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Series Code: IIWC
Program Code: IIWC202120S
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00:43 >> Welcome to It Is Written
00:44 Canada. 00:46 Thank you for joining us in 00:47 beautiful Kelowna, British 00:49 Columbia. 00:51 Our special guest again is Don 00:53 Straub, a practising clinical 00:55 counsellor who helps people 00:57 struggling with everyday 00:58 problems by giving them 01:00 powerful, practical solutions. 01:03 >> Don is going to look at the 01:05 topic of emotional dishonesty. 01:07 Don, welcome again to It Is 01:09 Written Canada. 01:10 >> Thank you, it's awesome to 01:12 be here with you. 01:13 >> Can you explain to us, 01:15 what do you mean by 01:16 "emotional dishonesty?" 01:19 >> Well, for starters, our 01:20 society holds many myths 01:22 about emotions. 01:24 For example, in our society, 01:27 emotional dishonesty is not 01:29 just common, it's something to 01:30 be sought after. 01:32 Like: "How are you today?" 01:34 "Fine," even though I'm 01:36 anything but fine. 01:38 And what I've discovered is 01:40 that this takes place in other 01:41 cultures, too. 01:42 When I went to Africa, I 01:44 discovered I wanted to know 01:45 how to greet people first off 01:47 and so they said, "Well, this" 01:48 "is what you do: you say," 01:50 "'Habari gani'" which means 01:52 "Any news," or "What's the" 01:53 "news," literally "What's the" 01:54 "news" and you must always 01:57 say, "Nzuri," which means 01:59 "good, "it's always gotta be 02:01 good news. 02:03 And so here's the thing about 02:05 emotions, I think that many 02:06 Christians begin to equate 02:09 certain emotions like 02:11 uncomfortable emotions, like 02:13 sadness, anxiety, worry, fear, 02:16 even anger, as being negative 02:19 or sinful and they equate when 02:21 you have joy and happiness and 02:23 calmness that you're 02:25 righteous. 02:27 And that's too bad because all 02:30 of the emotions serve a 02:31 purpose, they have a function. 02:33 There aren't negative or 02:34 positive emotions, just 02:35 comfortable and uncomfortable 02:37 emotions. 02:38 >> So, Don, what does the 02:40 Bible say about emotions? 02:42 >> When I started to 02:44 understand the biology of 02:45 emotions and how they're 02:47 produced by the brain and the 02:49 hormones, I realized that, 02:51 "Hey, this is just how the" 02:53 "body works, this is just how" 02:54 "God created us," and I began 02:56 to pay attention to emotions 02:58 in the scriptures. 03:00 And there's emotion all 03:01 through the scriptures. 03:03 Psalms, especially, are just 03:04 filled with strong emotions, I 03:06 mean there's crying, there's, 03:08 like, wailing, there's tears, 03:11 and there's huge emotions of 03:13 fear and anxiety, there's-- 03:16 oh, there's strong emotions of 03:18 anger in the book of Psalms. 03:20 In the Bible, the Bible refers 03:22 to God as having anger, 03:24 there's 44 scriptures that say 03:25 God is angry. 03:26 And so there's a lot of 03:28 emotion in scripture. 03:30 The shortest verse in the 03:32 Bible is so profound, 03:34 it simply says, "Jesus wept." 03:37 And when I think of those 03:39 words, it just meets my needs 03:42 because when both of my wifes 03:44 died, I would imagine Jesus 03:47 weeping right with me when I 03:49 was weeping, that He was there 03:52 with me, that Jesus is always 03:55 abiding with us through all of 03:57 this pain. 04:01 ♪♪ 04:17 ♪Abide with me♪ 04:22 ♪fast falls the eventide♪ 04:29 ♪The darkness deepens♪ 04:35 ♪Lord, with me abide♪ 04:42 ♪When other helpers♪ 04:48 ♪fail and comforts flee♪ 04:53 ♪Help of the helpless♪ 04:57 ♪oh, abide with me♪ 05:05 ♪♪ 05:24 ♪I fear no foe♪ 05:28 ♪with Thee at hand to bless♪ 05:35 ♪Ills have no weight♪ 05:39 ♪and tears no bitterness♪ 05:46 ♪Where is death's sting♪ 05:50 ♪Where, grave, thy victory♪ 05:57 ♪I triumph still♪ 06:02 ♪if Thou abide with me♪ 06:11 ♪♪ 06:36 >> It is so true. 06:39 When you open your heart to 06:41 God, Jesus says that He will 06:45 abide with you and He will 06:47 never leave you. 06:49 And we've been talking to Don 06:51 Straub who is a practising 06:52 clinical counsellor and he's 06:54 been talking about what the 06:56 Bible reveals about emotions 06:57 and about how God is with you 07:00 in your times of sorrow. 