It Is Written

Controlling Your Blood Pressure

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01:30 ♪[Theme music]♪
01:40 ♪[Theme music]♪
01:50 >>John Bradshaw: This is It Is Written.
01:51 I'm John Bradshaw. Thanks for joining me.
01:55 When you open the Bible,
01:56 you come face to face with some stark realities.
01:59 The Bible says this in Romans 6 and verse 23.
02:02 It says, “The wages of sin is death,”
02:07 which tells us that sin is a killer.
02:11 It doesn't always look like a killer.
02:13 Sometimes it might look like your best friend.
02:16 But ultimately, sin is deadly.
02:20 Now, my guest today is Dr. David DeRose
02:22 from CompassHealth Consulting,
02:24 and we're going to talk about a silent killer.
02:27 Dr. DeRose, thanks for joining me today.
02:28 >>Dr. DeRose: Great to be with you, John.
02:29 >>John: It's good to have you back.
02:31 Today there's a silent killer we're going to discuss,
02:33 and you talk about it in your new book,
02:35 “30 Days to Natural Blood Pressure Control.”
02:38 High Blood Pressure.
02:39 So here's my question:
02:40 We're here to talk about the Bible,
02:42 but on a Bible program we're talking about
02:43 high blood pressure,
02:45 a health concern,
02:46 a killer.
02:47 Why would we be talking about that on a spiritual,
02:50 biblically based television program?
02:52 >>Dr. DeRose: You know, John, if it just killed people,
02:54 if it just took their life, that might be one thing.
02:57 But high blood pressure not only robs of quality of life;
03:00 it can impair our central computer, our frontal lobe.
03:05 And as a result, the way the Holy Spirit
03:07 communicates with us is through our brain.
03:09 So if we're not taking care of that brain,
03:11 if it's being pounded with high blood pressure,
03:13 if we have a stroke,
03:14 if we have dementia contributed to by high blood pressure,
03:18 we are going to suffer in our spiritual life as well.
03:21 >>John: I'm reminded too, the Bible says that our body
03:24 “is the temple of the Holy Spirit.”
03:26 We should be concerned from a spiritual point of view
03:29 about how we take care of the body temple, correct?
03:32 >>Dr. DeRose: Most definitely.
03:33 The other fascinating thing about the Holy Spirit
03:36 is the Holy Spirit gives us those fruits of the spirit.
03:39 And we actually show in the book how those very fruits,
03:42 also embodied in Jesus' beatitude,
03:45 those things like kindness and joy,
03:48 those things actually keep our blood pressure low.
03:51 So these things are intimately connected:
03:53 spirituality and physical health.
03:55 >>John: Today we're going to discover how
03:56 you can keep your blood pressure low;
03:59 if you have high blood pressure,
04:01 how you can lower that blood pressure.
04:03 How you can avoid getting high blood pressure.
04:05 In addition to that, a number of things very practical
04:09 that will be a blessing to you, to your life, and if not you,
04:12 then somebody you know who really needs this information.
04:16 Okay, what's, what's blood pressure?
04:18 >>Dr. DeRose: You know, it's surprising that many people,
04:20 even with high blood pressure, John, don't know what it is.
04:24 Blood pressure is simply the pressure
04:25 that's in your blood vessels.
04:27 So every time your heart pumps,
04:30 and the heart pumps roughly, just to make it simple,
04:32 about once every second, that would be 60 beats a minute,
04:35 many people a little bit faster than that.
04:37 But the heart pumps,
04:38 it generates a surge of pressure into the arteries,
04:42 that highest pressure that is reached is called the systolic.
04:46 That's that upper number in the blood pressure.
04:48 Then the heart relaxes,
04:50 and when the heart relaxes, fully relaxes,
04:53 the lowest pressure in your blood pressure
04:55 is called the diastolic pressure.
04:58 And so we'll come up with something like
04:59 120 for the systolic, when the heart is pumping,
05:02 over 80, the lower number, the diastolic,
05:05 when the heart is resting.
05:06 >>John: What's a good blood pressure for someone to have?
05:09 >>Dr. DeRose: You know, this is a million-dollar question.
05:11 Physicians are still debating what that magic number is.
