 these answers that you're gonna see, 22:48 this lesson was written before the pandemic. 22:51 (laughs) I just want you to know that. 22:53 This is not some kind of statement 22:55 on what's happening in the world today. 22:57 A, quarantine procedures control contagious disease. 23:00 Church leaders in Europe during the bubonic plague 23:02 finally turned to the Bible and figured out 23:05 how to prevent the bubonic plague from spreading. 23:07 Talks about isolation. 23:09 You read about that in the laws of Moses. 23:11 Answer B, human waste should be buried. 23:15 Basic sanitation. 23:17 You'd think people would know that, 23:18 but I've been in a lot of countries of the world 23:20 where they don't know it, and they just have typhoid 23:23 and cholera and all kinds of disease 23:25 'cause they're not practicing biblical sanitation. 23:27 It says this back in the Bible times. 23:30 Washing the body and clothing controls germs. 23:34 God talked about the importance of washing, 23:36 regularly washing your body and your clothing. 23:39 And I hope you'll write down questions on this lesson. 23:42 D, living morally helps prevent sexual diseases. 23:46 I think all of us know that that's practical good sense. 23:51 Answer E, animal fat should not be eaten. 23:54 Not only that, the Bible says animal fat 23:56 and blood should not be eaten. 23:58 Disease can be transferred from animal to animal. 24:02 In fact, they're still speculating 24:04 that they're not exactly sure what the animal was, 24:06 but they're pretty sure that this pandemic originated 24:10 in China and it had to do with either a pangolin 24:13 or a bat or some animal. 24:15 Many of the flus, the swine flu, the bird flu, 24:19 it's because of people getting disease from animals. 24:21 You've never heard of someone spreading a virus 24:24 'cause they got it from blueberries. 24:26 You don't get a virus from bananas. 24:29 Another good, simple rule for health. 24:31 Anything you get addicted to is probably not good for you. 24:35 I've never seen a person start shaking, 24:37 and you say, "What's the problem?" 24:39 And they say, "I haven't had Brussels sprouts all day." 24:42 It just always happens with the things 24:44 that aren't good for you. 24:47 Hatred and bitterness is detrimental to one's health. 24:50 So it's not just what you eat. 24:51 Some people are unhealthy because of what's eating them. 24:54 God talks about forgiveness, doesn't he? 24:56 That's a health practice in the Bible. 24:57 Say amen. - Amen. 25:00 - Overeating is harmful. 25:02 We're living in a world in a culture where more people now 25:05 are dying from eating too much than starvation. 25:08 Isn't that shocking? 25:09 We're eating in a time in the world where our kids 25:12 are more likely to have shorter lives 25:15 than us because of their lifestyles. 25:17 Childhood diabetes is an epidemic right now, 25:20 and overeating, soda pop is liquid candy, 25:25 and kids are always walking around nursing sodas, 25:28 and it's just a really big problem. 25:30 It's bankrupting our country, too, the health issues. 25:33 Answer H, our bodies need proper rest. 25:37 I, the importance of work. 25:39 Not only does the Bible say that you should be resting, 25:42 but it says six days, you should work, 25:43 and when you work, it gives you exercise. 25:45 Wasn't work part of God's original plan for Adam? 25:50 In a world today where some people, 25:51 the only exercise they get is putting batteries 25:53 in the mouse or the remote control, 25:56 we don't get the exercise we used to get, 25:58 and so we need to get out. 25:59 If you're in a sedentary job, get out. 26:01 Use your muscles. Exercise. 26:03 You've gotta make it be disciplined about that 26:05 if you want your body to function well. 26:08 A positive attitude is good medicine. 26:11 That sometimes just takes mental training. 26:13 Do not keep falling into the trap about thinking 26:16 about the regrets and bitter things and negative things. 26:19 Train yourself to be grateful for your blessings. 26:22 It is better for your health, 26:24 and it's healthy to laugh, releases endorphins. 26:28 The other thing is being a good influence. 26:32 Parents' habits affect the children. 26:34 So a lot of people are unhealthy 26:36 because they adopted lifestyle habits from their families. 26:40 They've not gotten the victory over those things, 26:42 and so be careful that you make those changes in your life, 26:45 or it can be generational. 26:47 (uplifting music) 26:51 - [Announcer] Don't forget 26:52 to request today's life-changing free resource. 26:55 Not only can you receive this free gift in the mail. 26:57 You can download a digital copy straight 26:59 to your computer or mobile device. 27:01 To get your digital copy of today's free gift, 27:03 simply text the keyword on your screen to 40544, 27:08 or visit the web address shown on your screen, 27:10 and be sure to select the digital download option 27:13 on the request page. 27:14 It's now easier than ever for you 27:16 to study God's word with Amazing Facts 27:19 wherever and whenever you want and, 27:21 most important, to share it with others. 27:25 - [Announcer] Can't get enough Amazing Facts Bible study? 27:28 You don't have to wait until next week 27:29 to enjoy more truth-filled programming. 27:32 Visit the amazing facts media library at aftv.org. 27:39 At aftv.org, you can enjoy video and audio presentations 27:42 as well as printed material, all free of charge, 27:45 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 27:48 right from your computer or mobile device. 27:50 Visit aftv.org. 27:53 (upbeat music) (uplifting music) 28:00 - [Announcer] Don't forget to request today's free offer. 28:02 It's sure to be a blessing, 28:04 and thank you for your continued support 28:06 as we take the gospel of Jesus Christ to the world. 28:09 We hope you'll join us next week 28:11 as we delve deep into the word of God 28:13 to explore more amazing facts. 28:22 This presentation was brought to you 28:23 by the friends of the Amazing Facts Ministry. |
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