Participants: John Bradshaw
Series Code: IIW
Program Code: IIW001445A
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00:11 It has stood the test of time. God's book, the Bible. 00:21 Still relevant in today's complex world. 00:26 It Is Written. Sharing hope around the globe. 00:41 This is It Is Written. I'm John Bradshaw. 00:44 Thanks for joining me today. There are certain phrases that 00:49 are always going to be memorable. 00:52 One of them might be, "It's a boy." 00:55 Another one might be, "Congratulations, 00:58 you are the lucky winner." Another memorable phrase 01:02 that far too many people have heard, a phrase that's 01:05 memorable for all the wrong reasons is, "I regret to inform 01:10 you that it's cancer." The Bible says we are 01:14 fearfully and wonderfully made. In the beginning God created. 01:18 He didn't create us to get cancer. 01:20 He created us to live long and well. 01:21 Jesus came to give us life more abundantly. 01:25 Cancer is an ever present challenge in this world, 01:28 it is often deadly. My guest today, Dr. Neil Nedley, 01:33 the president of Nedley Health Solutions. 01:35 Dr. Nedley, thanks for joining me today. 01:37 Neil Nedley: Thank you. Great to be here. 01:40 JB: What's cancer? NN: Cancer is an abnormal cell 01:44 that grows out of control. JB: How does it get that way? 01:47 Do we know? NN: Yes. 01:49 I mean, there has to be a change in the genetic material 01:55 in the cell. And that change in the genetic 01:58 material can then produce a cancerous cell and as long as 02:02 that cell can reproduce, it can grow out of control 02:05 and spread to vital organs. JB: Okay. 02:07 Out of control cells. NN: Out of control cell. 02:09 JB: And describe to me what happens. 02:11 The out of control cells spread to, let's pick on the pancreas, 02:16 pancreatic cancer is a really dangerous cancer. 02:18 NN: It is, yeah. JB: So, what happens? 02:20 You've got a pancreas. A cancer cell lodges there. 02:25 NN: Um-hum. JB: Very frequently 02:28 somebody dies. What happened between 02:29 there and there? What did the cancer do? 02:32 What actually happens with cancer? 02:34 Whether it's the lung or some other place. 02:36 NN: Well, it eventually spreads to vital organs that will take 02:39 your life. JB: Those abnormal cells somehow 02:44 inhibit the function of that organ. 02:46 NN: Correct. JB: Okay. 02:47 NN: Yeah. JB: How big a problem is cancer 02:49 in the United States? NN: One out of every two men 02:52 will get it at some point in their life. 02:55 One out of every three women will get it at some point in 02:58 their life. And one out of every four deaths 03:02 in this country is from cancer. It's the number one cause of 03:06 death in people under the age of 85. 03:09 And it kills people of all ages. A lot of people are not aware 03:12 that the pediatric population, second leading cause of death in 03:17 children is cancer. Ah, and so it affects people of 03:21 all ages, it's not, you know, age specific. 03:26 Ah, and it needs to be eliminated. 03:30 JB: Babies can have cancer. NN: They can. 03:34 JB: Now, they do anything to deserve, I don't mean deserve, 03:36 to earn that or to deserve that, so cancer can strike 03:42 indiscriminately. NN: It can. 03:45 JB: But at the same time, what we know is that much lung cancer 03:49 is attributable to smoking. NN: Correct. 03:52 JB: We know that much bowel and colon cancer is attributable to 03:55 diet. NN: Correct. 03:57 JB: So there are ways that cancer can be, I'll just use the 04:01 word avoided. NN: Um-hum. 04:04 Even in the pediatric population, an infant getting 04:07 cancer for instance, or a two- or three-year-old, that's often 04:11 due to a genetic mutation that occurred in the sperm of the 04:16 father as a result of his bad diet. 04:20 And so, at the time of conception. 