It Is Written

Becoming a Smarter You

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Participants: John Bradshaw (Host), Neil Nedley

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00:01 ♪ [It Is Written Theme] ♪
00:07 It has stood the test of time.
00:12 God's book, the Bible.
00:17 Still relevant in today's complex world.
00:22 It Is Written, sharing hope around the globe.
00:37 JB: I'm John Bradshaw, and this is It Is Written.
00:41 Thanks for joining me today. The Bible says that we are
00:44 fearfully and wonderfully made. When you consider
00:48 the human body, the human mind, the body is a masterpiece
00:52 of creation. Perhaps it was God's
00:54 most outstanding work, and when you look at the body,
00:57 the center, or the nerve center, is the brain.
01:01 We all have one. Some of us use it to some
01:04 effect, and some, we might want to do a little bit better.
01:07 My guest today, special guest, is Dr. Neil Nedley.
01:10 He's the president of Nedley Health Solutions.
01:13 Dr. Nedley, thanks for joining me today.
01:15 NN: Thank you. Great to be here.
01:16 JB: Now often, we talk about the brain in terms of IQ.
01:19 Some a little higher, some a little lower.
01:22 NN: Yes. JB: Let's explore this
01:23 a bit today. Tell me first, what is IQ?
01:27 NN: Well, IQ can be explained very simply.
01:29 It's our capacity to learn, retain and apply knowledge.
01:34 Sounds pretty simple, but there's a lot to learning
01:37 and retaining as well as our ability to apply.
01:41 JB: Now, we talk about IQ tests. You know, we've probably
01:44 all taken an IQ test from time to time.
01:47 How do you measure IQ? NN: Some people might have a
01:50 very low IQ, and actually score very high on an IQ test because
01:55 they're good at test taking. And then there's other
01:59 individuals that would be very low on an IQ score but yet
02:03 they're actually brilliant individuals.
02:06 But for 80 percent of us they're a fairly accurate rendition
02:10 of our actual capacity, at that time, to learn,
02:13 retain and apply knowledge. JB: Let's talk about
02:15 intelligence, how that affects a person in practical terms.
02:18 NN: Well, in practical terms there's actually significant
02:21 benefits. First of all, if you are in
02:24 school, you can be a lot more efficient in studying.
02:27 That means that you can live a more balanced life, even though
02:31 you're in an academically rigorous program.
02:34 Also, studies show that you're more logical,
02:37 you're more persuasive, you have greater influence
02:41 as a result of that, and if this is a priority of yours,
02:45 you're more likely to become wealthy.
02:48 In addition, you actually live longer.
02:51 We now know that higher intelligent people, in general,
02:55 live significantly longer than people who aren't.
02:58 JB: There's a difference, isn't there,
03:00 between intelligence and common sense.
03:02 NN: Well, there is. People with higher intelligence
03:05 actually do have higher common sense.
03:07 But you know, just because you weren't at the top of your class
03:10 doesn't mean necessarily that you weren't intelligent.
03:14 Academic standing is not necessarily related
03:17 to intelligence. In other words, there may be
03:19 very bright people in the classroom that don't do well
03:22 in school, and the other way around
03:24 can happen. And of course that has to do
03:26 more with motivation at the time that you're in school.
03:29 JB: Are there myths about intelligence?
03:30 Are there some challenges to what we accept as
03:34 the standards on the subject? NN: There are myths because a
03:37 lot of people assume that if you're highly intelligent you're
03:39 very irritating to be around. It is true, some people that are
03:43 highly intelligent are very irritating to be around,
03:46 but actually they're no more or less irritating than people of
03:49 average or lower intelligence. How enjoyable we are to be
03:51 around has more to do with our emotional intelligence
03:55 than our general intelligence. And so, if you happen have both,
03:58 you can be a very enjoyable person to be around even though
04:01 you have high IQ. JB: What can you do about
04:03 your intelligence? Can you improve it?
04:05 NN: Well, one of the myths is that genetics
04:07 is all that matters. Your lifestyle practices and the
04:12 environment that you choose to surround yourself with actually
04:15 has much more to do with your intelligence, and your ability
04:20 to develop a much higher IQ, as you were asking,
04:24 than your genetics. JB: What do those numbers mean?
04:26 NN: Yeah, 100 is your average IQ.
04:29 And for every 10 points it's a standard deviation.