05:15 But let me tell you, we'll cut right through all,
05:17 through all the confusion.
05:19 In the book we show data,
05:21 sound data that shows if you're not on medication,
05:25 getting your blood pressure at least as low as 110 systolic
05:29 and 75 diastolic is optimal.
05:32 If you're not on medication.
05:34 >>John: Okay. So you mentioned medication.
05:36 Medication is one way to lower undesirably high blood pressure,
05:41 correct?
05:42 >>Dr. DeRose: Correct.
05:43 >>John: Okay.
05:44 Is that medication effective usually, or ineffective?
05:47 >>Dr. DeRose: Well, it's an interesting question.
05:48 The medications themselves typically are effective.
05:51 But what we're finding as we look at the research is,
05:53 if you follow people for just a year, many of them,
05:57 with some of the blood pressure drugs,
05:59 only one out of four people
06:01 keep taking that drug for a full year.
06:03 >>John: Well, why would people stop?
06:04 >>Dr. DeRose: Because of the side effects.
06:06 >>John: Okay. What are some of the side effects?
06:08 >>Dr. DeRose: Some common side effects
06:10 of common blood pressure drugs:
06:11 frequent urination, cough, chronic cough,
06:16 decreased energy level,
06:19 decreased sexual performance,
06:21 depression.
06:23 I mean, the list is a staggering one, and people are impacted.
06:28 I've seen patients who've gone, before coming to my office,
06:31 gone to one drug after another after another, because,
06:34 hey, I felt fine, Doctor.
06:37 But then they told me I had high blood pressure,
06:39 and now I'm having all these side effects from the drugs.
06:43 >>John: So, then, we want to be able to get our blood pressure
06:45 under control, keep it under control.
06:48 And I think anyone would agree, I really do,
06:50 I don't think this is alarmist or anti-medicine.
06:54 You're not anti-medicine, are you?
06:55 >>Dr. DeRose: Oh, most definitely not.
06:57 >>John: Okay, I don't think it's anti-medicine to say,
06:59 let's try to live without medications
07:02 that you don't need to take.
07:04 First, it makes good financial sense.
07:06 It has to make good physical sense.
07:08 And if you can avoid, uh, undesirable side effects,
07:12 you're just a whole lot better off.
07:13 So, let's drill down.
07:16 How do we get our blood pressure down if it's up too high?
07:18 >>Dr. DeRose: Well, sometimes the first step is medication,
07:21 just to pick up on your last comment.
07:23 If your pressure is 220 over 120, you know, look it.
07:26 I don't care what you do in this book,
07:27 it's not going to get your pressure down
07:29 to 110 over 70 in a day.
07:31 And when you're running those 220 over 120 numbers,
07:34 you are bombarding your body, and you're at risk for a stroke.
07:37 >>John: Okay, let me ask this.
07:38 I asked a question that I'm now putting on hold.
07:41 Uh, what are the dangers of high blood pressure?
07:45 >>Dr. DeRose: Well, the dangers,
07:46 one that I've mentioned several times is stroke.
07:48 And stroke is not just a killer.
07:50 It's a crippler.
07:52 And, uh, and not just as a crippler,
07:53 but can impair our cognitive abilities.
07:56 Then there's heart attack.
07:58 There's kidney failure.
07:59 There is blindness.
08:01 There is bulging of the blood vessels that can rupture;
08:03 we call it aneurisms.
08:04 All of these are on this list.
08:06 And dementia is on the list as well.
08:08 >>John: Most people, I think, would say,
08:10 oh, that will never happen to me.
08:12 >>Dr. DeRose: Of course. And then it happens.
08:15 And then it's too late.
08:16 So the whole message is,
08:18 you've got to be serious about this silent killer.
08:20 >>John: This is something really where you need
08:22 to be a little proactive, correct?
08:23 >>Dr. DeRose: Most definitely.
08:24 And here's the shocking thing, John.
08:26 Even if a person does not have blood pressure today,
08:28 in the prime of life, in their fifties, early sixties,
08:31 no high blood pressure,
08:32 the data indicates that if you live into your eighties,
08:35 ninety percent of people in those younger years
08:39 will develop high blood pressure.
