It Is Written

Beating Diabetes

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00:00 [music] It has stood the test of time.
00:11 God's book, the Bible.
00:16 Still relevant in today's complex world.
00:21 It Is Written. Sharing hope
00:25 around the globe.
00:37 JB: This is It Is Written. I'm John Bradshaw;
00:39 thanks for joining me today.
00:41 I'm joined by Dr. Neil Nedley, president of Nedley Health
00:44 Solutions. Together, we're going to discuss
00:46 something that's affecting millions of people, and it
00:49 seems like this disease is just going to explode.
00:54 There are around 26 million Americans suffering from
00:58 diabetes. Now, you can translate that into
01:00 just about any other Western nation and the incidence is
01:03 about the same per capita. There are 80 million pre-
01:08 diabetics in the United States.
01:11 This is a disease that is running rampant, and in
01:13 spite of our advancements in medical science, it seems
01:18 like this is a train that's running out of control and
01:22 we can't make it slow down. Dr. Nedley, thanks for
01:25 joining me today. NN: Oh, it's great to be here.
01:27 JB: We know about diabetes, because everybody's got it;
01:30 but, what's diabetes? NN: Diabetes is actually a
01:34 problem with glucose getting into your cell, where you
01:38 can have energy produced by the cells that,
01:42 of course, need to function.
01:44 And so there is in most cases-- the ones that you mentioned,
01:49 the pre-diabetics and most of those diabetics--it's a
01:52 problem with insulin resistance.
01:54 They have insulin but unless there's insulin going to a
01:59 receptor it doesn't allow glucose into the cell.
02:02 And that's when it accumulates out in the bloodstream, and
02:05 that's why the blood sugars go up.
02:06 JB: Okay, so you've got to get the glucose into the cell.
02:09 Now, what is glucose? NN: Glucose is a carbohydrate,
02:12 and it's one of the primary forms of energy in the body.
02:15 JB: Okay, so we've got to get energy, we've got to have
02:17 carbs. Glucose is a good one.
02:20 NN: Yes. JB: What's insulin?
02:22 NN: Insulin is something that's produced by the pancreas to
02:24 allow glucose to get into the cell.
02:26 JB: So you want glucose for energy; you need insulin to get
02:30 the glucose into the cell. If the insulin isn't being
02:34 produced by the pancreas like it should, the glucose
02:37 collects outside the cell: high blood sugar.
02:39 NN: Correct. And low energy.
02:42 JB: High blood sugar and low energy.
02:43 NN: That's right. High blood sugars and low energy
02:45 go together. JB: This equals diabetes.
02:48 NN: That's right. JB: How do you know if you've
02:50 got diabetes? NN: Well, a blood test.
02:52 If you're fasting blood sugar is greater than 125 on two
02:55 occasions, that's a definite diagnosis.
02:57 But there's a better blood test than just the fasting blood
03:00 sugar. It's called the hemoglobin A1c;
03:03 and that tells you what your average blood sugar's been
03:06 for the last three months, and that's more accurate.
03:08 JB: So how do I get that test? NN: It's just a blood test.
03:11 JB: I've got to go to a doctor? NN: Got to go to a doctor,
03:13 a laboratory, and get your blood test.
03:15 JB: Should I be asking for this? NN: I would.
03:18 If you're in America today, since 1 out of 3 people have
03:20 diabetes or pre-diabetes, and half of diabetics don't even
03:24 know that they're diabetic, it's a good test to have.
03:27 JB: Okay. You know, I'm pretty fit.
03:29 I'm certainly not overweight, probably a little underweight
03:30 right now. I'm not likely to be diabetic.
03:35 I don't have any of the warning signs.
03:37 But should I go ahead and say, hey, doc, could you check me
03:39 out? NN: It's not that expensive a
03:40 test. You could at least find out if
03:42 you have the gene for diabetes. JB: Okay.