04:32 So if you're 90, you're almost in the bottom third
04:35 of the nation. If you're 110, you're almost in
04:38 the top third of the nation. 120, you'd be in the top 20
04:41 percentile of the nation. 130, you'd be getting close to
04:46 the top 5 percentile of the nation.
04:48 140, you'd be up there at the 1 percentile.
04:51 JB: What's a genius? NN: 160 is a genius
04:55 in anyone's book, 'cause you're 1 out of 1,000 people,
04:58 as far as your ability to learn, retain and apply knowledge.
05:01 So, those people are absolutely brilliant.
05:04 JB: This becomes important, too, when I think about my role
05:06 as a father. I have a couple of children
05:07 I would like to see do very well in this world.
05:10 NN: Yes. JB: And, one would expect,
05:14 understanding that intelligence isn't the only factor that's
05:17 going to help a child progress, but one would expect the sharper
05:20 we can help them be-- NN: Absolutely.
05:22 JB: --the better they're going to do in this world.
05:24 NN: Absolutely. JB: Let's go back and talk about
05:25 people who have improved their intelligence.
05:28 Have you got some examples? NN: Oh yes, absolutely.
05:31 We had an individual who came to us, IQ of 80.
05:36 This individual had gone from one grade to another in a public
05:41 high school system, without actually passing.
05:44 And, he was a nice guy. You know, he was liked.
05:46 But he just didn't have it. He actually came
05:50 to our restaurant. And he changed his diet some,
05:52 and he started to get interested in things of the Bible, and he
05:57 actually changed his life. Became a converted individual.
06:04 And the owner of the restaurant, which isn't me, but the owner of
06:07 the restaurant recommended he go to college to become
06:10 a Bible worker. And at the end I talked to him,
06:13 and he said he barely made it. You know, we actually got him up
06:16 there and he wasn't the last in his class, and he's starting
06:19 to do a little better. Well, he worked as a Bible
06:22 worker for a couple of years and he came back to the restaurant.
06:24 I happened to be eating there. And he says, "You know,
06:27 Dr. Nedley, I think I'd be more effective
06:29 as a physician. What do you think about me being a doctor?"
06:33 And I'll just have to tell you, I smiled and I said,
06:36 "You know, being a physician is not for everybody.
06:39 It's something that, it may be nice." But then I thought,
06:42 "You know, I can't say for sure that
06:45 it wouldn't be for you, but you would definitely have
06:47 to improve your capacity to learn, retain and apply
06:50 knowledge." And so, he said,
06:52 "I'm all in." Fortunately, Les had what we call emotional
06:57 intelligence, which is a tremendous amount of motivation.
07:00 And that's one of the things you have to have, if you want to
07:02 really improve your IQ. JB: I want to find out what
07:05 happened to this gentleman. We'll do that in just a moment.
07:07 How can somebody below average turn around and embrace the idea
07:12 of being a physician? This is important.
07:16 How can we sharpen what we have, how can we take the gifts that
07:19 we seem to naturally have been given by God, and bring them
07:23 back to God and say, "Lord, you gave me two talents
07:25 but I multiplied them." We'll find out
07:28 in just a moment.
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07:47 ♪ [rythmic melody] ♪
07:55 JB: It's one thing to read the Bible, another thing to stop and
07:58 consider what it says and take that seriously.
08:00 Here's a verse that's a little challenging, actually.
08:03 Philippians 4:6 says, "Be anxious for nothing,
08:06 but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving,
08:09 let your requests be made know to God."
08:12 Now, if I asked you if you believe Philippians 4:6,
08:14 you'd say, sure I do. But if I ask you if you're
08:17 anxious for nothing, it might be a different story.
08:21 And why is that? If you can trust God, you can
08:23 have certainty that he's got your situation in hand.
08:26 He's got your back. He knows what you're going
08:28 through, and he's going to take care of you.
08:31 Now, that takes some faith, but if you can learn to trust
08:34 God in those moments when you're tempted to be anxious,
08:36 you'll see your faith in God will grow,
08:39 and God will always come through.
08:41 I'm John Bradshaw for It Is Written.
08:43 Let's live today by every word.
08:48 JB: This is It Is Written. I'm John Bradshaw.
08:51 I'm joined today by the president of
08:53 Nedley Health Solutions, Dr. Neil Nedley.
08:57 Dr. Nedley, thanks for being here today.
08:58 NN: Thank you. JB: We began talking a few
09:00 moments ago about somebody who was, you said had an IQ
09:03 of about 80. Various things happened
09:06 in this individual's life. He is now talking about
09:08 becoming a physician. Tell me, what happened?