04:23 And so a lot of these pediatric cancers actually can be traced 04:27 back to the habits of parents. And so that's something to keep 04:31 in mind. They did nothing wrong, but 04:34 mutations can be passed along to children that the parents 04:37 themselves don't have by a poor lifestyle. 04:41 JB: Can I ask you, what age group is most susceptible to 04:48 getting cancer? NN: Well, the older we get the 04:51 more susceptible we are. So, in general, age, and part of 04:57 that is, there's a greater chance that our nucleus and the 05:01 genetic material are going to be changed by given enough time and 05:05 given enough, you know, lifestyle circumstances to help 05:09 produce this. JB: Okay, so you're 15 years 05:13 old, 20, 25, 30, 35, you're healthy, and Grandpa just died 05:19 of cancer and he was 79. And you're saying to yourself, 05:26 I want to be 79 and well, what should a person be doing 05:31 to do their very best to avoid cancer later in life? 05:38 What are things you can do? NN: Well, there's two primary 05:40 mechanisms preventing cancer. One is by avoiding carcinogens 05:47 and, two, is boosting and maintaining the immune system. 05:51 JB: Okay. A carcinogen is a cancer causing 05:53 agent, correct? NN: That's right. 05:55 JB: Okay, what are some carcinogens? 05:57 NN: Well, you mentioned one, tobacco smoke is a big one. 06:01 Thirty percent of all cancers in our country are caused by 06:05 tobacco. JB: That's a lot. 06:07 NN: That's a lot. So, that's a huge, huge number. 06:11 Alcohol is actually a carcinogen. 06:14 A lot of people don't realize it, but the American Cancer 06:16 Society recommends zero alcohol. Alcohol increases your risk of 06:22 breast cancer significantly, of colorectal cancer, of cancer of 06:26 the liver, the larynx, even the esophagus. 06:31 And so, thousands of deaths are caused in this country every 06:35 year simply due to alcohol causing a cancer or 06:41 significantly increasing a risk. And that's something that the 06:45 media doesn't broadcast. You know, one of the things I 06:48 know and that's why it's so nice to be on a program like 06:51 It Is Written that's willing to, to tell all of the truth 06:54 and the whole story. But, you know, on the typical 06:57 evening news show, the only time you'll hear about alcohol is 07:02 when it's shown to reduce the risk of heart disease. 07:05 JB: Right. NN: And it is true that if you 07:08 drink enough alcohol to get cirrhosis of the liver, you will 07:12 only have a 25% chance of dying of heart disease compared to the 07:15 general population. But you'll have many fold 07:19 increased risk of dying, if you don't die of the cirrhosis if 07:22 you drink that much alcohol, you're going to die of cancer 07:24 pretty soon anyways. And not only just cancer of the 07:28 liver, but there may be other cancers that come about. 07:31 So, so those are two big ones right there, alcohol 07:35 and tobacco. But there's others as well. 07:37 JB: Let's talk about some of the others. 07:38 Alcohol and tobacco I've often mentioned to people. 07:44 Imagine a world without tobacco and somebody turned up in, 07:48 I don't know, Congress or the World Fair, 07:52 I don't care and said, look, I have this great product. 07:55 You'll enjoy it, it'll give you a rush, it'll give you a buzz, 07:57 you'll think you're cool, however, however, 08:01 it'll cause cancer, it'll stink, it'll cost you money, 08:05 it'll be antisocial, folks will die in their droves, 08:10 the product would never be allowed to make it to the 08:12 market. NN: That's true. 08:14 JB: Yet today, here we are. Same with alcohol. 08:17 These things are just a scourge. I mean, no offense intended to 08:20 those who are hooked or who use this, but, my goodness. 08:23 They're a societal ill. NN: Yeah, absolutely. 