Participants: John Bradshaw (Host), Neil Nedley
Series Code: IIW
Program Code: IIW001363A
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00:17 God's book, the Bible. Still relevant in today's 00:23 complex world. It Is Written, sharing hope 00:30 around the globe. 00:42 This is It Is Written. I'm John Bradshaw, thanks 00:45 for joining me today. And today we're joined by our 00:48 guest, Dr. Neil Nedley, the president of Nedley 00:52 Health Solutions. Dr. Nedley, thanks for joining 00:54 me today on It Is Written. Thank you. 00:56 Great to be here, as always. We've touched on these 00:58 subjects before. Today we're going to do it again 01:01 and go a little further and a little deeper. 01:03 This is a subject that really affects everybody. 01:06 The Bible says we are fearfully and wonderfully made. 01:09 We were made in the image of God, in fact. 01:12 God created us physical beings with a brain. 01:16 All of us have experienced illness at some stage. 01:19 We've had colds, we've caught the flu; 01:21 some have had heart stuff and back pain and cancer 01:24 and other things. A large number of people today 01:27 are battling something that doesn't get spoken of very 01:31 openly and carries a bit of a stigma. 01:34 Affects so many people we need to deal with. 01:37 And that's the subject of mental illness. 01:39 Yes. How big a problem is 01:41 mental illness today? Over 26 percent of Americans 01:43 today have a diagnosable mental illness, as we're 01:47 speaking here. More than one in four. 01:49 And that's a significant illness. 01:51 You know, like major depression or anxiety, bipolar, 01:55 schizophrenia. It's not talking about the minor 01:58 mental illnesses like minor depression 02:01 or lack of concentration or those sorts of things. 02:04 I don't know if you have figures but if you added those minor 02:06 mental illnesses in, it would rise from 26 percent to about 02:09 what -- To over 50 percent. So it's fair to say that over 02:12 half of the people in the United States today 02:14 are dealing with a mental health issue. 02:16 It's so common that you either know someone else with a mental 02:22 illness or you have one yourself. 02:24 The one thing between us and God that all communication 02:29 flows through is your brain. Is our brain. 02:31 Yeah. Absolutely. 02:33 And so, clearly we want to be functioning optimally so that we 02:36 can have an optimal relationship with God. 02:37 Exactly. That's right. 02:39 Well, what do these mental illnesses look like? 02:41 Common symptoms are deep sadness or a sense of emptiness. 02:44 Apathy. If you wake up in the morning, 02:46 you're not real excited or interested about the day, 02:48 that might be normal once in a while, 02:51 but if it's happening a majority of the time, 02:53 that's a problem. Deep sadness? 02:55 I mean, don't we get sad? We do, but we shouldn't be sad 02:58 the majority of the time. You know, unless there's been 03:01 some sort of emotional loss in the last few weeks. 03:03 But as far as normal everyday living, if we're having crying 03:07 spells, if we're having that sense of emptiness, 03:09 that's a problem. Okay, so what are some of 03:11 the other symptoms? Lack of concentration. 03:13 Where the individual just has trouble focusing and has trouble 03:18 remembering at the bottom of the page what they read at 03:21 the top of the page. That is a common symptom. 03:24 Increased agitation or irritability. 03:27 Actually, sleep disturbances are very common in mentl illness, 03:31 either hypersomnia or insomnia or early morning awakening, 03:35 where you go to sleep but you wake up too early, can't 03:38 get back to sleep. That's very common. 03:40 Weight or appetite changes, it can occur either way. 03:43 A lot of the obesity epidemic that we're seeing in our country 03:47 today has an association with mental illness, 'cause people 03:50 have a tendency to self-medicate with food to try to feel better. 03:54 Feelings of worthlessness, morbid thoughts where it's 03:57 preoccupation with death or symbols of death. 04:00 Or just lack of energy. Fatigue is actually one of the 04:03 symptoms where you run out of energy too early 04:05 or you don't have energy even as the day begins. 04:09 So, it's not just one of those symptoms it's mental illness, 04:12 but if you have a combination of them, then you're going 04:15 to have a diagnosable mental illness. 04:17 What I don't want someone to do is - they'll be watching us 04:19 right now and say "Well, I get tired, and yeah, 04:22 I woke up that one morning." That doesn't mean you're 04:25 mentally unwell. That's right. 04:27 But when these symptoms start piling up on top of each other. 