09:12 NN: Well, it took some time, but I broke down to him the ways
09:15 in which you can improve your intelligence,
09:18 and a lot of it had to do with lifestyle things
09:21 and nutritional things, and things that he's
09:22 surrounding himself with. And he was all in.
09:26 And, I had him work on that for about a year, and then he said,
09:28 "Okay, I'm going to pre-med. Going to the University
09:31 of Oklahoma." And he was taking now
09:33 hard sciences. And he was struggling,
09:37 of course, because he hadn't-- remember, this guy
09:41 hadn't really learned anything in high school, and he hadn't
09:44 really taken any pre-work, and so his first grade
09:47 in biology and chemistry was a C+.
09:51 And the next semester he had gotten it up to a B+.
09:54 And then, as he was advancing further he started getting A-
09:58 and then, pretty soon, he was ready for his MCAT
10:02 and he scored well enough. to get into medical school
10:04 And his IQ went from 80 to over 120.
10:07 But his story is not necessarily unique.
10:11 If you remember, Ben Carson was at the bottom of his class.
10:16 JB: Dr. Ben Carson, world famous neurosurgeon.
10:18 NN: That's right. Thought to be not intelligent.
10:23 Actually hated poverty and was a kind of an emotional and
10:28 intellectual wreck. And his mother came home and
10:31 said, "No TV, Ben. And not only that, you're going
10:37 to write a book report. Take out not a novel book
10:41 but an educational book. Two books, and write a book
10:43 report before you get any privileges around here."
10:46 Then, he also began to listen to music--that also
10:49 enhances the brain. Within a year he went
10:52 from the bottom of the class to the top of the class.
10:55 And he tells a story. He said he no longer hated
10:57 poverty at that point. He still was dirt poor,
11:00 and the family was, but he knew poverty
11:02 was temporary. Not only did he become a
11:05 physician, he became a top neurosurgeon in the country,
11:08 doing things that no other neurosurgeon had ever done.
11:11 We are endowed and created with wonderful brains.
11:16 You know, this two-and-a-half-pound organ
11:19 that we're all carrying has capacity for improvement,
11:23 really in all of us. Unless you're totally lacking
11:27 a lobe of your brain. You know, there are some kids
11:30 that are born without frontal lobes, for instance, where there
11:33 are severe genetic problems and mutations.
11:36 But if you have a brain where you can do things,
11:38 like most other human beings, you have a brain
11:41 that can dramatically improve. JB: So a lot of people are,
11:44 and if I just use the phrase, without wanting to be crass,
11:47 a lot of people are dumbing themselves down.
11:49 NN: Exactly. JB: What are some of the things
11:51 that people do to themselves that hurt themselves
11:55 and degrade their intelligence? NN: Well, the frontal lobe of
12:00 the brain is kind of where intelligence all comes together.
12:03 It's to be the control center of the brain.
12:05 And there are simple things that people do to suppress
12:08 their frontal lobe. Alcohol, drugs, you know, even,
12:13 a lot of people are not aware of it;
12:14 - caffeine actually will lower the circulation of
12:18 the frontal lobe of the brain. NFL quarterbacks are now
12:24 told to consume zero caffeine. And it's not their athletic
12:26 ability that's the most important.
12:27 It's their decision-making ability.
12:30 And so, there is a lot of simple things we can do to enhance
12:36 our brains and produce a positive benefit.
12:38 JB: That's a lot of the population.
12:40 Caffeine, nicotine, alcohol, drugs.
12:43 NN: That's right. JB: Marijuana becoming legal.
12:45 NN: The largest study showed that marijuana actually,
12:49 when you use it regularly, permanently lowers IQ.
12:53 Not only that, it lowers motivation to levels that are at
12:56 the bottom of the scale, as far as emotional intelligence
13:00 and motivation. JB: Tell me a little bit about
13:02 the structure of the brain-- a little--but particularly in
13:05 relation to intelligence. NN: Okay.
13:07 Well, where the ear is at, above the ear is the temporal lobe.
13:11 That's actually where our memory is,
13:13 so our verbal and declarative memory actually is
13:16 there in the side of the brain. In the middle portion of the
13:20 brain is the parietal lobe. That's where our vocabulary
13:23 intelligence, it's actually where our mathematical
13:25 ability is centered. In the back of the brain is
13:28 where our visual-spatial orientation is,
13:31 another thing that has to do with intelligence.
