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00:19 >>John Bradshaw: This is It Is Writn. I'm John Bradshaw.
00:22 Thanks for joining me. 00:23 Go to the Bible anyou find that the Word of God 00:26 says a lot about worship, 00:28 unsurprisingly, as t the Bible is God's book. 00:32 But look in e book of Psalms and you find God appealing to us 00:35 and sang some, some impressive things. 00:37 Look with me at alm 96 and verse 9: 00:43 "O worship the Lord in fear before Him, ththe beauty of holiness: all the earth." 00:46 And in Plm 95 and verse 6, the Bible says, 00:49 "O come, let us worship d bow down: 00:52 let us kneel before the Lord our Makaker." 00:55 And so you mht think, well, yes, of course, worship 00:57 it's the underpinning our relationship with God. 01:00 It speaks of the way we relalate to God as Sovereign, 01:03 as Creator, as Mesty. 01:05 But let's go a ttle bit further. 01:08 Is worship good for you? 01:09 How does the practice of worship actually affect your life? 01:14 Here to discuss with me the physiologygy of worship 01:17 is cardiologist Dr. James Marcum, 01:20 who practices withth the Chattanooga Heart Institute. 01:23 Dr. Marcum, thanks for joining me. 01:24 >>Dr. MaMarcum: My pleasure, John. 01:25 And this excites me more t than anything else, 01:28 because when a patient comes in 01:30 and has a lot of medical problems, 01:32 sometimes they're on ls of pills. 01:35 And these pills have side effefects, 01:37 and they cost mone 01:38 But when youtart talking about things that they can do 01:41 to help improve their body, 01:42 both short term and fofor eternity, 01:46 and you bring up worship, they, 01:48 they sort of shakeke their heads at first. 01:49 ThThey say, "No, how can that help me?" 01:51 >>JoJohn: So, so that's the question. 01:52 How w can worship, you're saying, actually benef your health? 01:57 >>>>Dr. Marcum: Yes, worship is actually a presiption. 02:00 And I have to show the evidence behind it, 02:03 and they have to start doing it. 02:04 But now we have studies that otherhave done, 02:07 even our ministries worked on studies thathow 02:10 how people that worship the true God 02:12 have physiologic benefits our own genetics. 02:16 >>John: So how does that work? 02:17 What you're sasaying is--this is a pretty big statement-- 02:21 that worship affects one's genes. 02:25 >>Dr. Marcum: Yes. That's whwhat we're saying. 02:26 >>John: You're saying that. 02:27 >>Dr. Marcum: And if you go o back a few years ago, 02:28 we haven't aays been able to say this. 02:30 WeWe didn't have the technology. 02:32 But a few years ago, um, Francis llins, 02:35 who's now at the National Institute of H Health, 02:37 he sequenced our DNA. 02:39 >>John: Sure. 02:40 >>Dr. Marcum: Now, what that means is he looked at the DNA. 02:42 Herote a book called "The Language of God." 02:45 He thought that this DNA wawas the language of God, 02:47 because th is how we express ourselves. 02:50 Um, this is how we turn things on and off. 02:53 And if you think of the DNA like a harardware of a computer, 02:57 you know, is is what we're born with, 02:59 and unfortunately, each o one of us, me included, 03:02 is born with bad g genes. 03:04 >>John: Sure. 03:05 >>Dr. Marcum: We have bad genes. And d these have been passed down. 03:07 And soer or later, different things that we do to these g genes 03:11 causes them to malfunction or mutate. 03:14 In fact, we have telomeres that somometimes get shorter, 03:16 anthey damage our DNA. 03:18 When our DNA is damaged, guess wh happens? 03:22 A mutation happens. Then we ha a malfunction. 03:25 And sooner or later, ifnough of these happen, 03:27 we have a symptom. 