04:30 And when they're happening the majority of the time. 04:33 The great tragedy too is that there's a very strong link 04:36 between mental illness and suicide. 04:39 Yes. This can become a matter 04:41 of life and death. It's the number one cause 04:43 of suicide actually, is mental illness. 04:45 What should somebody do if they fear they have a significant 04:47 mental health issue and they need help? 04:49 Where should they turn? Well, they really need to seek 04:52 help from professionals that can help them, 04:54 but what I would encourage them to do is try to find the cause. 04:57 Don't just treat the symptoms. The effects of mental illness. 05:01 What are some of those? Well, not only does it cause the 05:05 symptoms that we mentioned earlier, but it actually 05:08 increases the risk of death in more ways than just suicide. 05:11 For instance, it increases the risk of heart disease; 05:14 increase the risk of death from cancer, if you do have 05:17 cancer and a mental illness; it actually suppresses 05:21 the immune system so you're likely to even die from 05:24 pneumonia, if you get pneumonia. And then, it causes a lot of 05:28 symptoms that are not so deadly but decrease the quality 05:32 of your life. Headaches in mental illness 05:34 are very closely associated. I would say, in our program with 05:38 depression and anxiety recovery, 80 percent of individuals 05:42 will have headaches. Asthma can actually come about 05:46 as a result of mental illness. And then, a decrease in ability 05:50 to actually physically function. Whether you end up in a nursing 05:54 home or not, as you age, has actually more to do with 05:56 your mental health than your physical health. 05:59 And then, there are other consequences like a decrease 06:02 in memory. The longer the bout of mental 06:05 illness, the more adverse the memory becomes. 06:08 And people can even think they're starting to experience 06:11 a dementia, when it's not dementia at all. 06:14 It's a reversible mental illness. 06:16 And then, on top of it, it actually adversely affects 06:21 relationships, and so a lot of relationship problems are 06:25 actually due to mental health issues, and often 06:29 are overlooked as such. If this is an issue in 06:31 somebody's life, we really want to get 06:33 this addressed. We want to get it addressed. 06:35 And, fortunately it can be reversed. 06:37 It can be treated and people don't have to exist with 06:40 mental illness. If we take care of the 06:43 underlying causes and reverse those that are 06:45 causing the mental illness, we will get a cure. 06:48 And that happens the vast majority of the time. 06:51 That's magnificent. There is hope for anybody 06:54 grappling with mental illness. And, in just a moment, we'll 06:57 begin to talk about how a person can indeed experience cure and 07:04 reversal from mental illness. Don't go away, 07:07 we'll be right back. 07:11 [Music] If you could just go back in 07:20 time and do things differently. Perhaps you've struggled 07:23 with regret and the added weight of guilt. 07:26 And while there's no way to undo the past, 07:28 God offers us a forgiveness so complete that it comes 07:31 with a promise of a life that will never end. 07:35 Sound too good to be true? Well, see what the Bible says. 07:38 Our booklet, "Hope for a Planet in Crisis," 07:40 will walk you through the Bible's teachings about 07:43 sin and forgiveness and show you how a new start 07:46 can be yours. Just call 07:48 (800) 253-3000 and request your free copy of 07:53 "Hope for a Planet in Crisis." If the line's busy please do 07:56 keep on trying, or write to It Is Written, P.O. Box 6, 08:01 Chattanooga, TN 37401. We'll mail a free copy to your 08:06 address in North America. Again, our toll-free number is 08:10 (800) 253-3000, and our web address is 08:14 ItIsWritten.com. 08:18 This is It Is Written. I'm John Bradshaw. 08:20 Thank you for joining me today. I'm joined by my guest, 08:23 Dr. Neil Nedley, who is the president of Nedley 08:26 Health Solutions. And, as we discuss mental 08:29 illness today, this is something that you're very, very involved 08:31 with, with depression and anxiety recovery programs 08:34 that you run. So you're speaking to this, 08:37 firsthand. Right. 08:39 I imagine it impacts people financially. 08:42 Absolutely. How's that? 08:44 Yeah. In fact, most people that come 08:46 to our program have no money to come to our program. 08:48 Now, why is that? They just happen to have someone 08:51 who believes in them and believes in the program, 08:54 and so as a result, family members or churches 08:59 will raise money for them. And after they're through with 09:02 the program, they will not only be employable but they'll 09:06 actually be employed soon at a higher level than what would 09:10 have happened had they never experienced depression 09:13 and anxiety. And it's simply due to 09:15 the financial figures. This has been well described. 