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00:24 Welcome to
00:24 Timeless Healing Insights. 00:25 I'm Dr. David DeRose. 00:27 Today, we're tackling 00:28 the subject of stress. 00:30 It's a two part mini 00:31 series designed 00:32 to give you some, 00:33 well, new insights, 00:34 new techniques 00:36 that can help you deal 00:37 with those stressors 00:38 in your life. 00:39 Just what does 00:39 the Bible have to say about it? 00:41 And can medical science 00:42 give us some 00:42 additional insights? 00:48 Father in Heaven, 00:48 we thank You for the privilege 00:50 You give us 00:51 of just coming together. 00:54 Thank you 00:54 that Your Word is 00:55 living and active. 00:57 And we pray that 00:58 whether we are here in person 01:00 in this setting 01:01 or whether we are 01:02 viewing from a distance, 01:04 whether it's live 01:05 or whether 01:06 the recorded program, 01:08 we just pray that You would 01:09 bless each one, 01:11 that You'd guide our minds 01:12 as we open Your Word. 01:13 We ask it 01:14 all in Jesus name, Amen. 01:22 Our memories 01:23 are so, so very short. 01:26 Person is a hero one day 01:29 and the next day 01:31 they're totally forgotten. 01:34 Some of you may know 01:36 the name 01:36 of Charles Ferguson Smith, 01:40 but others of 01:41 you are looking at the screen 01:42 with blank stares. 01:45 Charles Ferguson Smith. 01:47 General Smith 01:49 of the Union 01:50 Army was a Civil War hero. 01:54 But not only was he 01:55 distinguished in the Civil War, 01:57 he was also distinguished 01:58 in the earlier 01:59 Mexican-American War. 02:01 Now, some of you should 02:02 be connecting the dots 02:04 because we are in 02:06 northwestern Indiana. 02:08 Do you know 02:09 his special significance 02:10 to this part of the country? 02:14 One of the place 02:15 where he places 02:16 where he distinguished 02:17 himself was in one of the 02:19 decisive Mexican-American war 02:22 battles. 02:23 Back in August 20 of 1847. 02:26 How soon we forget? 02:28 How long ago was that? 02:30 So you're 02:30 saying that was 02:31 a long time ago. 02:33 But something else happened 02:35 in 1847 02:37 in northwestern Indiana. 02:38 Do any of you know 02:43 I know you're 02:43 just trying to be modest 02:45 because the Battle 02:47 of Churubusco 02:48 took place in Mexico, 02:51 and one of the 02:52 distinguished officers 02:53 was none other than then, 03:00 that's right, 03:00 he was a lieutenant colonel 03:01 at that time, but 03:03 General Smith. 03:05 Yeah. 03:05 You got the history down. 03:08 So General Smith, though, 03:09 unfortunately died 03:11 during the Civil War. 03:12 What's perhaps 03:13 the most interesting thing 03:14 about him 03:15 as far as stress management 03:17 in our dialog today, 03:19 at least from my vantage 03:20 point, is he died not from 03:24 any enemy casualty. 03:27 He was not a war casualty, 03:30 even though he died 03:31 during the war. 03:32 He actually died because of 03:35 an infection. 03:37 And he sustained this infection 03:40 because the account says 03:42 I mean, there's different 03:42 historical accounts. 03:43 Some say he scraped his leg 03:45 when jumping into a boat 03:47 during his generalship. 03:49 Others said it was more 03:50 than just a scratch. 03:52 It was a 03:52 quite a deep or nasty cut. 03:55 But either way, 03:56 this was what 03:57 set the stage 03:58 for an infection 03:59 that claimed his life. 04:01 Now, that may not sound 04:03 all that dramatic to you, 04:04 and you might think 04:05 that not too many people 04:06 die of infection today. 04:08 But if you're in the 04:09 medical community, 04:10 you realize that infection 04:12 is still a leading 04:13 cause of death. 04:14 Even with all our 04:15 antibiotics and 04:17 lifesaving therapies 04:18 that we have, some 1.7 04:20 million adults 04:22 develop one of these 04:23 overwhelming infections, 04:24 blood infections 04:25 that we call sepsis. 04:27 One in six of them will die. 04:29 And if you actually do 04:30 the math, that means every day 04:33 700 people in our country die 04:35 from sepsis. 04:38 Well, you say, 04:40 okay, well, 04:40 what does all this have to do 04:42 with stress management? 04:43 I came here 04:43 hoping for stress management 04:45 help, and you're 04:46 just stressing me out 04:47 with something else 04:48 I've got to worry about. 