03:44 NN: And if you're prone. JB: If I wasn't thin; if I maybe
03:49 was big and had some of the other warning signs, I really
03:53 should get tested. NN: Really.
03:55 Yeah, absolutely. JB: Is my doctor likely to say,
03:56 hey, John--if I'm in that group--hey, John or Joe
03:59 or Jack, I want to check you.
04:02 Or, should the patient take the initiative?
04:04 NN: It's good for the patient to take the initiative, and part of
04:07 the reason is that doctors can't necessarily doctor like they
04:11 used to, because there's insurance plans.
04:14 And some of the insurance plans say, do not do a hemoglobin A1c;
04:18 it's going to cost money. Unless this patient is a
04:21 diabetic. So, there's a lot of insurance
04:24 plans where you're prohibited from ordering that unless the
04:28 patient is a diabetic. But yet there's half, as I
04:31 mentioned, that are diabaetic and don't know it.
04:33 How are we going to pick it up unless we actually do it?
04:36 JB: Well, the reason we're talking is the Bible says that
04:38 Jesus came to give us life more abundantly, and we want you
04:41 to be living, I want to be living, an abundant life.
04:44 It's not just a matter of physical well-being; it's
04:47 a matter of our spiritual well-being, because our
04:50 health and our spiritual well-being are inextricably
04:55 linked together. So, blood sugar--is that
05:04 the issue? Is that really the issue?
05:05 Or are there other things involved with diabetes?
05:07 NN: Well, there are other complications that occur,
05:10 but because that glucose is not able to get into
05:13 the cell, there's a lot of complications that
05:15 occur as a result of that.
05:17 Eye complications--one of the leading causes of blindness is
05:20 actually uncontrolled diabetes. High blood pressure is one of
05:24 the complications. Heart disease.
05:26 Neuropathy. Poor circulation of the limbs--
05:29 a lot of amputations are due to that.
05:31 And kidney failure. Half of the patients that are on
05:33 dialysis are there because their diabetes was not controlled
05:37 earlier. JB: Boy, so this is something
05:39 you really need to get a lid on. NN: Yes.
05:41 JB: Now, it's one thing we're saying, have the doctor test
05:46 you--and that's wise, that's smart to do.
05:48 Is it feasible to be talking about diabetes can be
05:51 reversed, diabetes can be avoided?
05:53 NN: Absolutely. Absolutely.
05:55 In fact, if it's caught early enough it can be completely
05:58 reversed to the point where you don't even show up as
06:01 being a diabetic on these tests.
06:04 And so it is crucial to understand this.
06:07 JB: Let me ask you this: these type 1 diabetes, these type 2
06:09 diabetes. What are they, what's the
06:11 difference? NN: Well, type 1 diabetes is due
06:13 to not producing enough insulin in our pancreas.
06:17 Actually the pancreatic, the beta cells are destroyed by
06:20 an autoimmune condition. And that normally occurs in
06:24 young people. And those people are dependent
06:28 on insulin shots, or now there's insulin that you
06:32 can get through your nose, you know.
06:33 The new nares insulin that's out there.
06:37 And so they're depending on insulin; otherwise they're
06:39 going to die in a matter of a couple of weeks,
06:41 if they don't get it. JB: Can we talk about reversing
06:43 that, is that feasible? Or is that a different ballgame?
06:46 NN: We can control it but we can't reverse it.
06:48 So you're not going to cure type 1 diabetes, but you can control
06:50 it so you don't have all of those complications that
06:53 type 1 diabetics run into. JB: Now type 2?
06:56 NN: Type 2 is an insulin receptor problem.
06:59 They're making insulin, but the receptors get gummed up.
07:02 And the receptors get gummed up due to two things combined:
07:07 Genetics loads the gun and lifestyle pulls the
07:09 trigger. And so there are lifestyle
07:12 things that are gumming up those insulin receptors if
07:14 you have that gene, and thus glucose goes up in
07:17 the blood stream, and it doesn't get into the cell
07:20 and we end up with all those complications.