09:17 The average person with depression, who actually 09:19 does work, earns $10,400 less per year. 09:23 And the total effect on their family, if they don't take care 09:26 of the depression and anxiety, the total financial impact over 09:29 their lifetime, for their family, is $300,000. 09:33 That's the ripple effect as well occurring, but it's 09:37 also occurring because of the decrease in productivity, 09:40 because of more medical bills, more physical issues that 09:44 have to be solved. And, one study that looked at 09:48 a small group actually concluded this: This small group, when you 09:52 add up $300,000 family per family, it was 2.1 trillion 09:57 dollars over the lifetime. And what they concluded was 10:00 this: If depression and anxiety would be reversed and cured, 10:06 we would actually not have a national debt in this country. 10:10 Now, the most common way people with mental illness are treated 10:16 is through drugs. Now, you're a doctor. 10:19 You prescribe drugs in your medical profession. 10:21 Should people battling mental illness, grappling with 10:26 mental illness, be treated with drugs? 10:28 Is that the best way to deal with this problem? 10:32 It's not the best way. Drugs can help some of 10:35 the symptoms. They do not cure the disease. 10:38 But everybody's given drugs for mental illness. 10:40 Everybody is given drugs, and it's, and it really has to do 10:43 with a need for a paradigm shift in the way mental illness is 10:47 treated in this country. Now, let's be clear: 10:49 You're not against drugs. No, I'm a doctor. 10:52 I prescribe them. Okay, so we've cleared that up. 10:55 How effective--and I expect there's documentation for 10:58 this--how effective is medication. 11:02 And I hope you can give me some numbers here--when it comes 11:06 to mental illness? Well, the best case 11:08 scenario--and this is drug company data--best case scenario 11:12 is 70 percent of the people will improve somewhat, a little 11:18 to maybe a lot, in taking the medicine. 11:22 Thirty percent won't respond at all. 11:24 Isn't that good? Isn't 70 percent good? 11:27 Well, 70 percent is good for the short term, but there's 11:30 some other data, too. Only 20 percent no longer 11:33 qualify as having a mental illness when taking the drugs. 11:37 In other words, they still are significantly inhibited. 11:40 And that is that data at three and six months after starting 11:44 the drugs. One year out, they're actually 11:48 worse than if they would have never been on medicine. 11:52 So, the medicine helps short term, but as 11:55 it's continued long term, it actually seems to exacerbate 11:59 and make worse the condition that it was supposed to treat. 12:04 That's when it comes to depression and anxiety. 12:06 Well, let's come back. Seventy percent of people 12:08 are helped somewhat. Now, if this was headaches 12:12 and there was a pill that said 70 percent of people 12:14 are helped somewhat, I don't think we'd say 12:17 that was very effective. I think we'd want to do a little 12:20 bit better than that, right? And help "somewhat" can mean 12:22 just about anything. Exactly. 12:24 Yeah, that's right. And what is very clear-- 12:26 and the pharmaceutical industry will agree with this-- 12:29 medications have their limitations. 12:32 Significant limitations. This is not a cure. 12:35 There is no medicine that cures depression or anxiety 12:39 or albeit any other mental illness, for that matter. 12:43 In order to get to the cure, we have to find the cause 12:47 and reverse the cause. Now, let me ask you 12:49 about side effects. I wish I could recall 12:52 the case--you may know. It was decided that one 12:56 particular drug should no longer be prescribed for young people 13:00 because of the spike in suicide among people who were 13:04 receiving this medication. Now, that's a very dramatic 13:06 side effect. What are generally side effects 13:10 as a result of taking these-- let's call them antidepressants. 13:15 One of them you touched on: increased impulsivity. 13:19 Impulsivity goes up with antidepressants before 13:22 the depression gets better. And suicide is often 13:25 an impulsive act. A lot of people 13:27 don't realize that, but often it's feelings of 13:29 hopelessness and then impulsivity combined. 13:32 That's why they all have black-box warnings, 13:35 saying they can actually increase the risk of suicide 13:38 before they improve the depression. 13:40 Well, that's a tough side effect to look at it. 13:44 Yes, it is. But the other one that's 13:46 very common is it causes-- even if you do improve-- 13:49 it causes an 'I don't care' attitude. 