07:02 Don, what about myths? 07:05 Do people have certain myths 07:07 when it comes to emotions? 07:10 >> Well, one myth about 07:11 emotions is that we are 07:14 responsible for other 07:15 people's emotions. 07:18 That may sound logical, but 07:19 it's not really helpful. 07:21 And it can start innocently, 07:23 like, let's just say we have a 07:25 little toddler and he walks 07:27 into his mommy's bedroom 07:29 and Mommy's crying. 07:31 To the toddler, his mommy 07:32 could be dying in his 07:33 little mind. 07:35 And Mommy sees the toddler 07:36 and says, "Oh, come here," 07:38 "Honey, give Mommy a big hug," 07:39 and they hug and she says, 07:41 "Oh, you make Mommy" 07:42 "feel so much better." 07:44 Sounds really endearing, 07:45 doesn't it? 07:47 But actually it's the opposite 07:48 of endearing. 07:49 What's happening there is the 07:51 toddler will probably get the 07:52 idea that he has the power to 07:55 change his mommy's feelings 07:57 and he might even become to 07:59 believe that he's responsible 08:01 for his mother's feelings and 08:03 then through his life he's 08:04 always trying to make Mom feel 08:06 better, if she's not, 08:08 it's his fault. 08:10 See, the truth is that it 08:12 would be better for Mommy to 08:14 say, "Oh, come here, honey." 08:15 "Give Mommy a big hug." 08:17 "It's OK for mommies to cry." 08:19 "We get sad sometimes and" 08:20 "that's OK." 08:22 That way the child learns that 08:23 it's OK to be sad, it's OK not 08:25 to be happy all the time. 08:28 But let's say this child feels 08:30 that he has to be responsible 08:32 for his mother's feelings, 08:34 that child could easily grow 08:36 up and now in his adult 08:38 relationships, such as his 08:40 marriage relationship, he 08:41 might feel responsible for his 08:43 partner's feelings. 08:45 And, you know, we don't like 08:46 to be told, "You shouldn't" 08:48 "feel this way," or we wanna 08:49 fix it. 08:50 People don't wanna be fixed, 08:51 sometimes they just wanna be 08:53 held, understood, listened to. 08:56 It's not about making us feel 08:58 differently or better. 09:00 >> So, Don, aren't some 09:01 emotions better than other 09:03 emotions? 09:05 >> I used to think that way, 09:06 I think it's sort of natural 09:08 for us to think that way. 09:09 I used to call negative 09:11 emotions and positive 09:12 emotions, but I don't anymore. 09:14 There are comfortable emotions 09:16 and uncomfortable emotions 09:18 and each of these emotions 09:19 have a purpose. 09:21 Let's take sadness for 09:22 instance. 09:24 So sadness is what we call an 09:27 emotion and an emotion is an 09:28 action signal, every emotion 09:31 is an action signal so we take 09:33 some action. 09:35 So sadness is an action signal 09:38 to chill out, take a rest, 09:40 slow down your life, and get 09:42 this: it's an action to shed 09:44 some tears, it's a signal 09:46 to cry. 09:48 There are two kinds of tears: 09:50 there's tears of lubrication 09:52 which we need to keep from 09:53 getting dry eyes, then there 09:55 are tears of emotion and these 09:57 tears of emotion could be sad 09:59 or happy-sad, as you know, and 10:01 these tears actually contain 10:04 toxic chemicals, they can 10:06 measure them, and these are 10:08 the toxins produced by the 10:10 brain when we're stressed and 10:12 this is the way the brain gets 10:14 rid of those toxins is through 10:15 the tear ducts. 10:16 So it's important to cry to 10:18 de-stress. 10:20 Let's talk about anxiety, 10:22 that's another example of 10:23 an emotion. 10:24 We don't like to feel anxiety, 10:26 but it's actually your friend. 10:29 Anxiety is my friend because 10:30 anxiety is an action signal 10:33 to keep myself safe. 10:35 If I had no anxiety, I 10:37 wouldn't probably live more 10:38 than a few years of life 10:40 because the action signal to 10:42 stay safe is an important 10:43 signal. 10:44 If I had no anxiety, I 10:46 wouldn't study for a test. 10:48 If I had no anxiety, I 10:50 probably wouldn't check my 10:51 smoke alarms 10:52 or I wouldn't drive safely. 10:54 See, it's an action signal 10:55 that keeps me safe. 10:57 But let me explain something 10:59 here, we have these two words 11:00 in the English language, we 11:01 have the word, "fear," and the 11:03 word, "anxiety." 