08:41 We've all got to be concerned about it.
08:43 >>John: Okay. How do we get it down?
08:45 >>Dr. DeRose: Okay, let's talk other than medication.
08:47 We're focusing on natural therapies.
08:49 We go through ten steps.
08:51 We call it No Pressure.
08:53 We're not shooting for a pressure of zero over zero.
08:55 That's what we find in the morgue, okay?
08:57 >>John: Yeah, right.
08:58 >>Dr. DeRose: But we're looking at natural things
09:00 that can lower blood pressure.
09:01 Nutrition is the N. O, optimal choice of beverages.
09:05 P is for physical activity.
09:07 R is for rest.
09:09 E is environment.
09:10 S, social support.
09:12 The other S, stress management.
09:15 Then we talk about Use of natural adjuncts,
09:17 we talk about Refraining from pressors,
09:19 things that raise blood pressure,
09:21 and then Exercising faith in God.
09:24 Those are the ten key steps.
09:25 >>John: Okay, in just a moment we're going to come back to this
09:27 and talk about how you can get your blood pressure down.
09:30 High blood pressure is something that cripples and impairs the
09:33 lives of millions of people.
09:36 Millions and millions.
09:38 And this is something that you want to avoid.
09:39 It's not only good for your physically
09:41 to avoid high blood pressure,
09:42 but good for you spiritually as well.
09:45 We'll be back with more in just a moment.
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10:27 >>John: So what do you do if you or somebody you care about
10:29 has high blood pressure?
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10:59 >>John: Thanks for joining me today on It Is Written.
11:01 I'm John Bradshaw.
11:02 My guest today is Dr. David DeRose
11:05 from CompassHealth Consulting.
11:06 Dr. DeRose, I'm glad you're here.
11:08 And one thing that I find interesting is you're not only
11:11 a physician, but a minister of the Gospel as well.
11:13 >>Dr. DeRose: I've had the privilege of serving
11:15 in both those capacities,
11:17 and it's interesting to me to realize that Jesus,
11:20 when he called people, when he commissioned,
11:22 every commissioning service that Jesus had,
11:24 when he sent out the twelve,
11:26 when he sent out the seventy,
11:27 even the great commission,
11:29 especially if you put the great commission in Mark 16
11:32 alongside the one in Matthew 28,
11:34 he always included healing along with teaching and preaching.
11:37 So God's given me the privilege of doing
11:39 all three of those over the years.
11:41 >>John: You've written a book called
11:42 “30 Days to Natural Blood Pressure Control,”
11:44 along with a couple of colleagues of yours,
11:46 “The ‘No Pressure' Solution.”
11:49 And in here there are many practical ways
11:51 that a person can use to get their blood pressure down.
11:55 We've already spoken about medication.
11:57 That's viable.
11:58 But we know that medication, and blood pressure medications,
12:01 have a lot of side effects.
12:02 >>Dr. DeRose: That's right.
12:03 >>John: So what can people do, like really do,
12:05 attainable things, to help bring their blood pressure down?
12:09 >>Dr. DeRose: One of the things that is often neglected
12:11 in our environment is a kind of twins:
12:15 rest and stress management.
12:17 We devote separate sections in the book to both of these.
12:20 But we find today, especially as we talk about this interface
12:24 between spirituality and physical health,
12:27 that many people are either cutting themselves short
12:29 on rest or they're becoming overly stressed.
12:33 And it's amazing to me, from those dual perspectives
12:36 of minister and physician,
12:37 to realize the Bible has strategies,
12:40 both Jesus offering his rest,
12:42 Jesus offering us stress management.
12:44 “My peace I give to you; my peace I leave with you.”
12:47 So these beautiful biblical truths actually interface
12:51 with an optimal approach to high blood pressure.
12:53 >>John: How much rest should a person be getting?
12:55 >>Dr. DeRose: If you look at the statistics,
12:56 the average person does best
12:58 with about eight hours of sleep a night.
13:00 >>John: And the average person is getting about
13:02 how many hours of sleep?
13:03 >>Dr. DeRose: It's less than that.
13:04 And unfortunately, many of us think because we can
13:07 drive ourselves, we don't need that much rest.
13:10 I was under that delusion for a period of time in my life, John.