08:26 JB: The less the better. NN: Yeah. 08:28 JB: But there are probably other carcinogens as well. 08:31 What might some others be? NN: Well, one of them is 08:33 benzopyrene. That's produced by charcoal 08:36 broiling meat. And if you charcoal broil meat, 08:40 the amount of benzopyrene produced is the equivalent to 08:43 what comes from 600 cigarettes smoked, increase the risk of 08:47 leukemia, increases the risk of stomach cancer. 08:53 And often people overlook that. In the South, you know, charcoal 08:56 broiling is a major thing and they're producing carcinogens 09:00 in the process. JB: Let me ask you this 09:02 question. This is one chunk of charcoal 09:06 broiled meat has the same effect as, or the same amount as 600ó 09:11 NN: Six hundred cigarettes, yeah. 09:13 JB: Now, is this known? Or only people like you know 09:19 this? NN: Well, it should be more 09:21 widely known, that's why we're educating people on the media 09:23 here today. JB: Where did you, where did you 09:25 find this statistic? Did you have to dig under a rock 09:28 to find this? Or is this relatively accessible 09:32 information? NN: No, it's accessible 09:33 information. Yeah. 09:35 JB: But it's not being shouted from the rooftops. 09:37 NN: It isn't and that's part of the sad things in our society 09:39 today. Some things are politically 09:42 incorrect to shout from the rooftops because they might 09:47 affect someone's business or someone's taste buds, but in 09:51 reality we should be much more interested in their health. 09:54 JB: Particularly in a country that's grappling unsuccessfully 09:58 with a healthcare crisis. NN: Exactly. 10:01 JB: Now, the fact is, too, that there are many people who just 10:06 get cancer out of the blue, even though they've lived healthy 10:09 lives, that's true. We'll talk about that and more 10:13 to do with this. The Big C. 10:15 Cancer is so dreaded, it's often simply referred to by a 10:19 euphemism and some people won't even say the word, because it's 10:23 such a dreadful thing. However, there is hope, hope for 10:28 somebody with cancer of course, and there's hope for people who 10:32 don't have cancer that they need never get it, if you make some 10:36 simple lifestyle changes and live the life that God desires 10:40 for you to live. We'll have more in just a 10:42 moment. [narrator] 10:45 Every Word is a one minure bible-based daily devotional 10:47 presented by Pastor John Bradshaw and 10:50 designed especially for busy people like you. 10:52 Receive a daily spiritual boost watch Every Word. 10:55 [music] Faith in God doesn't excuse 11:06 a person from enduring difficult times. 11:09 Believers sometimes die young and go bankrupt, wreck their 11:12 car, and get sick just like anyone. 11:15 That can test your faith. Listen to what Habakuk says in 11:18 Habakuk 3:17-18 - and be encouraged. 11:22 "Althought the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit 11:24 be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the 11:27 fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from 11:30 the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls. 11:33 Yet, I will rejoice. Habakuk says - 11:37 Yet, will I rejoice. God calls us to trust Him today 11:40 no matter what we're going through. 11:42 Whatever you're facing - hang in there with God and know 11:44 that the best is yet to come. You can say with Habakuk, 11:47 "Inspite of my circumstances, yet will I rejoice." 11:51 I'm John Bradshaw for It Is Written. 11:53 Let's live today by every word. 11:57 [music] We hear it all the time - 12:04 "God is all-powerful" "God is love" 12:07 If God is so powerful and so loving - why is there so much 12:10 suffering? If you'd like to see what the 12:12 bible says on this subject, let me send you a booklet called, 12:15 "Why Does God Allow Suffering" It's absolutely free, just call: 12:19 1-800-253-3000 and ask for "Why Does God Allow Suffering" 12:24 If the line's busy do keep on trying. 12:27 Or, write to: It Is Written, PO Box 6, 12:29 Chattanooga, Tennessee, 37401. 12:33 And we'll mail a free copy to your address in North America. 