03:29 And modern medice reaches to treat the symptoms, 03:31 and we do that very effectively sometimes, 03:33 but we don't get at the cause of our bad ges. 03:36 >>John: So explain to me,explain to us, what's in DNA? 03:42 Deoxyribonucle acid-- we know that. 03:45 But what is it, and how does youour DNA 03:48 express self or affect one's day-to-day life? 03:51 >>Dr. Marcumum: Yeah. 03:52 >>John: I know many people arere saying, 03:53 "I know that already, John But for those who don't... 03:55 >>Dr. Marcumum: Well, this is the core of who we are. 03:57 It's our template. It decides everything. 04:00 For instance, when we're talking here, 04:01 the DNA is actually making proteins, 04:04 messenger RNA, 04:06 different t things that is affecting enzyme systems, 04:08 that's affecting the way you ththink, 04:10 the way you move, what makes youheart beating. 04:12 The DNA is at the core of everytng. 04:15 when something malfunctions 04:16 at the very core molecular basis, wlook at DNA. 04:20 >>John: So tl me now. 04:22 Somebody has a malfunction at the DNA level, 04:24 how might that be expressed? 04:26 >>Dr. Marcum: Well, it's accccording-- 04:27 some people are born with bad gegenes, 04:29 d we have, um, genetic diseases. 04:31 Um, and we see that quite a bibit, you know, 04:33 um, Tay-Sachs disease and different sease 04:36 that's passed down from generation to generations. 04:38 Those are genes that havee been affected that we can't 04:41 do anything abt. 04:43 Now, somometimes gene mutations 04:44 are because of the difffferent things we do. 04:46 Let's say yoyou smoke a lot, and you have a genetic defec 04:50 that p predisposes you to cancer, and you smoke. 04:53 Well, that puts stss on those genes, 04:55 and those genes might malfunction oner. 04:58 >>John: And the result might becancer, lung cancer? 05:00 >>Dr. Marcum: ThThat's correct. 05:01 For instance, let's say evyone in the Bradshaw family 05:04 became harard of hearing at age 60, okay? 05:07 >>John: What was that? 05:08 >>Dr. Maum: Oh yeah. [laughs] 05:09 Became h hard of hearing at age 60, 05:11 and I yelled in your ear every sisingle day. 05:14 I'm yelling and screreaming in your ear every day. 05:16 Well, at puts stress on those genes, 05:19 which is the stress of the epigenetics 05:21 the thingshat influences your hardware, 05:23 the software, and those genenes might wear out sooner. 05:26 So y you might have problems at a younger age 05:29 because we put stress on those gene 05:31 Well, that can happen anywhere in our body. 05:34 If we have a genetic defect, we all d 05:37 and we put stress on those genes,, 05:39 whether it be from oking or not sleeping well, 05:42 or yelling, or whatever, those genes might malfunctction earlier, 05:46 and ess what? 05:47 We have a mutation; it leads to aging and diseasese processes. 05:50 Because these genes tell our bodies what to do. 05:53 Everything that we do influenced by these genes. 05:56 >>John: So we can understand the genec code, our DNA, 05:59 as a little bit likeke the program that makes your computer run, 06:03 and we all know if you g get a glitch in the program, 06:05 then it's just not gonna a work, 06:08 and eventually things crash. 06:09 >>Dr. Marcum: Exactly.y. 06:10 >>John: So it's like that. 06:11 >>Dr. Marcum: That's exactly rit. 06:12 >>John: So we can...what? 06:14 >>Dr. Marcum: Influence-- 06:15 >>John: We can influence, we can infnfluence? 06:17 >>Dr. Maum: We can influence our hardware 06:18 by these software,these things that we do. 06:21 >>John: Okay. 06:23 >>>>Dr. Marcum: Um, for instance, if you, if y don't smoke, 06:24 that helps those genes thahat might have cancer in them. 06:27 >>John: Okay. 06:28 >>Dr. Maum: Um, if we do other things that might keep 06:29 the genes from getting older quicke 06:31 and that might be good nunutrition 06:33 or even drinking water or getting enough st. 06:39 affects epigenetics, Well, we're now understanding that worip what affects our genes,, 06:42 keeps us fm getting older. 06:43 There's now some data on this thathows that worship, 06:46 when w we worship God, 06:48 when we worship the best that He's given u 06:50 that affecects our genes. 