13:13 And the interesting thing, if you're driving yourself,
13:16 even if you're not using caffeine, and let's face it,
13:18 most people that are pushing themselves
13:19 are resorting to the caffeine,
13:21 the way those things work
13:22 is they ramp up the stress hormones,
13:24 which ramps up the blood pressure.
13:28 >>John: Energy drinks have really pushed caffeine out
13:30 onto the front line now.
13:32 Do people know the dangers inherent in using those things,
13:34 do you think?
13:36 >>Dr. DeRose: It's obvious to me they don't.
13:36 Caffeine is a pressor.
13:38 That means it does raise blood pressure.
13:40 It makes the blood more sticky.
13:42 It actually does a host of things
13:45 that really are undesirable.
13:46 But it raises vigilance,
13:49 especially if you're fatigued.
13:51 But it's at a price.
13:52 It's not really giving you energy;
13:54 it's just whipping the body.
13:55 >>John: So people press themselves.
13:57 Maybe they use caffeine.
13:58 They go, go, go.
13:59 I read recently about someone who says,
14:01 “I get by on four hours of sleep a night.”
14:03 There's a price to pay for that, though, isn't there?
14:04 >>Dr. DeRose: Most definitely.
14:06 And I can guarantee you, that person cutting themselves short
14:08 on sleep is worsening how insulin works in the body,
14:11 raising stress hormone levels, and raising blood pressure,
14:14 whether or not they have full-blown hypertension
14:17 today or not.
14:18 >>John: Hmm. Okay, so what do you say to somebody
14:22 who's not getting enough rest?
14:23 You say, get more rest, but they don't.
14:27 Simple question: how does somebody get more rest?
14:29 >>Dr. DeRose: Well, there's a lot of strategies.
14:31 We actually go through a whole chapter in the book
14:33 dealing with this.
14:34 One of the simple strategies that not everyone
14:36 is ready for yet,
14:37 but it's actually called throwing away the alarm clock.
14:40 And if you do that, it puts a little burden on you
14:44 to get to bed early enough that you can wake up in time.
14:48 >>John: Yeah, I don't think everybody's ready for that.
14:50 What's something everybody's ready for?
14:51 >>Dr. DeRose: If you're not ready to get rid
14:52 of the alarm clock,
14:54 at least start dialing back the time when you go to bed,
14:57 and taking time to wind down.
15:00 Biblical study, watching “It Is Written.”
15:02 Some great things you can do before going to bed.
15:04 >>John: Amen. I could agree with that.
15:06 Okay, so rest is important in lowering blood pressure.
15:08 Get more rest.
15:11 That's something everyone can do.
15:14 What else?
15:15 >>Dr. DeRose: Well, let's talk a little bit more about
15:17 the stress side of the equation.
15:19 The analogy we use in the book to try to make it
15:22 a little bit more graphic, I mean,
15:23 stress often seems a bit nebulous.
15:25 So we say, imagine walking into your bedroom
15:28 and finding a ravenous lion waiting for you.
15:31 >>John: That would be stressful.
15:33 >>Dr. DeRose: What do you do if there's a lion in the bedroom?
15:36 You can ignore it.
15:37 You can run from it.
15:38 You can fight it.
15:39 And we use this as an analogy for how we deal with stressors.
15:43 Some stressors we do need to eliminate.
15:45 >>John: Is it, is it easy to know which ones,
15:47 do you think?
15:48 >>Dr. DeRose: You know, this is where spiritual discernment
15:50 comes in, John.
15:51 You know, a lot of people underestimate
15:53 how important prayer is.
15:54 One of the routine things I do in my medical practice
15:58 is pray with patients, if they're receptive to that.
16:01 Because I believe that God can guide
16:03 us in making these important decisions.
16:05 >>John: All right. Okay, so get a little more rest.
16:09 Eliminate stressors out of your life.
16:12 Okay. Those are fairly straightforward
16:16 things that a person can do.
16:17 Let's keep on going down through the list
16:19 of things that people can do to lower their blood pressure
16:22 and therefore lower their risk
16:24 of some catastrophic health event.
16:26 >>Dr. DeRose: Let's talk about one that many people,
16:28 their eyes kind of gloss over when we speak about this.