12:36 Out toll-free number is 800-253-3000 and our web address 12:41 is ItIsWritten.com 12:45 JB: This is It Is Written, I'm John Bradshaw. 12:47 Thanks for joining me today. My guest today is Dr. Neil 12:50 Nedley, the president of Nedley Health Solutions. 12:52 Dr. Nedley, really we're looking at a health solution today. 12:55 NN: Yes. JB: We're discussing what many 12:57 people call the Big C, cancer, a dreadful disease. 13:01 You mentioned earlier, one in two men will develop cancer 13:04 sometime in their lives. Didn't you say one in three 13:06 women? NN: One in three women. 13:08 JB: That's a gigantic amount. NN: Yes. 13:10 JB: Do you feel that many people just think it's an 13:12 inevitability? NN: Oh, yes. 13:14 Most people think that they just have to wait and hope that they 13:17 don't get it. But they don't really realize 13:20 there's things that they can do now to, to lower that risk. 13:24 JB: What do we know about statistics or experiences or 13:28 something that show these lifestyle choices actually make 13:33 a difference? NN: Well, Harvard states that 13:35 80, up to 80% of cancers are actually preventable through 13:40 lifestyle change. JB: That's Harvard? 13:42 NN: And so, that's right, and so we know that we can make a 13:46 difference if we're really doing everything right in, in 80% of 13:51 cases and that's a pretty significant number. 13:54 JB: That really is. NN: But it is true that there's 13:56 another 20% that we don't know how to prevent at this point in 14:00 time. That we may learn more as we 14:02 study this more and find out that we might be able to prevent 14:06 90%, but right now the most we can prevent is 80% of cancer. 14:10 JB: That's a pretty good number. NN: That's hundreds of thousands 14:13 of deaths spared per year. But we're talking of hundreds of 14:17 thousands of deaths per year that could be spared if people 14:23 would, A, become educated about how they can prevent it, and, B, 14:28 utilize their God-given power of self-control to change their 14:32 lifestyle accordingly. JB: Are there other carcinogens 14:34 that are somewhat prominent or prevalent that we could avoid 14:39 somehow? NN: There's a number of cancers 14:43 that come about as a result of eating meat in particular. 14:48 Colon cancer, for instance. Harvard showed that if you eat 14:52 meat every day you have a 142% increased risk of developing 14:56 that. If you eat meat five or six 14:59 times a, a week, you lower that risk to 84% increased risk. 15:06 If you're two to four times a week, you're down to 50%. 15:10 But even if you eat it one time a month, your risk is 30% higher 15:16 compared with someone who doesn't eat it at all. 15:18 So, their conclusion was, the more meat, the higher the risk 15:22 of cancer, and the more frequently it's consumed, 15:25 the higher the risk. But they also concluded that 15:27 there's no safe level per se. So, in other words, as you 15:33 eliminate it, your risk goes down significantly, and it's not 15:36 just colon cancer. We now know a number of other 15:39 cancers are associated with meat intake. 15:43 JB: That's a pretty simple change. 15:46 NN: Pretty simple change. Just being a vegetarian one or 15:48 two days a week, you go from 140% down to 80%. 15:53 So you can spare yourself a decreased risk of 60% right 15:57 there by being a vegetarian one or two days a week. 16:00 And if you can do it one or two days a week, and that's good, 16:03 then stretch it out to maybe three or four and keep moving. 16:06 JB: Do we know anything about exercise and 16:08 lowering your cancer risk? NN: Yes, we do. 16:11 Exercise does lower the cancer risk. 16:14 Actually, it does that by boosting your immune system, and 16:19 so that way if you have a tiptop immune system, hopefully your 16:22 cancer cell will be recognized as a, a foreign cell and be 16:28 destroyed by your immune system. And exercise seems to help in 16:31 several ways. JB: Let's drill down here on, on 16:34 this aspect of it, because, first thing, recognizing and 16:38 avoiding carcinogens. I was going to say to you, 16:41 perhaps that second thing would be building your immune system. 