13:33 In the back bottom of the brain is where our athletic
13:36 intelligence comes from, our ability to perform
13:39 things gracefully and with ease athletically.
13:43 And then the frontal lobe of the brain is the area where
13:46 spirituality, morality and the will is centered.
13:50 But on top of that, it's where our analysis is, as well.
13:54 And so, our ability to make good decisions is actually right
13:59 there in the front portion of the brain.
14:01 JB: You can negatively affect this front part of the brain.
14:03 NN: Absolutely. JB: It's a little bit like this,
14:06 surely. If I want to run a marathon,
14:08 I want to be physically fit. Or, if I want to be able to walk
14:12 home from school or simply function well, I want to be
14:16 physically fit. And so I know that breakfast at
14:19 the fast food restaurant every day, and being a couch potato,
14:23 isn't going to help me become physically fit.
14:25 We understand that. Pretty well everybody knows it.
14:27 NN: That's right. JB: But, in just the same way
14:30 there are things you can do to enhance your frontal lobe.
14:33 NN: Correct. JB: Not everybody knows that.
14:35 NN: That's right. JB: Tell me more.
14:36 NN: Well, you know, it's not just exercising
14:39 the frontal lobe. You know, we think, well, to do
14:41 a marathon we have to exercise, but you know the good nutrition
14:44 part is important, and a lot of other lifestyle components,
14:47 if we're really going to have the competitive edge.
14:50 And the same is true with the frontal lobe.
14:52 Yes, we do need to exercise it, but in addition we need
14:54 to feed it right. So nutrition is critically
14:56 important. We need to entertain it right,
15:00 as well, because some forms of entertainment are going to
15:02 dramatically suppress this area of the brain.
15:06 And there's a lot of factors involved.
15:09 JB: And what strikes me as very important is that our spiritual
15:12 development is likewise centered in the frontal lobe.
15:16 NN: Exactly. JB: That's extremely important.
15:18 I'm going to ask you more about that in a moment.
15:21 How can we learn to thrive spiritually?
15:24 How can we look after our brains in such a way that we're more
15:27 apt to hear the voice of God, have a more vital spiritual
15:32 relationship and, ultimately, spend eternity with God?
15:36 We'll find out more in just a moment.
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16:08 JB: This is It Is Written. Thanks for joining me today.
16:11 I'm John Bradshaw, and I'm joined by Dr. Neil Nedley from
16:14 Nedley Health Solutions. Dr. Nedley is the president of
16:17 Nedley Health Solutions. Dr. Nedley, we came
16:20 to a really important place just a moment ago.
16:24 NN: Yes. JB: We can do something about
16:27 the health of our frontal lobe, this part of our brain
16:31 behind the forehead. We can affect that frontal lobe
16:36 so that it has a detrimental effect on our intelligence,
16:39 or a positive effect on our intelligence.
16:40 NN: That's right. JB: It can negatively
16:42 or positively affect our spiritual capacity,
16:46 our relationship with God. NN: Correct.
16:48 Yes, absolutely. JB: You talked about what
16:49 might impair the frontal lobe. Now, it's less about how I might
16:53 do on a test in school but more about how I might be able to
16:56 function as a believer in God. NN: Yes.
16:58 JB: Let's walk again through some of the things that damage
17:02 frontal lobe capacity. NN: Well, adverse drugs,
17:06 recreational drugs in general, all suppress the frontal lobe.
17:09 JB: What do they do? NN: They lower IQ
17:11 and they lower EQ. And emotional intelligence
17:13 is also the frontal part of the brain.
17:15 Our motivational area actually comes from the frontal lobe
17:18 of the brain. JB: Not hard to imagine
17:21 chemicals doing something bad to the brain.
17:23 NN: Yeah, and they rev up the limbic system.
17:25 So they imbalance the brain by having the emotional part of the
17:28 brain be much more overriding than the control center
17:33 of the brain. And thus people on these drugs
17:35 are managed by their emotions instead of being able
17:38 to manage their emotions. JB: We know alcohol is not good.
17:42 NN: No. JB: But now, now somebody's
17:44 sitting today thinking, wait a minute.
17:45 It's not just, well, I think it's okay to have an occasional
17:48 this or that. Now, this affects my
17:51 relationship with God. NN: Correct.
17:53 JB: By suppressing frontal lobe function.