16:31 We say, refraining from pressors.
16:34 A lot of people say, well, what is a pressor?
16:36 It's something that raises blood pressure.
16:38 >>John: And they would be drugs such as:
16:40 >>Dr. DeRose: They'd be drugs like Advil, like Nutren,
16:43 like Motrin, ibuprofen, Naprosyn,
16:46 these common pain-relieving medications,
16:49 many of them available over the counter.
16:51 These drugs actually can raise blood pressure in some people
16:54 as much as 10 or 15 points.
16:57 >>John: Do you have to consume a lot of that medication
16:59 in order to get, see the blood pressure spike?
17:01 >>Dr. DeRose: You don't have to consume a lot.
17:02 If you're sensitive to these medications,
17:04 they can be driving your blood pressure up.
17:07 >>John: Can a person find out if there's a sensitivity?
17:09 How do we know about this?
17:10 >>Dr. DeRose: Well, one simple way to do it is
17:11 just check your blood pressure more.
17:13 If you find a day when you're not taking these medications
17:16 your pressure is running 140 over 80,
17:18 and the next day when you're taking the medication
17:20 it's running 155 over 95, you can make the connection.
17:25 >>John: And that 15-point spike,
17:28 that's sufficient enough to stay away from?
17:31 >>Dr. DeRose: Oh, John, just lowering the blood pressure
17:34 a few points measurably decreases your risk
17:36 of stroke and heart attack.
17:38 It would save millions, literally, millions of dollars
17:41 in medical expenses, thousands of lives a year,
17:44 if we could just lower our blood pressure
17:46 a few points as a population.
17:47 >>John: Just a few points.
17:48 >>Dr. DeRose: Just a few points.
17:49 >>John: And getting more rest,
17:50 doing something about the stress in your life,
17:52 and some of the pressors,
17:53 that can lower your blood pressure just those few points.
17:56 >>Dr. DeRose: Yeah, and I know as we're talking about this,
17:58 it can sound very, like, well, yeah,
18:00 anybody can say stop doing this, but what do I do in its place?
18:03 We talk about natural things that you can do for pain,
18:06 for example.
18:07 One simple thing is turmeric, the herb turmeric,
18:09 that yellow-orange spice.
18:11 Omega-3 fats.
18:13 These natural fats, by the way, come only from plants,
18:17 although fish can concentrate them.
18:19 These are natural blood pressure-lowering compounds
18:22 that also help with pain.
18:24 >>John: There are things to do.
18:25 You don't have to live a slave to elevated blood pressure,
18:28 nor do you need to live with that cloud following you around,
18:31 over your head, saying, there's a stroke on the way,
18:34 or some other terrible event further down the line.
18:36 There's a better way to live, it seems,
18:38 when you embrace the principles of the Bible
18:40 and the Bible's prescription for good health.
18:43 So I'll be back with Dr. DeRose
18:45 and we'll have more in just a moment.
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20:31 >>John: Thanks for joining me today on It Is Written.
20:33 My guest is Dr. David DeRose from CompassHealth Consulting.
20:37 We're talking about a silent killer.
20:40 High blood pressure kills millions of people
20:43 and devastates lives,
20:45 and impacts lives in tremendously negative ways.
20:48 Dr. DeRose, we talked about some of the natural ways that people
20:51 can get their blood pressure down.
20:53 Medication is effective, but there are side effects,
20:56 and many of them uncomfortable.
20:59 Before I take this in a different direction with you,
21:01 let's get back to treating
21:02 or looking after your blood pressure naturally.
21:06 Easy, simple things that people can do.
21:07 We've talked about some. Give me one or two more.
21:10 >>Dr. DeRose: Well, one we can't avoid speaking
21:12 about is physical activity.
21:14 Americans have neglected that for too long.
21:17 Many are getting more interested in adding exercise
21:20 or any type of activities to their program.
21:23 But we really need to emphasize that,
21:24 because we're still not doing all that well as a population.
21:27 >>John: What are some simple things that a person can do,
21:29 your average couch potato who's just not getting out enough?
21:32 What do you say to that person, to say, come on,
21:34 you can do this, and here's how?