16:44 NN: Correct. Yes. 16:46 JB: So, exercise is one of those ways. 16:47 There must be a plethora of things we can do to strengthen 16:53 our immune system. NN: There are. 16:54 JB: What are some of those things. 16:56 NN: Well, diet is one of the ways. 16:58 There's, there's wonderful dietary changes that can help 17:01 boost your immune system. JB: Okay. 17:03 What are some of the things that people might want to, 17:05 let's just say eat, to help the immune system. 17:08 NN: Eating foods high in what we call carotenoid. 17:12 JB: Okay. I'm going to encourage somebody, 17:13 if you've got a moment and you can find a pen or something, 17:16 make a list here of, I'm going to go to the store and make sure 17:21 I buy some of these things. I'm going to add these to my 17:23 diet. It's not hard. 17:24 No one's going to ask you to jump through hoops here. 17:27 This won't be difficult. NN: That's right. 17:28 JB: Foods that are high in carotenoids. 17:30 NN: Yeah. Carotenoids, in fact, studies 17:33 have shown that even if you're a smoker, if you're on a high 17:37 carotinoid diet you'll only have one-third the risk of developing 17:40 smoking related cancers. JB: That's magnificent. 17:44 Foods high in carotenoids. Okay, what are those foods? 17:48 This is life and death. So, what are those foods. 17:50 NN: Yes, yes. They're going to be your vitamin 17:53 A foods. Most of them are going to have a 17:56 yellow or orange hue, vegetables, for instance. 18:00 JB: Squash? NN: Squash is loaded. 18:02 Orange yams. JB: Sweet potatoes? 18:05 NN: Yeah, the sweet potatoes are loaded with carotenoids. 18:08 JB: So, eating by colors, really? 18:10 NN: Yeah. JB: Go to the supermarket and 18:11 buy the yellow and the orange stuff. 18:13 NN: Yeah. Apricots. 18:14 JB: Carrots? NN: Carrots, yup. 18:16 Carrots would be a good source of carotenoids. 18:18 I think that's where carotenoids got its name from. 18:21 JB: Yeah, I'm wondering about that. 18:24 NN: Yeah, it's from that, that nice orange vegetable there. 18:26 And actually cooked carrots have more carotenoids 18:28 than raw carrots. JB: No kidding. 18:30 Usually they tell us that raw is the way, the way to go. 18:32 NN: Well, raw will give you more vitamin C, because cooking will 18:37 destroy about half the vitamin C, but actually it gives you a 18:40 little more of some nutrients like carotenoids. 18:42 JB: That's okay then. That's all right. 18:44 So, foods with carotenoids in them, consumed, 18:49 will boost the immune system. NN: Um-hum. 18:52 One of those carotenoids is called lycopene. 18:54 Lycopene is what makes tomatoes red and strawberries red. 18:59 And studies show those with the highest levels of lycopene in 19:03 their blood stream have the lowest rates of pancreatic 19:06 cancer in the world. So, that's an, an interesting 19:10 finding as well. JB: That is. 19:12 NN: And it's much better to get your lycopene from your fruits 19:14 and vegetables than trying to buy lycopene in a bottle. 19:18 JB: So, so tomatoes. Or what some would refer to as 19:22 tomatoes. I think there's probably more 19:24 lycopene in a tomato than a tomato, but that's just me. 19:28 That's good for you in terms of fighting cancer. 19:31 NN: Yes. Yes, absolutely. 19:32 JB: Fantastic. What else can a person do? 19:35 This is so significant. What we're learning is that you 19:38 aren't doomed to get cancer. NN: That's right. 19:40 That's right. JB: This is something that you 19:41 can avoid. You quoted 80% of cancers can be 19:46 avoided. That's magnificent. 