06:51 And whene don't worship, that tends, 06:56 You know, we look for can put stress on our body. something to worshipip. 06:58 If we worship the wrong things, itit puts stress on us as well. 07:01 >>Johnhn: So, so we have a genetic makeup. 07:04 >>DrDr. Marcum: Um-hmm. 07:05 >>John: It might be that your genes are gonnnna flip out 07:07 in this way, that way, malfunction, mutate. 07:10 Hover, there are things that you can do to aid yourur genes, 07:15 the genetic code, 07:17 to prevent certain this from happening that are negative 07:20 or to cause positive things to hpen that are positive. 07:23 So you can influence your own health 07:25 at the very deepest lelevel. 07:27 And what you're sayi is that worship actually has 07:31 a measurable, materi impact on one's genes. 07:35 >>Dr. Marcum: That's correct. And we're e just now beginning, 07:37 in some of the science that's been de, to look at this. 07:41 e of the original studies by Dr. Newberg 07:43 athe University of Pennsylvania, 07:45 he looked at people's brains, 07:47 and he had people just worship for a sht period of time, 07:51 and saw that their brain, the prefrontal cortex, 07:54 the part that we have that separates us from m animals, 07:56 actually got bigger. 08:00 The anterior cingulalate grew and got bigger just from worship. cortex part of the brain 08:03 And he also fod out that when people worship 08:05 for short periods of time, the e stress part of the brain, 08:08 ththe part we share with animals, the part thadamages us, 08:11 you know, we don't like these chronic stress, 08:13 the part that justst says, I want to stay alive and live, 08:16 that turns o on the chemicals like adrenaline, 08:18 cortisol, inflammation that causes these epigenetitic problems 08:23 that causes us to ageand the DNA to get worse, 08:25 those were turned down in people e that worship. 08:28 So he did that sdy, but studies have been 08:31 even done further says, well, th's, 08:33 see a structural change, 08:34 but it's w what's happening in the molecules, the very A. 08:38 And now we have some studies, you know, 08:40 back at Dusek, at Harvard,enson's Lab, 08:44 they looked at different thgs that people do to relax, 08:47 and people that relax, repetitive prayer, 08:49 they've looked people with yoga, 08:51 those type of things, includining worship, 08:54 those things turn onon and off genes. 08:57 And when those genes, the stress genes are turned off, 09:00 ople do better. 09:01 They, if you think about it, when stresseturn off, 09:04 every chroronic disease will improve, 09:06 slows down aging, slows down inflammatioion, 09:10 lowers blood pressurure, improves immune systems. 09:13 So now, , what I'm trying to, to do right now is, 09:16 well, they've looked at differerent types of worship. 09:18 You know, there's many differenent types of worship. 09:20 There'e's yoga, there's meditation, 09:22 there's repetiti prayer, 09:24 there's differenttypes of worship. 09:25 Well, what would these genelook like 09:27 if w we do biblical worship, 10 minutes of biblicalorship? 09:32 And wouldn't it be great-- Let's lo at the genes. 09:33 we're working on publishing a study that says 09:35 whwhen someone participates in biblical worshi 09:38 this lowowers the risk of chronic disease, 09:40 slows down aging, lowewers the risk of heart attack, 09:43 infections, diabetes, hypertenon, 09:46 alall of these things. 09:47 Well, have the preliminary workup that says 09:49 we know what the answer's gonna to be. 09:51 Now have to do the study. 09:52 >>hn: Fascinating. Worship, good for you. 09:55 Worship, good foyour genes. 09:58 Worship, able to influence your health 10:00 in a measurable and materialal way. 10:02 You want to know more abouthis. 10:04 We'll be bacwith more in just a moment. 10:05 ♪[Music]♪ 10:15 >>Announcer 1: Everyonwants to live a long life. 10:18 And God wawants to give you a life 10:20 that's not only long but eternal. 