11:05 So just for definition's sake, 11:06 we have to look at it this 11:07 way: they feel the same. 11:09 Maybe fear can sometimes be 11:11 more intense, but for some 11:12 people, anxiety can be as 11:13 intense as fear. 11:15 But fear is what we feel when 11:18 there is a danger right now, 11:21 in the room, in this moment, 11:22 there's a rattle snake on the 11:23 floor right now. 11:25 It's a good thing we feel fear 11:26 We wanna feel fear or we might 11:28 pick it up. 11:29 It keeps us safe. 11:31 Anxiety is when we're in the 11:33 future, so it's kind of like 11:37 I'm feeling anxiety about the 11:40 idea that I might run across a 11:43 rattle snake in the parking 11:44 lot when I go home today. 11:47 Now, if there were rattle 11:49 snakes in this area, that may 11:52 be an appropriate thing and I 11:54 can take action, I can stomp 11:56 my feet, look for rattle 11:57 snakes, but if there's no 11:59 rattle snakes at all in this 12:01 area, that anxiety serves 12:03 no purpose. 12:04 We call it a perceived fear, 12:07 it's just only a perceived 12:08 fear and-- but it can get me 12:10 into trouble and sometimes 12:11 these perceived fears, this 12:13 anxiety, can just put us 12:15 instantly into fight, flight, 12:16 or freeze mode. 12:18 And for some people, they 12:21 have, like, a chronic anxiety 12:23 in which they're continuously 12:25 anxious, continually fearful 12:27 and this is often the result 12:29 of PTSD, Post Traumatic 12:31 Stress Disorder. 12:33 In other words, their brains 12:34 have been now programmed to be 12:36 in a high state of alert for 12:38 danger because of what they've 12:39 experienced in their past, 12:41 they can never feel comfortable 12:43 or safe in the present. 12:45 God knows that we're human, 12:47 He understands our condition. 12:49 He's not gonna, like, judge us 12:52 for that kind of feeling in 12:53 the body. 12:55 But it's an action signal to 12:56 probably go see a 12:58 professional, get some help 13:00 with that trauma. 13:02 >> So, Don, what happens if 13:05 you can't calm down and you're 13:08 constantly in this state of 13:11 fight, flight, or freeze? 13:16 >> Well, I like to teach my 13:19 clients a way of managing that 13:21 emotion because there are 13:25 times where emotions get out 13:26 of control and we're almost 13:28 helpless to do anything about 13:30 it in that moment, and, like, 13:31 normal spiritual disciplines 13:34 don't work, nothing seems 13:35 to work. 13:37 But let me explain emotion 13:38 this way, I'm gonna talk about 13:41 the "window of tolerance," OK? 13:44 So let's just say that right 13:46 here, at this level here, is a 13:50 minimum amount of emotion that 13:52 a human needs to be healthy. 13:55 Now below this level, in this 13:57 area down here, we're not 14:00 safe, we're not living in 14:02 healthy ways because in this 14:04 area, we're probably 14:06 intoxicated, drunk, 14:07 high on drugs. 14:09 [MIKE] So your emotions are 14:11 being suppressed by 14:12 the alcohol... 14:14 [DON] Exactly. 14:15 >> ...or the drugs. 14:16 >> Exactly. 14:17 And so when we're in this area 14:19 with our emotions, we're not 14:20 healthy, we're gonna do 14:21 dangerous things. 14:23 Now, let's talk about maybe a 14:25 metaphor here to kinda 14:26 illustrate this. 14:28 I can have spaghetti and I can 14:30 put it into ice cold water and 14:31 let it sit there for a few 14:33 hours and it gets soft, I could 14:35 eat it, but it's disgusting. 14:37 Like, if you want to enjoy 14:39 spaghetti, you have to have 14:40 heat, you have to cook the 14:42 spaghetti, OK? 14:44 So it's like that. 14:46 All of our emotions, all of 14:48 the emotions have a purpose 14:49 and we need to have those 14:51 emotions in our lives, like 14:53 spaghetti needs heat, we need 14:55 these emotions to be healthy. 14:58 So we need to stay within this 15:01 zone right here to feel some 15:05 emotions to be healthy 15:07 human beings. 15:09 But just like spaghetti, if 15:11 you aren't watching and you 15:13 don't turn the heat down 15:14 before the temperature gets to 15:16 a certain point, what a mess 15:19 all over the stove. 