07:22 JB: So if this is a lifestyle issue, that's how we can
07:26 safely say masses of people being confronted
07:29 by diabetes now can avoid that.
07:32 NN: Exactly. JB: If they make some lifestyle
07:35 changes. NN: That's right.
07:36 JB: Well, what sort of lifestyle change ought a person to make
07:38 if they're wanting to avoid, or perhaps I can say--
07:41 and tell me if I cannot --reverse type 2
07:44 diabetes. NN: Exercise.
07:45 JB: Oh yeah? NN: Yeah, exercise works just
07:48 like insulin, and so it will drive the glucose into the
07:51 cell. So, because a diabetic needs
07:54 insulin every day, we recommend that they
07:57 exercise every day without fail.
08:00 JB: How much exercise? NN: The more the better, but a
08:02 minimum of 60 minutes a day. And of good, aerobic exercise.
08:06 It's crucially important to helping reverse this
08:09 disease. JB: And this is where I want to
08:10 challenge people, because someone will say "60 minutes
08:12 a day! Oh my goodness." Hey, do you value your health
08:15 or not? NN: Exactly.
08:17 JB: And diabetes can lead to so many real difficulties;
08:21 it's certainly worth giving it a shot.
08:25 NN: It's a tremendous investment in time.
08:27 You'll save time. That 60 minutes, if you add it
08:29 up over the course of years, you're going to add way more
08:32 than that in regard to quality of life and quantity of life.
08:35 JB: Just exercise. NN: That's right.
08:37 JB: That simple. As a percentage of the whole,
08:39 how important is, or how large a component is exercise
08:44 in dealing with diabetes? Is that half the battle, is that
08:47 part of the battle? NN: It's part of the battle.
08:49 I wouldn't say it's half, but it is almost half.
08:54 JB: Diabetes, is it possible to live without it?
08:57 Is it possible to reverse it? We're finding out that the
08:59 answer is yes, because we can live an abundant life
09:02 through Christ, as far as possible, a believer can
09:06 be assured that God's will is for them to
09:10 live without illness, without disease.
09:12 Not always, but very, very often, and when it's a
09:15 lifestyle illness, well, this is the sort of thing
09:18 that a lifestyle change can reverse and help you
09:21 to avoid. We're going to find out just how
09:23 in just a moment.
09:27 [music]
09:31 JB: We know the Bible is a book that teaches us to live
09:33 in harmony with God and in ways that demonstrate His
09:36 love to those around us. God knows what's best for us
09:39 spiritually. But does He also know what's
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10:27 JB: This is It Is Written. I'm John Bradshaw;
10:29 thanks for joining me today.
10:31 My guest is Dr. Neil Nedley, president of Nedley Health
10:34 Solutions, and we're discussing today
10:36 diabetes. Jesus came into this world to
10:38 give us an abundant life, yet we discover there are
10:42 millions and millions of Americans--about 10 percent
10:45 of the population--who are suffering from diabetes,
10:48 and 80 million who are classified as pre-diabetic.
10:53 Now, what we've learned is that diabetes can be avoided in many,
10:57 many cases. It can be successfully treated
11:00 through lifestyle adjustments; it can be even reversed.
11:06 Dr. Nedley, a moment ago we discussed exercise.
11:09 It is a very important part of reversing diabetes.
11:13 What does diet have to do with getting diabetes, and then
11:19 with reversing diabetes? NN: A lot.
11:22 Type 2 diabetes comes about really as a result of too
11:26 much energy in and not enough energy out.
11:29 So, the not enough energy out we're correcting with
11:31 exercise. But we need to actually lower
11:33 the energy that's coming in. And so that means lowering the
11:38 fat intake, lowering the sugar intake, and actually attempting
11:43 to lose weight down to your ideal weight.