10:22 Learn about the coconnection between physical health 10:24 and spiritual health in tod's free offer, 10:27 "Living Life to the Fullest!" 10:29 To recei this free guide, 10:30 call 800-253000 10:33 or visit us online at iiwoffer.com 10:36 Learn how to live the longest life posossible. 10:39 Call 800-253-3000 10:42 or visit iiwoffer.com. 10:45 >>Announcer 2: Discover the powerful ways 10:46 that Godod is part of the healing process. 10:49 Go beyond d what the media and popular trends say 10:51 about healthare and learn from an expert 10:53 what it rereally means to be healthy. 10:55 In his book, "The Ultimate Presiption," 10:57 Dr. James L. Marcum explains 10:59 some of the common misconptions 11:00 about health care th are prevalent in our society today, 11:03 how you can avoid them, and how to take care 11:05 of the spiritual dimensionon of your health. 11:07 To order "The Ultimate Prescription," 11:09 call88-664-5573 11:12 or visit itiswrien.shop. 11:16 >>John: Thanks for joiningng me today on It Is Written, 11:18 whe my special guest is Dr. James Marcum, 11:20 a cardiologist and the leader of Heartwisise Ministries, 11:24 commitd to helping you and me both 11:27 see the great connection ththere is between our physical 11:29 and our mental heah and how we can live life 11:32 to the very fullest. 11:34 In Revelation, chapter 14, 11:36 you readbout three angels flying in the midst of heaven,n, 11:40 with messages for everybody on P Planet Earth. 11:44 And the first angel says, 11:46 "Fear God, and givelory to Him; 11:48 for the hour of His judgment is come: 11:51 and worship Him ththat made heaven, and earth, 11:54 and the se and the fountains of waters." 11:56 There is a call worship in the final gospel message 12:00 that goes to the wororld. 12:02 Now, D Dr. Marcum, we're talking about how worship 12:04 isis actually good for a person. 12:05 Here's my question for you: 12:07 You might even mention relaxationnd other things 12:11 that researchers have found sitively impact your health. 12:14 So, is t worship of God just the Christian spin on this, 12:18 or is there someing different and unique about worshiping God 12:22 over even these other things, you mimight say-- 12:24 relaxation, breathing exercises, and so foh? 12:27 What's unique about the worship ofof God? 12:30 >>Dr. Maum: That is an excellent question. 12:31 That's why we need morore research on this specifically. 12:35 You know, 'cause w we know what the results are going to be. 12:38 We know that as we worship the true God 12:41 biblicalal worship, um, 12:42 we are goi to have more positive changes 12:45 thane would doing anything else, okay? 12:47 ThThe other studies have shown all sorts of thingthat imply this, 12:51 but now we reallhave to have the biblical worship study 12:54 oking at people's DNA directly. 12:57 Um, we have some indirect studies by Newbererg, 13:00 so, as ourrain gets larger when we worship God, 13:04 but he decided what worship looked lik 13:06 But that's a great qstion. 13:08 What does worship lookok like in this end stage? 13:11 You know, what does worship lolook like? 13:13 Some people might worship by studydying the Word, 13:16 byraying. 13:17 Some people ght worship by serving others, 13:20 by praising, by thanking. 13:22 There's many ways of f worship, 13:24 including liviving a life of worship. 13:26 So, but now we havehe technology, 13:28 John, to do these studies to show, you know, well, 13:32 worship for you mighght look like this on your DNA. 13:35 But worship like this might help your DNA en more. 13:39 You know, whwhen you serve, you get this type of benefit 13:41 health benefit. 13:42 But when you serve, pray, and stududy the Word, 13:45 you might get thisype of benefit. 13:48 We're now starting to havehe technology to show 13:50 the type of physiologic changes. 13:52 >>John: So worship is measably good for a person, 13:55 which means that those w do not live a life of worship, 13:58 people who are choosing to live sconnected from God, 14:01 are missing ouout not only spiritually, 14:03 but phically, and therefore spiritually as well, 14:07 as one impacts the other. 