13:52 And so, what the studies have shown is, 13:54 if you have depression and you're taking 13:56 an antidepressant, even though your depression 13:58 will improve, you're actually more likely to miss work. 14:01 Because if you're not feeling the greatest and you have an 14:04 'I don't care' drug on board, you're saying 14:07 "Who cares. I'm just not going to show up today." 14:09 And they're not even able, with a loving spouse, 14:12 to cry at the funeral of the loving spouse. 14:15 They know they should, but the 'I don't care' 14:18 attitude prevails. And sometimes the 'I don't care' 14:22 attitude gets in the way of them actually doing something about 14:27 a problem in their life. A problem will come up. 14:30 Normally they'd try to solve it, but when the 'I don't care' 14:32 attitude comes up they don't try to solve it. 14:34 And that's one of the reasons why financially they have 14:37 more trouble, is because of this 'I don't care' attitude. 14:40 So we're not saying that nobody should ever take drugs for this, 14:43 but we are saying that the data shows that drugs for 14:48 mental illnesses are pretty ineffective. 14:51 We should utilize them, really in most cases, 14:53 only short term, meaning within a few months. 14:55 What you're also saying is that when we get to the root cause 14:58 of depression and mental illness and treat that, 15:00 people can be cured. And they don't need the drugs. 15:03 Fantastic. We're going to find out more 15:05 about that and how a person can experience that, 15:07 how it can become an absolute reality. 15:09 We'll deal with that in just a moment. 15:11 "Every Word" is a one-minute, Bible-based daily devotional 15:16 presented by Pastor John Bradshaw, 15:18 and designed especially for busy people like you. 15:21 Look for "Every Word" on selected networks 15:24 or watch it online every day on our website, ItIsWritten.com. 15:30 [Music] This story really struck me. 15:39 When a music producer took his own life in New York City, 15:42 people were surprised. One of the man's associates 15:44 said, "The shock comes because of the way he carried himself. 15:47 He was a strong man." I'll tell you this: 15:51 Satan isn't impressed by strong. You can be as strong as you 15:53 like, but there's only one place you're going to find 15:56 the strength you really need to deal with the difficulties 15:59 of this world and the challenges presented by sin. 16:02 David prayed in 1 Chronicles 29:12, and said, 16:05 "In your hand is power and might. 16:07 In your hand it is to make great 16:09 and to give strength to all." Strength for our journey in this 16:12 world is found in Jesus. Lean on Him today. 16:15 Trust Him. And by the way, 16:17 if you're struggling with the issues like the one 16:19 I just mentioned, please, get help. 16:23 I'm John Bradshaw for It Is Written. 16:25 Let's live today by every word. 16:31 [Music] It Is Written is a ministry 16:33 dedicated to sharing the Gospel around the world. 16:35 God is using It Is Written to impact the world. 16:38 Our television program is only one aspect of how we 16:41 accomplish that goal. To discover more about 16:43 It Is Written, visit our website, 16:46 ItIsWritten.com. Browse the dozens of pages that 16:49 describe what we do and how we're doing it. 16:51 You'll find an archive of past television programs 16:54 in script form, and as streaming video 16:56 and audio files, along with many other helpful, 16:59 inspirational resources. Let's get to know 17:02 each other better. Visit our website, 17:04 ItIsWritten.com, today and follow us online on 17:08 Facebook and Twitter. 17:12 This is It Is Written. I'm John Bradshaw. 17:14 My guest today is Dr. Neil Nedley. 17:17 We're discussing mental illness. If you are thriving mentally 17:20 and emotionally, then clearly you can do far better 17:23 in your relationship with God. Many, many people in the 17:26 United States and around the world today, 17:28 statistically the numbers are very, very high, are 17:31 grappling with mental illnesses. And then, clearly, one cannot 17:36 have the kind of relationship with God one wants, 17:39 or indeed that God wants to have with His children. 17:42 Dr. Nedley, a moment ago we were discussing the limitations of 17:45 medication, drugs, when it comes to treating 17:48 mental illnesses. What are some better choices? 17:52 Well, getting at the root of the problem. 17:55 So, there may be a nutritional issue. 17:57 A lot of people don't realize what we eat does get turned in 18:00 to neurons, neurotransmitters, and so changing the diet can 18:06 often produce wonderful results. Getting on a physical 18:10 exercise program. Studies have shown, 18:12 if you get on a 16-week program for fitness, 18:15 it's far better than any antidepressant on the planet. 