15:20 And that's what happens 15:21 with emotions. 15:23 When we reach this upper level 15:25 here, the window of tolerance, 15:29 and we go over that, our lives 15:31 can fall apart, we can't 15:32 function, we can't think 15:34 properly, we can't reason 15:36 logically, we just come apart, 15:38 so to speak, and we have words 15:39 in the English language 15:40 for this. 15:41 And this is where we fear, we 15:42 fear arriving here so we numb 15:45 ourselves with alcohol and 15:46 drugs to stay-- 15:48 but it goes down here. 15:50 So this is the point we don't 15:52 want to exceed and we need to 15:54 manage our emotions in order 15:56 to stay within this window of 15:57 tolerance. 15:59 >> So how do you manage 16:01 your emotions? 16:03 >> Well when the usual things, 16:05 usual spiritual disciplines 16:07 like prayer and stuff doesn't 16:08 work, and sometimes it doesn't, 16:10 I make sure that all my 16:11 clients have an exercise that 16:13 really works to manage 16:14 emotions so I'm gonna quickly 16:15 go through this. 16:17 I tell people to go to a calm 16:18 place which a place they've 16:20 been in the past that has just 16:22 been a calm, happy experience, 16:23 nothing bad happened in this 16:25 place, and I tell them to go 16:26 there and imagine this place, 16:28 what they see, what they hear, 16:29 what they feel on their body, 16:30 temperature, maybe what they 16:32 smell and to stay in 16:33 that place. 16:34 And generally if it's a calm 16:36 place, their breathing rate 16:38 goes slow and kinda shallow 16:41 and it's down in this area 16:43 instead of up here when you're 16:44 anxious, and then once they 16:46 have that calm place, I tell 16:48 them to memorize their breath, 16:49 remember it because we do have 16:51 some control over the breath 16:52 with our conscious mind, we 16:53 can force ourselves to breathe 16:55 that way, and then I tell them 16:56 to pick a word or a phrase 16:59 that they can link to this 17:00 place like "peace," "serenity," 17:03 maybe "God is with me," and to 17:05 remember that word, it's like 17:07 a cue word. 17:08 After that, I tell them to do 17:10 this: take your hands, looking 17:13 at your palms, cross your 17:15 fists-- your wrists with your 17:17 thumbs up and when you do this 17:19 it's like a butterfly. 17:20 This is called a butterfly hug 17:22 You put the thumbs at the top 17:23 of your rib cage and you start 17:25 to use left-right bilateral 17:27 stimulation and you tap your 17:28 chest, left, right, left, 17:30 right, left right. 17:32 This bilateral stimulation of 17:33 the brain has a very calming 17:35 effect on the brain because, 17:37 you see, your left brain 17:38 controls your right hand which 17:40 tells your left arm that you've 17:42 touched it which is received 17:44 by your right brain and vice 17:45 versa, it really calms 17:47 the brain. 17:48 So to do this exercise, we do 17:50 it backwards. 17:51 So if you're getting to this 17:53 place where you're just going 17:54 over the top, you start with a 17:57 butterfly hug and you start 17:58 tapping left-right like this 18:00 and then you say the cue word. 18:03 "God is with me," "peace," 18:05 whatever the cue word is, and 18:06 then you force yourself to 18:08 breathe in that slow, shallow 18:09 way and then you go to this 18:11 place, you see it, you feel 18:13 it, you hear it, you smell it 18:15 and you cycle around the cue 18:17 word, the breath, the calm 18:19 place, the cue word, the 18:20 breath, the calm place, all 18:22 the while doing the 18:23 butterfly hug. 18:25 And what happens here is you 18:27 cannot be in the future, 18:29 remember that's what anxiety 18:31 is, you're in the future, you 18:32 cannot stay in the future when 18:33 you're doing all this. 18:35 It brings you to the present 18:36 and as long as there's no 18:38 rattle snake on the floor, as 18:39 long as you're safe, you're 18:40 gonna come down in your 18:42 emotions. 18:43 And guess what you're doing: 18:44 you're using your thoughts and 18:46 your behaviours, remember the 18:47 BFT sandwich? 18:49 Thoughts create feelings and 18:50 behaviours create feelings. 