14:08 So a patieient comes to you, and you suggest to the patie, 14:11 okay, we're going to walklk down this road. 14:14 How would thatook in practice in a person's life? 14:16 Theyome to your practice; they speak to you; you mayaybe, 14:19 the conversation takes on thihis bent. 14:22 How does that play out in someone'sife? 14:23 >>Dr. Marcum: Well, you know, I would, 14:25 I would start byby giving them evidence. 14:27 I'd say, "Listen, you know, you dodon't feel so good. 14:29 You had d a bypass surgery, you know. Things were ba 14:32 But you've done alof these things." 14:34 But they always say, 14:35 "Well, you know, I have hard time giving up this." 14:38 >>John: Sure.. 14:40 >>Dr. Marcum: "Y"You know, I have a hard time walking every da 14:41 I have a hard time eating right. 14:42 I have a hard time thiing right. 14:43 All these stressors that are turning on the bad genes, 14:47 I'm having problemems with." 14:48 I said, "Well,l, you know, 14:50 I have problems with ththat myself, you know. 14:52 Would you like to, to hear aboutut a way, scientifically proven, 14:56 that we can help our genes and help givus the power, 14:59 one step at a time, toto do better?" 15:02 I said, "Well," I said, "askChrist to come into your life. 15:05 Ask Him to give you the por." 15:07 And I point them back to Matthew :28, 15:10 "Come unto me"--worship -- "and I will give you rest." 15:14 Would you like that ft today? 15:17 Is there any reason you can't enter into 15:19 a relationship, worsrship? 15:20 Because that's how our nes were designed to be. 15:23 >>JoJohn: Um-hmm. 15:24 >>Dr. Marc: And as we get back to our original template, 15:29 everything works better. It also, but more importantly, Aging slowdown. 15:30 it gives us the power to make these anges. 15:33 And I give them examples of patients, 15:35 and I said, "Listen, we're working g on studies 15:37 to prove this atat higher levels. 15:38 But why don't yoyou just ask Christ into your life today, 15:41 to give you the power to do onone thing? 15:43 What would that be? 15:46 And I give them a short prayer And come into and a short t worship study. a worshipful state." 15:49 If they' never worshiped before, I said, 15:51 "Here's 10 mutes of what worship looks like. 15:53 Would you be wilng to do that every day?" 15:55 And so, "Oh, yeah, I'll give that a try." 15:57 And I said, "In addition, let's pick o thing that's stressing 16:01 yourur life out, that's hurting your genes, 16:03 that we can make a change o" 16:04 And it might be something simplele like drinking water, 16:07 or resting or not losing your temper, 16:10 or it might be eating beer or giving up cigarettes. 16:13 Just one thing. 16:14 And whenhey do this, when they actually have that power,r, 16:18 God enters theirife, 16:19 sohen they're in this state of worship, 16:21 the Holy Spirit comes and isorking on this, 16:23 goes into thehippocampus part of the brain. 16:25 So it's working all day long in themem. 16:27 So they have to o decide what they want to do with this worsh. 16:30 So this worship starts in the morning, 16:32 and it goeoes all day long, 16:33 so it's sosort of living in a state of worship. 16:35 And then they start getting powewer, and they notice, 16:37 "Youou know what? I did, I was able to do this." 16:40 And then they feel God comg 16:42 into their life, leading them more and re. 16:44 And as they dodo this, they get very excited. 16:46 And ththen we move to the next thing. 16:47 "Well, wld you like to do this? 16:48 Would you like to do that?" 16:50 And they start making these e powerful changes. 16:52 And as God influences their life, 16:54 gives them t the power to make changes, 16:55 they're doing things outf love and not out of obligation. 16:59 They're doing things for the right asons. 