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Series Code: IIW
Program Code: IIW001366A
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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 09:42 best for us physically? If you'd like to know what the 09:45 Bible says about how to live the longest, healthiest life 09:48 possible, let me send you our free booklet, 09:51 "Living Life to the Fullest." All you need to do is call 09:55 (800) 253-3000 and ask for your copy of 09:59 "Living Life to the Fullest." If the line is busy please do 10:02 try again. You can write to us at 10:05 It Is Written, P.O. Box 6, Chattanooga, TN 37401. 10:11 We'll mail a free copy to you in North America. 10:14 Again, that toll-free number is (800) 253-3000. 10:20 You'll find us online at ItIsWritten.com. 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. 17:46 "Every Word" is a one-minute, Bible-based daily devotional 17:50 presented by Pastor John Bradshaw, and designed 17:53 especially for busy people like you. 17:55 Look for "Every Word" on selected networks or watch 17:58 it online every day on our website, 18:00 ItIsWritten.com. 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 25:54 for your copy of "Living Life to the Fullest." 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, 26:02 Chattanooga, TN 37401. We'll mail a free copy to you in 26:07 North America. It Is Written is a faith-based 26:11 ministry, and your support makes it possible for us 26:14 to share God's good news with the world. 26:17 Your tax deductible gift can be sent to the address on your 26:19 screen, or through our website at ItIsWritten.com. 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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