11:45 JB: I remember hearing diabetes is too much sugar, but you just
11:50 said too much fat. And this, we are growing in our
11:55 understanding of this. High fat diets lead to diabetes,
12:00 don't they? NN: Correct.
12:02 JB: Yeah, explain that for me. NN: Well, fat actually gums up
12:05 those insulin receptors, and so it actually causes the
12:10 problem to get worse as far as the original
12:12 cause of the type 2 diabetes.
12:15 Now, in yesteryear we used to treat diabetes--since we
12:19 thought it was just sugar-- we used to treat it with
12:23 a high protein, high fat diet, very low in carbs.
12:27 And you know, the amazing thing is we could control the blood
12:30 sugars a little better that way, because you're just not getting
12:33 any that's coming in. But the complications of the
12:36 disease skyrocketed, so you had more blindness, more
12:40 kidney failure, more neuropathy, more of
12:43 all of the problems that diabetes causes:
12:45 strokes, heart attacks - because a high protein,
12:48 high fat diet is normally high in cholesterol, high in
12:51 saturated fat. But we now know that if you're
12:55 eating natural carbs, in their natural state, and having a low
13:01 fat diet and a lower protein diet, we can control the
13:05 blood sugars just as well, because the fat isn't
13:08 gumming up the insulin receptors, and we can
13:11 lower the risk of all of those complications.
13:14 JB: So what's the ideal diet for a diabetic and some who has
13:18 diabetes and wants to reverse diabetes?
13:21 NN: The ideal diet is high in vegetables and legumes,
13:26 whole grains are part of the equation.
13:29 Nuts in moderation, and when you eat fruit--the northern fruits.
13:34 JB: What are they? NN: Those are going to be pears,
13:36 apples, as compared to the tropical fruits which are
13:41 much higher in the simple sugars.
13:43 JB: Okay, so out with the mangoes, out with
13:45 the pineapples. NN: That's right.
13:47 JB: In with the pears and apples.
13:48 NN: Exactly. JB: Now that doesn't sound so
13:49 bad. NN: Yeah.
13:50 JB: I'm thinking from the perspective of somebody
13:52 who's saying, "Oh, what do I have to give up now?
13:55 I'll tell you what you've got to give up, man, you've got to
13:58 give up diabetes. That's okay.
14:00 NN: Exactly. If you don't manage your
14:02 diabetes, it's going to manage you.
14:04 JB: Yeah, well said. So it's that a low fat, high
14:09 natural diet. NN: Yeah.
14:14 We have people that are on high doses of insulin, that are out
14:18 of control, and they leave actually on no insulin and
14:22 completely controlled in their diabetes, and
14:24 their complications reverse.
14:26 Their painful neuropathy is gone; they're able to walk
14:30 and exercise five miles a day, where they thought
14:33 it was impossible for them to do so because of pain
14:35 in their feet. Actual, real physiological
14:38 changes can occur far more powerful than medicine by
14:42 getting on the right diet and lifestyle, and it's
14:44 not that hard to do if you're educated.
14:46 JB: I've told you the story once before; I'll tell you again.
14:47 A friend of mine was a great big guy, way overweight, doing
14:53 everything wrong, eating junk and so forth.
14:56 The doctor said, the diabetes is at the place where we're going
15:01 to have to put you on insulin. I think that's how it was.
15:03 It was time for insulin, anyway. And he said, you know, I don't
15:06 really want to do that. Well, you're going to have to do
15:09 it. My friend said, will you give me
15:11 a month? Give me a month, and I'm going
15:15 to see if there are some things I can do naturally.
15:17 And this is a guy that hadn't done anything naturally.
15:19 It was natural for him to just get bigger.
15:22 You know. And the doctor said, it's your
15:25 health, if that's what you want to do.
15:27 He said, well, I'll check back with you in 30 days.
15:29 He started to make the very changes you're talking
15:31 about. The very changes.