18:52 So you're using your breath, 18:54 that's a behaviour, and you're 18:56 using your butterfly hug, 18:58 that's a behaviour, you're 18:59 using your thought, "God is" 19:01 "with me," "calm," "peace," 19:03 "serenity," and you're using 19:05 the calm place, you're 19:06 thinking about this calm place. 19:08 So you're using thoughts and 19:09 behaviours to bring your 19:11 feelings down below the window 19:14 of tolerance level there. 19:17 >> So, Don, can you use this 19:19 to manage other emotions that 19:22 are troubling you? 19:23 >> Absolutely. 19:24 Any emotion that starts to 19:26 send you into a place where 19:28 you're starting to feel 19:29 flooded, raises your heart 19:30 rate, you can use this 19:32 exercise to keep yourself 19:34 within the window of tolerance. 19:36 Let's talk about anger for 19:38 example, OK? 19:39 A lot of people are afraid of 19:41 anger, they don't think it's a 19:43 good emotion to have, but 19:45 actually, like all the other 19:47 emotions, anger is an action 19:49 signal, it has a purpose. 19:50 The action signal of anger is 19:52 to protect yourself and the 19:54 people you love from injustice. 19:58 You see, if I don't feel any 20:00 anger when there's an 20:02 injustice, I would be deemed 20:04 sociopathic because it's very 20:07 appropriate to be angry when 20:09 there's an injustice. 20:11 It's an action signal to 20:12 protect myself and the people 20:14 I love, like I said. 20:15 So maybe I see racism. 20:17 Perhaps I could write an 20:19 article to the newspaper, 20:20 maybe I could work towards 20:22 passed laws that help people 20:24 from, you know, that are being 20:25 picked on because of 20:27 their race. 20:29 People have invented cures 20:31 for diseases because they 20:32 were angry that their 20:33 loved-one died. 20:34 So anger's a very appropriate 20:36 emotion when there's injustice. 20:38 No wonder God gets angry, no 20:39 wonder there's 44 verses 20:40 because think of all the 20:42 injustices that God 20:43 experiences. 20:45 Now let's take the emotion of 20:47 guilt, it's a very appropriate 20:49 emotion. 20:51 Think of what would happen if 20:52 no one felt guilty. 20:53 What a terrible world we'd be 20:55 living in because guilt is an 20:56 action signal to apologize, 21:01 make amends, ask forgiveness, 21:03 and to change what you're 21:05 doing, to do it differently. 21:09 Unfortunately, some people 21:10 feel guilty when they're 21:12 not guilty. 21:14 Now this happens especially 21:15 with children because they 21:16 don't have that ability to 21:18 reason logically. 21:20 They're egocentric, it's all 21:21 about me, you see. 21:23 So for a child, for instance, 21:26 if, maybe if a parent leaves 21:29 them, there's a divorce and 21:32 they never see their dad 21:33 hardly at all, they begin to 21:35 feel it's their fault for 21:37 the divorce. 21:38 And maybe they heard-- 21:39 overheard parents arguing 21:40 about them, how to discipline 21:41 and they begin to feel 21:42 they're guilty, they're the 21:44 guilty one, it's their fault. 21:46 I even found that some 21:48 children will believe it's 21:49 their fault that Grandma died 21:51 because they go to this place 21:53 of, "Well, I must not be a" 21:54 "good child, I must have done" 21:56 "something wrong and made God" 21:58 "angry and killed my grandma." 22:00 This is how children think. 22:02 But sometimes adults do the 22:03 same thing. 22:04 I've met many adults that feel 22:06 guilty because of a friend's 22:07 suicide, they feel guilty 22:09 because they believe that if 22:10 they'd just seen it, if they 22:12 just saw the symptoms, they 22:13 could have done something 22:15 about it, but they're not 22:16 professionals, but they 22:17 believe that it's their fault. 22:19 Of course the Devil loves us 22:20 to feel guilty when we're not 22:21 guilty 'cause he likes to beat 22:23 us up with this false guilt. 22:25 >> So, Don, earlier on you 22:27 mentioned shame. 22:29 Where does shame come in? 22:31 Aren't guilt and shame 22:33 the same thing? 22:36 >> What's interesting is that 22:37 in scripture it doesn't 22:38 differentiate between the two, 22:40 but when it comes to 22:42 definitions, it's important in 22:43 the field of counselling to be 22:45 able to define their 22:46 differences, OK, or you could 22:47 perhaps use other words, but 22:50 we've chosen to use "shame" 22:52 for the word for "false guilt" 22:54 'cause they feel identical 22:55 when you're guilty and you 22:57 feel guilty or when you're not 22:58 guilty and you still feel 22:59 guilty, you're feeling guilt, 23:01 false guilt, so we just call 23:02 that shame. 