19:48 NN: Up to. JB: Okay. 19:50 Carotenoids. What else enhances the immune 19:52 system? NN: Vitamin C foods will enhance 19:56 it as well. Vitamin C, if you're getting 19:59 more than 250 milligrams a day in your diet, it protects your 20:05 sperm if you're a male from genetic damage, so that you 20:08 won't have the risk of actually passing cancer along to 20:13 your offspring. And so, 250 milligrams a day 20:16 will do that. Now, the RDA is 60 or 90 20:20 milligrams, and so you need a little bit more, but it's easy 20:24 to get 250 milligrams a day if you're eating foods that are 20:27 rich in vitamin C. JB: The best way to get plenty 20:29 of vitamin C is? NN: They're raw fruits and 20:32 vegetables. So, even raw broccoli has 40 20:35 milligrams per serving. An orange will have 20:38 60 milligrams. JB: Kiwi fruit? 20:41 NN: Kiwi is even more yet in vitamin C. 20:45 And then some of your highest sources are strawberries. 20:49 You know, you can get, you know, 140 milligrams from 20:52 strawberries. Red bell peppers are also good 20:54 sources of vitamin C. Raw red bell peppers. 20:56 JB: This is fun. I mean, these are foods people 20:58 like. NN: Yeah. 20:59 JB: Strawberries, kiwi fruit, I mean, what's not to like 21:02 about that? NN: Exactly. 21:03 JB: Okay. Well that's good. 21:05 NN: And your citrus as well. JB: Yeah. 21:06 Well, that's an enjoyable way. Are there other things? 21:08 We've mentioned vitamin C and the carotenoids, lycopene. 21:14 What else? NN: Vitamin E. 21:15 JB: What's that in? NN: Vitamin E is going to be in 21:19 more of your plant fat substances. 21:22 Vitamin E is a fat soluble vitamin. 21:24 So, almonds, high in vitamin E. JB: What if I roast those 21:29 almonds? Is it still high in vitamin E? 21:31 NN: It's still high in vitamin E. 21:32 JB: All right. NN: Yeah, you don't destroy 21:34 vitamin E by cooking. JB: Almond butter, still vitamin 21:36 E? NN: Yup. 21:37 Yup. JB: Awesome. 21:38 NN: Yup. Good source. 21:40 And vitamin E can also, there's evidence that it can help 21:43 prevent skin cancer as well, in adequate amounts, as long as 21:49 we're also getting adequate amounts of A and C. 21:52 Often we talk about A, C, and E together as having a more 21:56 augmented effect in helping to potentially prevent certain 22:00 cancers. JB: One of the best things we 22:02 can do for our health is wear a hat. 22:05 NN: Yes. And of course there, what 22:07 they're doing is getting radiation from the sun that's 22:09 actually changing the genetic material. 22:12 JB: Right. NN: In your cells. 22:13 First it starts out with a sunburn and then as that genetic 22:16 material continues to multiply over time, it actually can turn 22:20 into a cancer. JB: So, if you've had cancer, 22:22 and I have, and it's not a lot of fun, and in my case 22:26 particularly the cure not especially enjoyable, however, 22:32 the cure for the cancer of sin, no negative side effects. 22:38 NN: That's right. JB: A very positive journey. 22:40 NN: Yes. JB: And that is faith 22:43 in Jesus Christ. NN: Yes. 22:44 JB: You know, with cancer, when you're looking to get out of 22:46 cancer, people are thinking typically, chemotherapy, which 22:50 can be brutal, radiation, which can be really brutal, but if you 22:56 want to get over the side effects of sin, you come to 23:01 Jesus Christ through faith. And, by the way, I don't scare 23:03 anybody. Chemo and radiation can in 23:05 certain circumstances be somewhat moderate to experience, 23:09 depending on the chemo and the radiation. 23:13 But what God asks us to do if we have sin, can face our sins and 23:18 through faith in Jesus Christ believe we are forgiven. 23:22 And we're not just forgiven, but we're cleansed, and that disease 23:25 of sin, you know, one day it'll be eradicated. 23:30 Thank God. Cancer and all physical diseases 23:33 will be eradicated as well. But we're looking forward to an 23:36 eternity without sin. NN: Exactly. 