15:33 And at the end of 30 days he went to see his doctor, and
15:36 the doctor said, whatever you're doing, keep doing it.
15:40 And now, this guy is at his ideal weight.
15:44 He exercises and loves to. He says he's eating healthy food
15:49 and he loves how it tastes. The guy was like, sparkling.
15:53 He said, I just can't tell you how good food tastes now.
15:56 No insulin, no drugs, no nothing.
15:59 And he turned it around naturally.
16:01 So, that's why I said to you, is this quackery?
16:04 I know the answer: It isn't. But.
16:07 But, why didn't his doctor say to him, hey friend, this is
16:11 what you've got to do? NN: Doctors sometimes have a
16:13 paternalistic attitude that says this is going to be
16:17 too hard for the patient, so why even tell him
16:20 about it. And one of the reasons why they
16:23 have a tendency to think that is because they're not on an
16:25 ideal lifestyle themselves, and they don't really want
16:28 to do it themselves so they assume nobody
16:30 else does either. But I find it's much better to
16:34 tell the patient what is the most ideal, and then have
16:37 them make the choice. And so, there's a lot more
16:40 people willing to follow a program like that than
16:43 many doctors believe. JB: I have physician friends
16:45 who've told me about patients who say, you know, Doc, I've
16:48 got this going on, and the doctor says, well, if you
16:52 drink more water and walk a mile a day, everything
16:55 will be okay. And the patient then says,
16:57 Doctor, are you going to write me a prescription,
17:01 or am I going have to go and find me a doctor
17:03 who will? So there's that to contend with
17:06 as well, isn't there, in some minds?
17:08 NN: That's right. Yeah, exactly.
17:10 People anticipate when they go to a doctor, they're going to
17:12 get a pill, and if they don't somehow they feel they've
17:15 been cheated. JB: People are funny old things.
17:19 Sometimes they don't want to help themselves even when
17:20 the results are just so dramatically good.
17:23 And I think this is why we want to approach this and everything
17:28 else through the lens of the Bible.
17:30 Arm in arm or heart in heart with God.
17:33 Because ultimately what we want to do is God's will.
17:36 NN: Yes. JB: And going God's direction,
17:39 doing things God's way. There's much more to talk about.
17:41 Don't go anywhere, we'll be back with more in just a moment.
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18:04 [music]
18:10 JB: Thanks for joining me. An article I read suggested
18:12 that if you eat out less and eat with your family more,
18:16 you're likely to see these five benefits:
18:18 You'll lose weight; your children will be healthier;
18:20 you'll save money; your family's bond will
18:22 be stronger; and your kids will have a
18:24 healthier future. I'm not sure if these are
18:26 guarantees, but they're sure good sense.
18:28 God wants us to consider our health for spiritual reasons.
18:32 He said, "You were bought with a price, therefore glorify God in
18:36 your body and in your spirit, which are God's."
18:38 1 Corinthians 6:20. Whatever you can do to give
18:41 yourself a physical edge is a good thing.
18:43 While nobody's suggesting that a person would never eat out,
18:46 it's been proven that eating together more as a family
18:49 is good not only for your health, but good for your
18:51 well-being. And that's something that's good
18:54 for all of us. I'm John Bradshaw for
18:56 It Is Written. Let's live today by every word.
19:04 JB: Thanks for joining me today on It Is Written.
19:07 Dr. Nedley, when it comes to diabetes let me ask you about
19:10 sugar, because there's this thought that says if you're not
19:13 a diabetic, well hey, it's okay to eat all you want.
19:16 That cannot be the right thought, but please,
19:21 you explain. NN: Well, sugar even in a
19:23 nondiabetic will increase free radicals.
19:26 In fact, there are studies showing 14 times the free
19:30 radical production after drinking two sodas as
19:34 compared to drinking two glasses of
19:35 water. JB: What's a free radical?