21:36 >>Dr. DeRose: One of the things that we encourage in the book
21:38 is setting reasonable goals.
21:40 We actually don't just talk about things to do.
21:43 We actually help take people, if you will, by the hand and say,
21:46 what can you do?
21:47 Reasonably, look at your lifestyle.
21:48 What can you commit to?
21:50 If someone can only commit to five minutes of exercise a day,
21:53 there's actually research showing
21:55 that as little as 30 minutes of exercise a week
21:59 can measurably lower your blood pressure.
22:00 >>John: So start where you are and do what you can.
22:02 >>Dr. DeRose: Exactly.
22:03 >>John: Do you think, well, perhaps the idea too,
22:05 then, is once somebody gets a little taste of this,
22:07 they're going to start to stretch and expand their,
22:09 their, the time they spend in exercising.
22:11 >>Dr. DeRose: And it often does happen.
22:12 And at first you may not be ready to do that much.
22:15 And if you've got questions, you know,
22:17 I would tell patients, and we talk in the book, you know,
22:19 if you're at high risk, we go through some questions.
22:21 You may need to check with your physician first.
22:24 But here's what I say:
22:25 you don't need to call your doctor
22:26 to see if you walk around Walmart, okay?
22:29 But you could walk instead of, uh, you know, riding that chair.
22:33 Or if you're riding the chair,
22:34 you know, get up for a few minutes and walk around,
22:37 in addition.
22:38 >>John: I was with somebody recently doing something in,
22:40 in an official building,
22:41 and we needed to go from where we were to an office.
22:44 We walked over here; I followed and, there were several of us.
22:47 She pressed the button, we went up an elevator two floors,
22:50 and walked over.
22:51 And when we were done, she didn't escort us down.
22:54 We realized, there's a perfectly good staircase.
22:56 >>Dr. DeRose: Um-hmm.
22:57 >>John: Good example, isn't it?
22:58 >>Dr. DeRose: It's a very good example.
23:00 >>John: Take the stairs.
23:01 >>Dr. DeRose: These little things, they add up.
23:02 That's what the research shows.
23:04 >>John: Seems that if you do nothing,
23:06 something bad's going to happen.
23:08 If you do something, you've, uh, evened the odds up.
23:12 >>Dr. DeRose: You know, it's very interesting, John.
23:13 You're right on target.
23:14 >>John: Let's connect this back to the Bible.
23:16 Uh, the body is God's possession.
23:19 So we have a, really a duty to preserve it.
23:23 Also, how we do physically,
23:24 and earlier you spoke about the frontal lobe.
23:26 How we do physically impacts how we do spiritually.
23:30 So connect this back to the Bible,
23:32 this question of high blood pressure,
23:34 taking care of one's health.
23:35 >>Dr. DeRose: Well, what I find fascinating,
23:37 John, is Jesus, when he taught the people, he gave a blessing,
23:42 he pronounced a blessing on things that were
23:45 really counter-cultural.
23:46 You know, blessed are the poor in spirit.
23:48 Blessed are those who mourn.
23:50 Blessed are the meek.
23:51 We actually show how these virtues in the Bible
23:54 that Jesus points us to,
23:56 and that the Holy Spirit accomplishes in our life,
23:59 are the very things that we need to keep us on track.
24:03 The longest chapter in our book is the one deal,
24:06 dealing with spiritual health, because it is so powerful.
24:09 If a person, even if they don't know Jesus personally
24:12 as their Saviour, they can still benefit from the
24:15 kind of principles that Jesus taught.
24:17 So I, we're actually sharing with people
24:19 who are not Christians,
24:21 and we're saying, follow, in essence, biblical principles.
24:24 >>John: What are the studies telling us about
24:26 the physical benefits of being in connection with God?
24:29 >>Dr. DeRose: Actually, if you look at the research,
24:30 research shows that when we fellowship
24:32 with others in church community, we have less hospitalizations.
24:37 We're hospitalized for a shorter duration if we end in the,
24:40 up in the hospital.
24:41 We live longer.
24:43 Our blood pressure tends to be lower.
24:44 And it's not just that corporate worship.
24:47 It's also our intrinsic spirituality:
24:50 taking time for prayer, taking time for a devotional life.