23:39 JB: Thankfully we can look forward, no way, we can 23:42 experience a present without sin as well if we come to Christ and 23:47 accept Jesus and then, and then get the Word of God in us. 23:52 David said something phenomenal in Psalm 119 when he said, 23:57 "Thy word have I hidden my heart that I might not 24:00 sin against you." So, the Bible, the Word of God, 24:04 Christ in us, actually possesses the capacity to keep us from 24:09 going back into sin. NN: It's boosting the spiritual 24:11 immune system. JB: Yes, exactly right. 24:13 NN: And then we also want to avoid spiritual carcinogens as 24:16 well. JB: That's right. 24:18 NN: So that we don't get the, the cancer of sin. 24:20 JB: And they're everywhere. NN: Yes. 24:23 JB: I want you to know though that as prevalent as sin seems 24:26 to be, as powerful as the enemy of souls seems to be, 1 John 4, 24:31 in verse 4, promises you: "Greater is he that is in you, 24:37 than he that is in the world." Now, you've learned enough today 24:40 that you can go from this point on looking hopefully into the 24:44 future and say, if I implement some changes here, if they're 24:48 needed, then perhaps I don't have to encounter the Big C 24:52 down the line. It's no guarantee, 24:55 it's no guarantee, but you can improve your odds. 24:57 I tell you what is a guarantee and that is when you accept 25:00 Jesus Christ into your heart by faith, you are guaranteed 25:04 to be cleansed of sin. You need not live with it in 25:08 your life and you can look forward to a future that is sin 25:12 free and filled with the presence of Christ. 25:17 [Music] We hear it all the time- 25:23 God is all-powerful! God is love! 25:26 If God is so powerful and so loving, why is there 25:29 so much suffering? If you'd like to see what the 25:31 Bible says on this subject, let me send you a booklet called 25:33 "Why Does God Allow Suffering?" Just call 1 (800) 253-3000 and 25:39 ask for "Why Does God Allow Suffering." 25:42 Or write to: It Is Written, P.O. Box 6, 25:44 Chattanooga, Tennessee 37401, 25:48 and we'll mail a free copy to your address in North America. 25:51 It Is Written is a faith-based ministry; your support makes it 25:55 possible for us to share God's Good News with the world. 25:59 Your tax-deductible gift can be sent to the address on your 26:01 screen, or through our website at ItIsWritten.com. 26:05 Thank you for your continued prayerful support. 26:08 Again, our toll-free number is (800) 253-3000, and our 26:13 web address is ItIsWritten.com 26:18 JB: Dr. Nedley, thanks for sharing with us today. 26:20 NN: Thank you. JB: What you've shared is 26:22 potentially life changing, lifesaving. 26:27 Thanks for joining with us. Now we're going to pray together 26:30 and ask that God would take what we've heard and make it part of 26:32 who and what we are. Pray with me, please. 26:35 Our Father in Heaven, as today we have discussed important 26:40 principles, allow us through Christ to live the abundant life 26:45 as far as possible free from the diseases of this world. 26:49 In fact, I recall that you said to your people back at the time 26:54 of the exodus that you would put none of the diseases upon them 26:59 that the Egyptians had, if they would listen to you. 27:03 Let us listen to you as far as your will will allow, allow us 27:08 to live without illness and then with all of the health 27:12 you give us, give us grace to live for you. 27:15 Thank you for delivering us from the cancer of sin. 27:20 Let Jesus return and put an end to the misery of this world, 27:25 the sin of this world. And let him usher in an eternity 27:28 where we will enjoy sin free life forever. 27:33 We pray in Jesus' name. Amen. 27:39 ♪ [Heartfelt Melody] ♪ 27:54 JB: Thank you for joining me today. 27:55 I look forward to seeing you again next time. 27:57 Until then, remember it is written, 28:01 man shall not live by bread alone, 28:04 but by every Word that proceeds from the mouth of God. 28:09 [It Is Written Theme] |
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