23:03 Shame is a very icky, icky 23:05 feeling, a very painful 23:06 feeling that we get when we 23:08 feel we're flawed, we're not 23:09 good enough. 23:10 When I sin, I might feel 23:12 unworthy to myself, 23:15 but never to God. 23:17 John Newton wrote these words 23:19 in Amazing Grace, he said... 23:27 Now, John Newton, being human, 23:29 I'm sure felt like a wretch 23:31 after all the wretched things 23:33 that he did. 23:35 And so with Isaac Watts, he 23:37 penned these words in a song. 23:39 He said... 23:53 This is probably a reference 23:54 to Psalms 22:6 where it says, 23:57 "But I am a worm and" 23:58 "not a man." 23:59 Now I'm sure that Isaac Watts 24:01 felt like a worm for his sins, 24:05 but that is not the truth 24:07 because this is what Zechariah 24:10 says in chapter 2, verse 8: 24:27 Wow! 24:29 Another translation says 24:30 again-- "Anyone who harms" 24:33 "you harms my most precious" 24:36 "possession." 24:38 You see, the truth is we're 24:40 not a wretch, we're not a 24:43 worm, we're the apple, we're 24:47 God's most precious possession. 24:50 And so when we start to feel 24:52 this way, like, "I'm unworthy," 24:55 "I'm not valuable, because" 24:56 "I'm a-- I've sinned..." 24:58 We need to say the truth: 25:01 "I am worthy, I am valuable" 25:04 "to God, I'm the apple of His" 25:06 "eye, I'm His most precious" 25:08 "possession," because speaking 25:10 these truths sets us free. 25:16 >> Don, that is so encouraging 25:19 that we are the apple of God's 25:21 eye and we all make mistakes, 25:24 but even though we make 25:25 mistakes, we are not 25:27 a mistake... 25:28 >> That's right. 25:29 >> ...in the eyes of God. 25:31 So, Don, we've come to the end 25:33 of our program and I wonder if 25:35 you could please pray for us. 25:36 >> Absolutely. 25:39 Father God in heaven, 25:43 thank You for telling us how 25:47 You see us through Your eyes 25:50 as Your most precious 25:52 possession. 25:53 And, Lord, help us to remember 25:55 that when we're not feeling 25:58 like we're worthy at all, 26:00 to remember these truths and 26:02 to claim them. 26:04 In Jesus' name we pray, amen. 26:06 >> Amen, amen. 26:07 Thank you, Don, for sharing 26:09 with us about emotions today. 26:11 >> You're welcome. 26:13 >> Friends, as Don Straub 26:15 shared with us, God wants you 26:17 to experience the freedom that 26:19 comes from knowing that you 26:21 are a valued child of God. 26:25 And we want to give you a 26:26 chance to learn more about 26:28 this freedom by sending you 26:31 our free offer which is Don 26:33 Straub's book entitled, 26:35 Bridges to Freedom: Creating 26:37 Change Through Science and 26:39 Christian Spirituality. 26:41 >> Move closer to the Lord, 26:43 get past your setbacks, and 26:45 learn life lessons with the 26:47 essential bridges to freedom 26:49 described in this book. 26:53 >> To request today's offer, 26:54 just log onto 26:55 www.ItIsWrittenCanada.ca, 26:59 that's www.ItIsWrittenCanada.ca. 27:03 If you prefer, you may call 27:05 toll free at 1-888-CALL-IIW. 27:09 Call anytime! 27:10 Lines are open 24 hours daily. 27:13 And thank you for your prayer 27:14 requests and your generous 27:16 financial support. 27:18 >> Before you go, we would also 27:20 like to invite you to follow 27:22 us on Instagram and Facebook 27:24 and subscribe to our YouTube 27:25 channel and also listen to our 27:27 Podcasts and if you go to our 27:29 website, you can see our 27:31 latest programs, including our 27:33 cooking demonstrations, our 27:35 short spiritual messages 27:36 entitled, Daily Living, and 27:39 our exercise workouts called 27:40 Experiencing Life. 27:44 >> We want you to experience 27:45 the truth found in the words 27:47 of Jesus when He said, 27:49 "It is written, man shall not" 27:51 "live by bread alone, but by" 27:54 "every word that proceeds out" 27:57 "of the mouth of God." 27:58 ♪♪ 28:32 ♪♪ |
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