19:37 NN: A free radical is something that's going to cause damage to
19:39 your system; it's going to cause blood vessel damage and it can
19:42 get into the cells actually. It's one of the reasons why
19:45 sugar has been associated with several cancers.
19:47 And so yes, you might not get diabetes from it, if you
19:51 don't have the gene, but you can get something
19:55 else bad from it as well.
19:57 And of course it's one of the main causes of premenstrual
20:00 dysphoric disorder in college students.
20:03 It's a cause of dental carries. You know, and these are in
20:09 nondiabetics. The American Heart Association
20:13 recently stated that if you are getting more than 150 calories
20:18 a day in sugar and you're a female, you are dramatically
20:23 increasing your risk of heart disease and stroke
20:26 because of the blood vessel changes.
20:28 Over 200 calories a day in sugar--and that's not much--
20:31 and so the headlines came out after that, because one
20:35 soda has more than that. One soda a day can kill.
20:38 And you know, heart disease and vascular disease is still the
20:42 number one cause of death in this country, and we've focused
20:45 in on cholesterol and those things, and yeah, they're
20:47 important, but we've ignored the sugar part of this
20:49 disease. JB: Right, sugar does some real
20:51 harm, doesn't it? NN: That's right.
20:53 Refined sugar. JB: I think too, sugar's
20:56 everywhere. NN: It is, yeah.
20:57 JB: There are some breads loaded with sugar, ketchup, loaded with
21:02 sugar. It's not just candy.
21:04 NN: That's right. JB: There are some breakfast
21:06 cereals that could practically be classified as candy because
21:10 of the sugar content. NN: That's right.
21:12 JB: And we tend to think if it's in the cereal aisle, it's good
21:14 for our kids. And maybe it's anything but.
21:17 NN: Average American is eating 140 pounds of it per year.
21:22 140 pounds. JB: What should that number be?
21:24 Much less. NN: Much less.
21:27 Less than 10. I eat less than 10, and that
21:29 means someone else is eating about 300 to average me out.
21:32 JB: Whew! I eat less than 10 as well, so
21:35 there's somebody getting their share and my share, too.
21:38 You see patients about this, you consult with patients who are
21:43 diabetic and they're wrestling with this.
21:45 So, do they listen to you? And those who do, what do they
21:50 experience? NN: They do actually listen to
21:52 me, in most cases. I'm not going to say everybody
21:56 follows 100 percent of what I recommend.
21:59 But what I have found is, if we show them the benefit
22:03 and we also show them what will happen if they don't go
22:07 on this approach, and we leave the choice to them,
22:10 they're very willing to be educated and to go
22:13 through this. So they'll come to nutrition
22:15 seminars we hold, they'll go to reversing diabetes seminars
22:18 at Weimar. They'll even go through the
22:19 Weimar New Start Program. They'll achieve optimal health.
22:23 But one of the key components of this, that a lot of people are
22:27 not aware of, is the fact that self-control is possible.
22:34 A lot of people say well, that might be true if I were able to
22:39 change my lifestyle, but I don't think I can.
22:42 JB: Well, what's the secret to self-control?
22:45 NN: The secret to self-control is actually self-sacrifice.
22:51 It's a self-sacrificing love. And you know on the front end
22:55 it looks like a tremendous sacrifice.
22:57 You mean I'm going to have to give up my Reese's Peanut
22:59 Butter Cups? And I'm going to have to give up
23:01 my four Dr. Peppers? I don't think can do that.
23:05 But actually if we take hold--this is where the
23:09 spiritual part comes in--self-sacrificing
23:12 love does not come from within.
23:14 It comes from outside of us. It's called the love of God.
23:18 And the love of God changes people, and it can change
23:22 the world. And if we open ourselves up
23:25 to learning more about that love and embracing the love of God
23:28 in our lives, we can have comprehensive self-control.
23:33 And we think it's self-sacrifice on the front end, but it
23:36 actually is far more life enhancing.