18:17 Studies show that. Yes. 18:19 Yeah, studies show it and the equivalency base. 18:21 Light therapy. Light therapy is actually as 18:24 effective as Prozac, but without the relapse 18:27 that Prozac will often induce. Light therapy. 18:31 Can you briefly explain what that is? 18:33 Light therapy is getting bright light. 18:35 Sometimes in the wintertime we'll actually use a 18:38 medical-grade light box, where they wake up 18:40 with the light. It's best to get it first 18:42 thing in the morning. It helps set your body clock, 18:44 helps you to sleep better. Those are simple things. 18:46 Then, what we call cognitive behavioral therapy, 18:49 where we teach the individual how to recognize distortions 18:52 in their thought. We all have a tendency 18:54 for distortions but people with mental illness have 18:56 a much greater prevalence of distorted thoughts, 18:59 and it's very important for them to recognize and 19:01 correct those. And then, also enhancing 19:04 the frontal lobe of the brain. The front lobe of the brain is 19:07 always down in a depressed or anxious individual. 19:10 One of the ways of enhancing that, since that's the center 19:14 of spirituality, morality and the will, is actually 19:18 utilizing the Bible as a therapeutic tool. 19:22 Okay, let's talk about this. There's that book, the Bible. 19:25 How does the Bible. Or let me ask this, 19:30 because you treat people with depression 19:32 and anxiety issues, and in some people 19:34 very, very severe issues. How do you use the Bible 19:39 to treat people grappling with mental illness? 19:43 Well, one of the ways in which we utilize it is actually 19:46 the first six chapters in Daniel. 19:50 Every chapter in Daniel starts out with a tremendous 19:53 disappointment. In fact, all 12 chapters do. 19:56 But it starts out with a tremendous disappointment and 19:59 then goes into an appointment. And there is a spiritual key 20:03 that transforms the tremendous disappointment-- 20:07 which is mental illness effects --into an appointment. 20:11 And those spiritual keys build on each other. 20:14 And then, there are cases in the Bible, right in Daniel. 20:17 For instance, Nebuchadnezzar suffered from rage. 20:21 He suffered from significant anger issues. 20:24 And you see other characters in the Bible that had jealousy, 20:27 right there in Daniel. And you see all of these 20:30 distorted thoughts. And then you have an example of 20:33 someone who actually obtained physical health and 20:38 then mental health. And despite a lot of adverse 20:41 consequences was able to stay mentally healthy and actually 20:45 transform the nation of Babylon. His name was Daniel. 20:48 And so there's a lot of different little case studies 20:50 that you can through that with. And I tell you, depressed people 20:53 love it. Most people are not familiar 20:55 with the stories, but as they embrace the spiritual keys that 21:00 help Daniel, they themselves will also improve. 21:04 I'm thinking of the issue of King Nebuchadnezzar. 21:07 I mean, he had, I'm not quite sure what it's called. 21:10 Was it insanity? He was certainly severely 21:15 mentally ill. And then, by the time 21:18 Daniel chapter 4 is over, Nebuchadnezzar is in a saving 21:23 relationship with God. Yeah, he actually is 21:25 a converted individual. Became a humble man, 21:28 a converted individual, as the ruler of 21:31 the world empire. As a result of Daniel. 21:35 And so, that also tells us that if we obtain the mental health 21:39 the Lord would want us to have, we can be transformative agents 21:43 even to kings and queens around us. 21:46 Fantastic. Let's talk about some of 21:47 the principles we see in the Bible, 21:50 how the Bible promises peace of mind. 21:52 I'm thinking, in Psalm 119: "great peace have they which 21:57 love thy law and nothing shall offend them, or they shall have 21:59 no stumbling block." When we learn to esteem 22:02 the Word of God, the Bible promises us great peace. 22:07 Yes. Perhaps mental illness has 22:09 a lot to do with how we think. It does. 22:13 How we choose to think. If a person recognizes, 22:16 wait a minute! I am a child of God! 22:19 Isn't that going to turn a gray day into a sunny day? 22:22 Exactly. One day soon I'm getting out of 22:27 here, and I'm going to live in a place where the streets 22:29 are paved with gold. And then I'm going to live in 22:32 a recreated Earth, without the presence of sin. 22:34 Hey, these are joyful thoughts, aren't they? 22:38 Yes. Hopeful. 22:40 And hope is one of the things that helps with mental illness. 