17:00 >>John: You know, it's, I think it's imptant for us 17:02 to point this out: 17:03 we're not suggesting, if youe sick, 17:05 just worship God and you'll getet well. 17:07 This i isn't the new wonder drug, the wonder drug worship. 17:10 But what you're saying is whenhe heart, 17:12 the mind, is focuseded on God and connected to God, 17:15 this measurably benefits a perso 17:18 Can pepeople achieve the same physiological results 17:24 withouout God? 17:25 "I"I'll just relax. I shall take walks on the ach." 17:29 Clearly those things are good for y. 17:32 >>Dr. rcum: Yes, yes. 17:33 >>John: But can you, can y you say, "I like this thought. 17:35 Iture makes sense. I get my mind in a good place. 17:43 I prevent these stressors from reallgetting at me. So instead of worship, 17:46 I'll do an end run arounund this by doing A, B, C and D"? 17:48 >>Dr. Marcum: Yes. 17:49 >>John: Possible, or not possible? 17:50 >>Dr. Marcum: Toome degree, 17:52 ththat might help you in the short term. 17:54 >>John: Sure. 17:55 >>Dr. Marcum: Might helpou in the short term. 17:59 We all need a Savior, But remember, wewe all have bad genes. ultimately. 18:02 So I expla to them, 18:03 those things might help ithe short term, 18:05 but are they an ultimate solution to our chronic disease? 18:10 No. 18:11 >>John: Worship, good for you, good foror your body, 18:13 good for your mind, 18:13 worship affecting u on a genetic level. 18:17 See, there's a reaeason Mom and Dad took you to church, 18:20 encouraged you to pray, intruced you to God. 18:27 worshiping God, a relationship Another reason, anand with God, afaffects you in ways that is that faith in God, 18:32 that you mht not have even thought possible. 18:34 Now, in just a moment, 18:35 a case study of someone who put thiso practice in his life, 18:40 and the benefits were jusfantastic. 18:42 More in just a moment. 18:52 >>Announcer 1: Everyone wantnts to live a long life. ♪[Mususic]♪ 18:55 And God wants to give you a fe 18:57 that's not only long butut eternal. 18:59 Learn about t the connection between physical health 19:02 and spiritual health in today free offer, 19:04 "Living Life to the Fullest!" 19:06 To recei this free guide, 19:07 call 80053-3000 19:10 or visit us online at iiwoff.com. 19:14 Learn how to live the longest t life possible. 19:16 Call 800-253-3000 19:19 or visit ioffer.com. 19:23 ♪[Music]♪ 19:25 >>nouncer 3: Planning for your financial future 19:27 is a vital aspect of Christstian stewardship. 19:31 For this reason, It Is Written is pleleased to offer 19:33 free planned giving and estate services. 19:36 For information on how we can help you,u, 19:38 please call800-992-2219. 19:43 Call today, orisit our website, 19:46 hislegacy.com. 19:48 Call 800-992-2219. 19:53 >>John: Thanks for joining me today on It Is Wriritten. 19:55 I'm John Bradshaw. 19:56 My guest is cardiolologist Dr. James Marcum, 19:59 who pracces in Chattanooga, Tennessee, 20:02 and leads Heartwise Ministries 20:05 Dr. MaMarcum, we're talking about something fascining. 20:07 I think, I think, huge for people 20:10 who've never contemplated this, 20:11 and that is that woworship measurably, 20:14 material affects somebody for the good on a genetic level.l. 20:18 Now, here's my question: 20:20 Grandma wohiped God all her life, 20:22 fervently and faithfully, and died at 53 of cacancer. 20:25 Somebody's uncle worshiped God, sererved God, 20:28 missioionary, minister, whatever it might be, 20:30 and loved God, died young from a a lifestyle disease. 20:34 So, put those two thoughts together. 20:36 Worship's goodod for you, but people who worship die young 20:40 Why? 20:41 Dr. Marcum: Yeah. And we alluded to this earlier.. 20:43 We all come to the plate with b genes. 20:47 We have bad genes. 20:48 We have, from headad to toe, we have bad genes. 20:51 The way we think, the way we metabolizize, 20:54 is determined a lot byur ancestors. 20:55 And we have no cocontrol over our hardware. 