24:53 In fact, some of the research suggests that
24:56 private relationship with our Creator is the most powerful.
25:01 >>John: When you think of high blood pressure,
25:03 well, that word says it all:
25:05 pressure.
25:06 If you have high blood pressure,
25:07 it seems to me you're under pressure somewhere,
25:10 or your body's under pressure.
25:12 And the Bible is all about
25:13 coming into a relationship with God and having that,
25:17 that pressure take away, taken away, or that pressure borne,
25:21 carried, by Jesus.
25:22 What does he say?
25:23 “Come to me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden,
25:26 and I will give you rest.”
25:29 In the Ten Commandments,
25:30 the fourth commandment deals with Sabbath rest,
25:33 something many people have forgotten about or neglected.
25:36 There's something about a relationship with Jesus
25:38 that is designed to see our stressors roll away.
25:44 Jesus came that he would give us life, John 10, verse 10,
25:47 and “give it more abundantly.”
25:50 So you've seen both sides of this,
25:52 as a minister of the gospel and as a physician.
25:54 Faith in Christ ultimately,
25:56 if entered into with both eyes open,
25:59 is the prescription for a healthy life in this world
26:02 and in the world to come.
26:03 >>Dr. DeRose: There's no question.
26:04 It's so powerful. And you mentioned the Sabbath.
26:06 We have actually research in the book from the Ansons in Israel,
26:10 actually showing that the Sabbath
26:11 has health-giving benefits.
26:13 >>John: There is life in Jesus Christ.
26:15 God made us.
26:16 The Bible says we are fearfully and wonderfully made.
26:20 And as you benefit physically,
26:23 you will benefit and thrive spiritually as well.
26:28 We only get one go-around on this planet.
26:31 I think it's just wisdom, isn't it,
26:32 to think about what you can do to get the most
26:34 out of your time here, not just in a self-centered way,
26:37 but the better you do,
26:38 the more service and the more faithful service
26:40 you can do to God and others also.
26:42 >>Dr. DeRose: You got it right on, John.
26:44 >>John: There you go.
26:45 Dr. David DeRose, thanks so very much for joining me today.
26:47 I appreciate it.
26:48 Your book, “30 Days to Natural Blood Pressure Control.”
26:51 It is magnificent.
26:53 I know this is going to be a successful book,
26:54 and the principles in here,
26:55 some of which we have shared today,
26:57 will be the difference between life and death for many.
27:01 Grab a hold of what God is sharing with you today,
27:04 and enjoy more life,
27:06 longer life,
27:06 a healthier life,
27:07 and rejoice more in your Friend and Savior, Jesus Christ.”
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27:20 >>John: So what do you do if you or somebody you care about
27:22 has high blood pressure?
27:24 Well, you don't do nothing.
27:25 There is something you can do.
27:27 It's important than you do it.
27:29 And it's easy, and it's effective.
27:31 I'd like to offer you a free DVD presented by Dr. David DeRose,
27:36 “Lower Hypertension Naturally.”
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28:22 >>John Bradshaw: Dr. DeRose, I appreciate you taking your time
28:24 to be with me today.
28:24 Thank you.
28:25 >>Dr. DeRose: My pleasure.
28:26 >>John: Well, let's prayer together.
28:27 Let's pray.
28:28 Our Father in Heaven,
28:30 we're truly thankful that you are the Great Physician.
28:33 We thank you, Father, that there are some simple ways,
28:36 attainable,
28:37 practical ways of dealing with difficult health challenges.
28:41 We are thankful that you are,
28:43 you are concerned with our health,
28:45 ultimately the spiritual health.
28:48 Give us grace to thrive physically as well as we can
28:52 and however we are,
28:53 and to thrive in faith in Jesus,
28:56 who came to give us life more abundantly.
29:00 Bless us for your honor and glory.
29:03 Give us grace to grow in faith in you.
29:06 I pray in Jesus' name,
29:09 Amen.
29:11 Thank you so much for joining us today.
29:12 I'm looking forward to seeing you again next time.
29:14 Until then, remember:
29:15 It Is Written.
29:17 Man shall not live by bread alone,
29:19 but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.
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