22:43 How do you show somebody, from a biblical perspective, 22:45 that they're worth something? Well, what I often tell them-- 22:48 if they are a Christian, of course it helps with this 22:51 perspective-- but, I'll ask them, 22:53 "Who is Jesus Christ?" And they'll tell me, 22:57 "the Son of God." And I'll say, 22:59 "How much is He worth?" And they'll think and often 23:02 they'll say, "priceless." And I've said, 23:05 "Did He or did He not die for you?" 23:09 "Well, yes, He did die for me." "So then, how much 23:12 are you worth?" And that's not just words. 23:17 That is actual evidence. It did happen, and He would 23:23 have died for just one soul. So, infinity is not greater 23:27 than infinity. And because He would have died 23:31 for one soul, that's the worth that He puts on us. 23:34 Now, that doesn't mean that we're worth more than someone 23:37 next to us. That's when we get into egotism 23:40 and we get into arrogance. Let's try to make this 23:42 practical. I don't want to encourage 23:44 anybody to get off their sofa, run to the medicine cabinet and 23:47 flush the Prozac down the toilet. 23:50 That might not be the way to go. They need to get on the program 23:54 to take care of their problem, and then they need a doctor who 23:57 is well versed on how to take people off of these medicines. 24:00 It can be dangerous to actually stop them abruptly. 24:03 If somebody learns to eat for their mental health; 24:07 if people learn to put into their minds the right 24:10 sort of things that promote good mental health; 24:14 start perhaps exercising; do something about the people 24:19 with whom they associate; take on board the principles 24:23 of the Bible and find hope in Christ Jesus, 24:26 then people can expect to experience a dramatic 24:31 turnaround in their state of mental health. 24:34 'Transformed', that's what we call it. 24:37 I mean, it is transformation. It would be great to have 24:42 anybody come at the end of our 10-day program with depression 24:45 and anxiety. There is not a dry eye in 24:47 the place as these people talk about what has happened 24:49 to them in 10 days. And their relatives come 24:52 pick them up and ask, "What did you do?" 24:54 This individual is back, and they thought they were 24:58 hopeless cases, often. And they thought, themselves, 25:00 that they were hopeless. I mean, the big thing we hear in 25:03 the first three or four days is "We know that nothing is going 25:06 to help me, I'm so bad that I myself am never going to be able 25:10 to get better, right? I'm worse than anyone you've 25:12 ever seen." And they try to convince me 25:15 of that, and in 10 days, what a transformation 25:19 can take place. God's in the business 25:22 of transformation. We've been sharing with you 25:25 information. When you take this to God and 25:29 start to work this into your life, you can expect to see 25:33 information lead to the type of transformation God wishes for 25:39 all of His children. [Music] 25:48 Our booklet, "Hope for a Planet in Crisis," 25:52 will walk you through the Bible's teachings about 25:54 sin and forgiveness and show you how a new start 25:57 can be yours. Just call 25:59 (800) 253-3000 and request your free copy of 26:04 "Hope for a Planet in Crisis." If the line's busy please 26:07 do keep on trying, or write to It Is Written, P.O. Box 6, 26:12 Chattanooga, TN 37401. We'll mail a free copy to your 26:17 address in North America. It Is Written is a faith-based 26:20 ministry, and your support makes it possible for us to share 26:24 God's good news with the world. Your tax deductible gift can be 26:28 sent to the address on your screen, or through our website 26:31 at ItIsWritten.com. Thank you for your continued 26:34 prayerful support. Again, our toll-free number is 26:38 (800) 253-3000, and our web address is 26:41 ItIsWritten.com. Dr. Nedley, this has been 26:48 hopeful and helpful. Thanks for joining me today. 26:54 Thank you. Let's pray together. 26:57 Our Father in heaven, I thank You that that we 26:59 are worth so much that You thought it was a good deal 27:04 to allow Your Son Jesus to come to this world 27:07 to die, that we might live. You value us so highly. 27:10 And I thank You today that there is hope even for those who feel 27:14 they are hopeless. I thank you that our minds can 27:18 be transformed and renewed. Please do that work in us, and 27:24 let us find our hope in Christ. Give us faith and an experience 27:29 of faith that attests to the fact that 27:33 You are a good and a saving God. 27:35 We thank You today. In Jesus' name, amen. 27:41 [Music] Thank you for joining me today. 27:57 I'm looking forward to seeing you again next time. 28:00 Until then remember, it is written: 28:03 Man shall not live by bread alone 28:05 but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. |
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