20:59 It's's there in us. 21:01 And for people that have these, thesissues, 21:05 what I tell them is, you ow, look, 21:06 look athe New Testament. 21:07 You know, Christ healed4, 25 people. 21:10 Sometimes people He raised from thdead. 21:12 He healed them. And yet they all dieied. 21:15 >>John: Sure. 21:16 >>Dr. Marcum: They all died. 21:17 So, but, He, sometimes He walked people that needed healing, 21:22 because He wted to preach the gospel. 21:24 He wanted to come into their r heart through worship. 21:27 Because there was something even more that transcended 21:30 our bad genetics when we do that. 21:32 And I tell people, "It's not only aboutut today. 21:35 It's abobout forever." 21:37 >>John: So we wouldn't suggest anybody-- 21:38 >>Dr. Marcum: No. 21:39 >>Jo: I think we spoke about this earlier, 21:40 but I do need to just... reiterate. 21:44 No one is suggesting, if you're unwell, 21:48 worship and you'll though that may happen. miraculously be well, 21:50 But I believe what science is now telelling us, 21:52 Dr. Marcum, is noo matter what your state, 21:55 worship and you'll do better. 21:57 >>Dr. Marcum: Yes. 21:58 >>John: And sometimes dramatically better. 22:00 Now, can you sre with me any case studies, 22:03 somebody you know w implemented this into his or her life, 22:06 and now we've got something to demstrate 22:08 this really positively affectsou? 22:10 >>Dr. Marcum: I had a patient that came e to me 22:12 from Wall Street. He was in hihis 40s. 22:15 He had significant cocoronary disease, 22:17 already had a bypass surgery. 22:19 All of the arteries were toooo small to do anything more. 22:23 Every time he would walk, his 40s, 22:25 would have chest tightness. 22:27 >>John: This is not good. 22:28 >>Dr. Marcum: No, and he'd gone to all the spececialists, 22:29 and he was on all the ght medicines, 22:31 all the right pills. 22:32 But he was still having symptoms. 22:34 So he came, and we went throrough this discussion, 22:36 and he s says, "You know, I work on Wall Street. 22:38 I don't think I can st more. I don't think I can eat better. 22:41 I don't thinI can do any of this better." 22:44 d I said, "Well, John"--you know, I'm using a pspseudo-name. 22:47 >>JoJohn: Sure. 22:48 >>DrDr. Marcum: I said, "Listen, have you heard oworship?" 22:51 He goes, "No, I haven't heard d of that." 22:52 I said, "Do you believe in G?" 22:54 He said, "I don't believe in God." 22:56 I said, "Well, let me intruce a new concept to you. 22:59 Let me give you so information. 23:01 You know, go looking foHim, and see if, 23:03 see if you can, can find Him.He'll hunt for you. 23:06 There's science, evidenc that there is God. It's not--” 23:09 So I gave e him some information. He started reading andtudying. 23:12 And he started worshipg. 23:15 I said, "Well, listen, let's just pick onthing, 23:17 and let's ju worship for 10 minutes a day. 23:19 Let's start there." 23:20 And he s started there. 23:22 He wasn't with a a denomination, but he came to God. 23:24 He asked the Lord to be Lord of his life, Savioror, 23:26 to come into hisis heart, to teach him. 23:28 He start reading the Bible text, 23:30 anGod started moving in him. 23:32 And all of a sudden He gave h him power to do things. 23:35 And he w was working to midnight every night. 23:37 Well, he reazed he couldn't do this every day. 23:40 So he started quitting work eaearlier. 23:41 God gave him the wer to do that. 23:44 All of a sden, he was able to walk a little bit more. 23:47 He learned aboutut eating better, and guess what? 23:49 He started eating more plants 23:51 and less of some ofhe bad foods. 23:52 He was able to give up cigarett. 