23:39 We're going to have a far more pleasurable existence by
23:42 following the Lord's will for us in a diabetes-
23:45 control program than not controlling it.
23:47 JB: I'd like to challenge people to give it a try.
23:50 NN: Yeah. JB: 'Cause you know something
23:52 about Christianity. Faith in God.
23:54 It isn't about how strong you can be; it isn't about how much
23:58 self-control you can muster up. It's really about your
24:02 willingness to take God at His word and believe the promises
24:05 God makes to you. Many people want to promise God,
24:08 I'll do this and I'll do that. I'll just forget it.
24:10 Instead, believe God's promises to you.
24:14 And when the Bible says My God shall supply all your need,
24:17 and you need self-control, you go to God and say,
24:20 here's the promise. Philippians 4:19.
24:23 It's time for You to keep Your promise, because this is what
24:25 I need and I can't do it myself.
24:27 NN: God will help you. JB: That's right.
24:29 Not I, but Christ lives in me, Paul wrote to the Galatians in
24:33 chapter 2, and verse 20 of that book.
24:35 It's about coming to God and saying I've tried it my way.
24:37 That's a dead-end street. Time for me to try it Your way.
24:40 Come and do in me what YOU want to do.
24:44 That's a surrendered life. Jesus didn't even want to die on
24:46 the cross. Three times he cried out, if
24:49 it's possible please no. But He would follow that by
24:53 saying, Nevertheless not my will but Your will be done.
24:58 And that's a big key right there.
25:00 NN: Absolutely. JB: I want to challenge you to
25:02 take God at His word. If you don't have the self-
25:04 control, no sweat. God's got plenty to give you.
25:07 If you don't even have the will. Oh look, I'm out of control,
25:11 I'm spiraling out of control, there's no
25:14 way I can do this right.
25:15 Ask God to give you the will. Right now I don't want to,
25:19 God, but I would like You to make me willing.
25:21 And that's faith in God. It's about turning your life
25:24 over to Christ and allowing the Spirit of God to dwell
25:28 in you richly and do the sorts of things that you
25:31 are not able to do.
25:40 JB: If you'd like to know what the Bible says about how to
25:41 live the longest, healthiest life possible, let me send
25:45 you our free booklet, "Living Life to the Fullest."
25:48 All you need to do is call (800) 253-3000 and ask
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25:56 If the line is busy please do try again.
25:59 You can write to us at It Is Written, P.O. Box 6,
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26:23 Thank you for your continued prayerful support.
26:26 Again, our toll-free number is (800) 253-3000, and our web
26:31 address is ItIsWritten.com.
26:36 JB: Dr. Nedley, again, thank you for joining me today.
26:39 NN: It's been great being here. JB: This has been a blessing.
26:41 Lives have been helped. As far as we want, our lives
26:46 have been helped, because you know the key is not
26:48 to go and religiously do all the new things I've
26:51 learned, but it's to go to God and say God,
26:53 You do in me what You can do.
26:56 And when we learn to do that, the sky's the limit.
26:58 NN: Yes. Absolutely.
27:00 JB: Thanks again. NN: You're welcome.
27:02 JB: Let's pray together. Our Father in heaven, we are
27:04 grateful that there is a God who would live His life
27:06 in us. There is a God so merciful to
27:09 sinners that He would forgive us and cleanse us.
27:11 There is a God so powerful that He can help us even when our
27:16 lifestyle choices have led us in unfortunate directions.
27:21 You can lead us back in the right direction.
27:24 And we're thankful for that today.
27:26 And so keep and bless us, let Your will be done.
27:31 In Jesus' name, amen. NN: Amen.
27:37 [music]
27:50 JB: I thank you for joining me today, and I look forward to
27:52 seeing you again next time. Until then remember,
27:55 it is written: Man shall not live
27:58 by bread alone but by every word that
28:01 proceeds from the mouth of God.


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