17:54 How does alcohol do that? NN: Well, alcohol actually
17:57 impairs the frontal lobe before it affects even the coordination
18:01 system. So,
18:02 our judgment goes down first. And you know, baseball players
18:06 have kind of mocked alcohol a little bit, because it turns
18:09 out, under the influence of alcohol they can still, if
18:12 they're skilled at doing so, hit a curve ball out
18:14 of the baseball park. That's how good their
18:16 coordination is. If they're just at the legal
18:18 limit, for instance, or just had a drink or two.
18:21 But studies show they are 10 times as likely to get
18:23 into an automobile accident, when they go out.
18:26 And it's not because of their coordination,
18:28 it's because of their judgment. JB: Alcohol affects judgment.
18:30 NN: Yes. JB: In a relationship with God.
18:33 NN: Yeah, absolutely, JB: You've got to have
18:35 good judgment. NN: You've got to have
18:36 good judgment. JB: Nicotine must be the same.
18:38 NN: Nicotine has a more subtle effect, but it also suppresses
18:42 the frontal lobe of the brain. JB: You mentioned entertainment?
18:45 NN: Entertainment. JB: Now, now, this affects us.
18:49 NN: Yes. JB: I mean, people, everybody.
18:51 NN: That's right. JB: Tell me more.
18:53 NN: Well, these fast-moving video games.
18:56 Even the average entertainment television program.
19:01 This is actually good, that your listeners are not watching
19:04 entertainment television programming, because the rapid
19:07 scene of reference, every three- to five-second
19:09 change in reference scene, will actually suppress
19:13 their frontal lobe 90 seconds into watching it,
19:16 and you'll see it on EEGs where they go into
19:18 alpha-wave rhythm. Their memory can still work,
19:21 their emotions can work, but they're no longer critically
19:23 analyzing the information that's coming in, and thus hideous
19:26 things can happen, in front of their very eyes,
19:30 and they're just taking it in, and they're not rejecting it.
19:35 And that, of course, is a very dangerous thing
19:37 and it lowers intelligence. JB: We feel that a kid playing
19:41 a video game where he's dismembering or decapitating
19:44 or killing beings every few seconds, we look at that and
19:48 say, that's bad for a kid's development.
19:50 Is it really bad? NN: It is bad.
19:52 It is bad. Now here's the argument.
19:55 And this takes some degree of intelligence, and also a degree
19:58 of honesty, for those that say hey, you know, it might
20:01 increase violence 8 percentile. In fact, there was a study that
20:05 looked like, hey it's not that big a deal, 'cause it takes
20:07 people who are below average aggression and it moves 8
20:12 percentile of the population to above-average aggression.
20:15 And they're saying, you know, this isn't that big a thing.
20:18 But if you look at a bell-shaped curve, where human phenomena
20:20 are located, an 8 percentile shift in
20:23 the population means that violence will double, as far as
20:27 violent crime is concerned. And so, whatever changes we make
20:32 in a subtle way makes extreme differences on either end.
20:36 JB: Is there a difference between watching an episode
20:39 of Seinfeld, some comedy show, compared to a sci-fi thriller
20:46 horror movie? NN: Well, yeah,
20:47 content is important, obviously. So, the worse the content,
20:51 the worse for us. But it's not just content.
20:54 You can actually have a clean show,
20:58 but if it suppresses the frontal lobe of the brain,
21:01 it actually is still not good for developing IQ.
21:05 In fact, you know, the interesting thing is,
21:07 the best movie producers in the world refuse to watch movies or
21:10 entertainment television, because they know it's going
21:13 to lower their creativity. Creativity is one of the main
21:16 things that happens when we have a high IQ.
21:19 Creativity that's not only original, but useful to others.
21:23 Now there are some people that say they're creative 'cause
21:25 they're just strange, but that's not useful
21:29 to anybody. We're looking for something that
21:31 is creative and very useful to others, and it turns out that
21:36 watching entertainment television will lower that
21:39 significantly. And those in the high end
21:43 mental health fields, they recognize this.
21:46 JB: It's a little bit scary that well-meaning parents who are
21:50 buying their kid a burger and a large soda drink, and plopping
21:56 them down in front of their computer console or their video
21:59 game console, feeding them with movies and so forth.
22:03 Then they take them to church. NN: That's right.
22:06 JB: And they say, wait a minute, my kid isn't into this anymore.
22:08 NN: That's right. JB: My child doesn't want
22:09 to go to church. They're bringing it upon
22:11 themselves. NN: They're bringing it
22:12 upon themselves. They're suppressing the frontal
22:14 lobe, which is the area that we worship, as human beings.