23:55 And God kept changing his heart 23:57 onstep at a time as he worshiped with Him. 23:59 So not only was the worship helping g his, 24:02 some of his epigenenetics, slowing down the aging, 24:04 those stress genes, 24:06 but the worship was also helping him ve power 24:08 to overcomome other things that was affecting his genes 24:11 >>John: re. 24:12 >>Dr. Marcum: And he knethat he had bad genes to begin with, 24:14 anand sooner or later he was going to wear out, 24:16 but he didn't want to wear out so soon. 24:18 >>John: Righ 24:19 >>Dr. Maum: So by worship, 24:20 not only h he accomplished something short term, 24:23 but he also was accomplishing stuff eternally.y. 24:25 And when he realized that aling 24:27 was more than justst the life he lives now, 24:29 it invololved forever, 24:31 a forever relationship th his Creator, 24:33 when these doors started opening up 24:36 he s the importance. 24:37 Now he's d doing very well. 24:38 Heas able--in the office not too long ago- 24:42 he's now walking about a le and a half a day. >>John: Fantastic. 24:44 >>Dr. Marcum: In fact, he has changed so mucin his life now 24:46 that he's giving up Wall S Street, 24:47 anand he's going to buy a farm in Montana and le there. 24:52 So God can change us when we looko Him. 24:54 r God is powerful. 24:56 And even if we have geneticisease 24:58 that sort of limits our lifespan, 25:01 there's more to it, 25:02 both in the shshort term and in the long term. 25:04 God has a plan. 25:06 >>John: So there, we have this genec makeup. 25:08 There are things thahat we can do to start up bad processes 25:13 in our genes, anand things that we can do to stop 25:16 bad processes and totart good processes in our genes. 25:20 Our genes are afcted strongly by our actions. 25:23 And worshiis one of those things 25:27 that positively affects us at a geneticic level. 25:31 ♪[Music]♪ 25:40 >>Announcer 1: Everyone wants to live a lo life. 25:43 And Gowants to give you a life 25:45 that's not only long but etern. 25:47 Learn about the nnection between physical health 25:49 and spiritual health in today's free offefer, 25:52 "Living Life to the Fullest!" 25:54 To receive this free guide, 25:55 call 800-253-3000 25:58 or visit us online at iiwoffer.com. 26:01 Learn how to live the longest li possible. 26:04 Call 800-253-3000 26:10 or visit iiwoffer.com. >>John: Thank you for remembering that It Is Written 26:12 ists because of the kindness of people just like yoyou. 26:18 To support this international please call us now at life-chahanging ministry, 800-253-3000. 26:23 You can send your taxax-deductible gift 26:24 to the address on your screen, 26:26 or you can visit us online at itiswritten.m. 26:29 Thank you for r your prayers and for your financial support. 26:32 Our number again is 800-253-3000, 26:37 or youou can visit us online at itiswritten.com. 26:40 >>John: Let's pray togethenow. 26:42 Pray with me. 26:43 r Father in heaven, 26:45 we are grateful th You are God. 26:49 You demand notothing from us. 26:52 You force nothing on us. 26:55 But You offer us eternity. 26:58 You invite us to kw You through Your Son Jesus, 27:02 to surrender our lis to You, 27:04 and to worip You. 27:05 And I invite Y You to take, take our hearts, 27:08 take our hearts right now. 27:09 Right now there is somebo who is saying, 27:12 "I need to worship Godod. 27:16 I must ent into God, take my heart." that relationship. 27:17 Lord, would You do that? 27:19 Take every heart on offer,r, 27:21 and speak to each one consididering You now. 27:26 And urge every man, every woman, every young peperson, 27:30 to k know You as the great God of love 27:31 who reigns eternally and wantus to reign with Him. 27:36 We thank Y You. We love You. 27:39 We worship You. We pray in Jesus' me, 27:43 amen. 27:44 Dr. Marcum, again, thanks, thanks so mu. 27:46 >>Dr. Marcum: MyMy pleasure, John. 27:47 >>John: And thank you for joining . 27:48 I'm looking forward to seeing you agagain next time. 27:50 Until then, remember 27:52 "Iis written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, 27:56 but by every word that proceeds from t the mouth of God.'" 27:59 ♪[Theme music]♪ |
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