22:19 So if you're suppressing the area that wants to worship
22:22 something grand, like the Lord, and then you're revving up the
22:27 limbic system, which is the emotional areas of the brain,
22:31 kids will get bored with a worship service that would
22:35 otherwise be very meaningful to somebody who
22:37 had a balanced brain. JB: In terms of undoing the
22:42 damage, or enhancing the frontal lobe of the brain.
22:47 It may be a little bit self-explanatory.
22:49 Undo some of what's been done. But let's talk about now,
22:51 in a positive way, how to fix this.
22:55 What does a person do? NN: Well, what we would
22:58 recommend is that they get some good materials to really
23:03 assist them in that. Of course, we have an Optimize
23:05 Your Brain materials, where you have a DVD, workbook series,
23:09 you can go through this. But some of the simple things
23:11 they can do is just get rid of entertainment television.
23:15 Another major thing, of course, is getting rid of the video
23:18 games and then replacing it with frontal lobe enhancing
23:21 activities. And frontal lobe enhancing
23:24 activities would be going out and taking a nice,
23:27 three-mile run. Going out and getting
23:29 a nature walk. Actually reading the Bible for
23:32 the purpose of discerning what it's actually trying to say,
23:37 and what was the scene like. And so, reading and analyzing,
23:41 utilizing the frontal lobe in studying the Bible,
23:44 or good educational material can greatly enhance the intelligence
23:48 in the frontal lobe. JB: How does getting the Word of
23:50 God, the Bible, into your mind
23:53 affect your mind in a positive way?
23:57 NN: It does it actually, by, we'll see it.
23:59 We'll see the frontal lobe light up, on EEG.
24:02 We'll see the beta waves going. It's actually altering brain
24:06 chemistry for the better. And that was Les's first thing.
24:09 You remember, he was starting to study the Bible, so that's when
24:13 he started getting his IQ up above 80.
24:16 And Ben Carson, what is often not told
24:18 in Ben Carson, it wasn't just TV and musical choices that
24:22 improved him, but he also began to have a greater interest
24:27 in the Word of God. And he would attend worship
24:29 services on a weekly basis and actually enjoy
24:34 and be enhanced from that. And so that's a very key
24:37 element, and one that the world kind of looks down upon,
24:40 but they don't realize, there are some very positive
24:43 things happening in biblical- centered worship services.
24:47 JB: So as we get the Word of God in,
24:49 it's not just good for us spiritually, it's good for us
24:52 on just every level. NN: Exactly.
24:54 Exactly. JB: Wonderful.
24:55 That's why we say at It Is Written,
24:57 man shall not live by bread alone,
24:59 but by every word that proceeds
25:01 from the mouth of God. NN: Makes sense.
25:03 JB: Dr. Nedley, thank you for joining us today.
25:04 NN: Thank you. JB: Thank you.
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26:19 JB: Fearfully and wonderfully made, made by God to thrive.
26:24 Incredibly, we make decisions and do things to our brain,
26:28 our minds, that sometimes push us down a little bit.
26:32 But by the grace of God there are those things that can
26:34 reverse the damage and lift us up.
26:38 Not just up in this world, but up out of this world
26:42 and into the world to come. Dr. Nedley,
26:44 thanks for joining me today NN: Thank you.
26:46 JB: Let's pray together. NN: Yes.
26:48 ♪ [Gentle Melody] ♪ JB: Our Father in heaven,
26:49 we thank You that You have made us to thrive,
26:53 not just to battle our way through this world but to be
26:56 blessed as we make choices that affect our minds,
27:01 actually affect our very brain, so that then we can
27:04 operate more efficiently, and operate and live
27:08 our lives closer to You. May we learn to make choices
27:12 that will enhance our relationship with You.
27:15 Let us live according to those wonderful principles of the
27:18 Bible, with minds that are clear and strong, and let our heart be
27:24 joined to the heart of God, that Your thoughts
27:28 become our thoughts. Bless us, keep us, save us,
27:33 we pray. In Jesus' name.
27:35 Amen. NN: Amen.
27:38 ♪ [Musical Interlude] ♪
27:52 ♪ [It Is Written Theme] ♪ JB: I'm grateful you joined us
27:53 today. Look forward to seeing you again
27:55 next time. Until then remember,
27:58 it is written: man shall not live by
28:01 bread alone but by every word
28:05 that proceeds from the mouth of God.
28:08 ♪ [music swells] ♪


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