04:50 Well, actually, stress 04:52 has something in common 04:54 with sepsis and infection. 04:56 Sepsis, you see, can be thought 04:57 of as a failure 04:59 of the immune system. 05:00 Now we're not trying to 05:01 blame anyone 05:02 for getting septic. 05:04 We don't want to blame 05:05 General Smith or anyone else. 05:07 But it is 05:08 when the germs 05:09 get their upper hand 05:10 on your immune system. 05:12 And this is really a powerful 05:15 analogy with stress. 05:18 Let's go back to 05:20 to General Smith. 05:21 Quite ironic, 05:22 at least from my vantage 05:24 point as a physician. 05:25 He was one of the heroes of 05:27 of Union General Grants, 05:29 one of his early campaigns, 05:34 because General Smith 05:36 was a key figure 05:37 in breaching the defenses 05:40 of Fort Donelson. 05:41 You may know 05:43 civil war history early 05:44 in some of those 05:45 Western campaigns 05:46 that Grant was involved with. 05:48 He did what? 05:49 He breached 05:51 the defenses of Fort Donelson. 05:54 Why I find this 05:54 so ironic is 05:56 because he ended up dying 05:58 because germs 05:59 were able to what? 06:01 Breach his immune system's 06:03 first line of defense, 06:04 which is our skin. 06:08 Interesting, isn't it? 06:12 If we understand 06:13 the immune system 06:14 and just some basics, 06:15 don't worry, 06:16 we won't give you 06:16 a full medical school lecture. 06:19 But I believe if we understand 06:20 just some basics 06:21 about the immune system, 06:23 we can better understand 06:24 how to deal with any stresses 06:26 that we face in life. 06:27 You game for this? 06:29 Hang in there with me 06:30 and we'll try to give you 06:31 a different framework, 06:32 perhaps for dealing 06:33 with the stresses in your life. 06:36 So there's parallels 06:37 between the immune system 06:40 and our stress 06:40 management system. 06:42 So just as we began 06:43 speaking about kind of 06:45 first lines of defense, 06:46 that your immune system has 06:48 to protect us. 06:49 So it is 06:50 with our bodies and stress. 06:53 So immune system, 06:55 stress system, 06:56 multiple lines of defense. 06:58 Let's talk about them. 06:59 First of all, 07:00 as we've been alluding 07:01 to, our bodies 07:02 have a first line of defense 07:04 and it's passive. 07:05 We're not doing anything. 07:06 It's not specially 07:07 focused on anything. 07:08 But we've got things 07:09 like our skin. 07:10 The physical 07:11 barrier of our skin 07:13 is a powerful, 07:14 powerful protector 07:16 against infection. 07:18 That's why large burns 07:19 are so devastating. 07:21 At least one of the reasons. 07:23 So we have physical barriers 07:25 like our skin. 07:26 We also have this mucosa, this 07:29 lining, 07:30 on things like our mouth 07:32 and our digestive system 07:34 and our respiratory system 07:36 into our lung, 07:37 going into our lungs 07:37 and our reproductive system. 07:39 This mucosa also protects us. 07:42 It's a line of defense. 07:44 And then we have 07:44 specific substances 07:46 like the acid in our stomachs 07:48 that protect us from infection. 07:50 Now, you may or may 07:50 not realize this, 07:51 but if you're taking an acid 07:53 blocking drug, 07:55 you're lowering 07:56 your immune system. 07:59 This nonspecific 08:00 first line of defense 08:01 when it comes to 08:02 food poisoning. 08:03 So you're taking an acid 08:04 blocking drug, 08:05 you're more susceptible 08:07 to food borne infection. 08:09 Doesn't mean you should stop 08:10 that medicine, 08:11 of course, consult 08:12 with your doctor 08:13 if you've been prescribed 08:14 something. Right. 08:15 But are you getting the picture 08:17 here? 08:17 We've got some general things 08:18 that protect us from infection. 08:20 Now, it's true also 08:21 when it comes to stress. 08:23 We have some passive 08:24 nonspecific things that help 08:26 to protect us from stress. 08:28 And these we usually categorize 08:30 as resiliency 08:31 factors, things that protect 08:33 us, things that help us 08:35 without any specific 08:36 focus on any given stressor, 08:38 they're helping us 08:40 to be less likely 08:41 adversely affected by 08:43 anything that comes at us. 08:46 Now, if we take this analogy 08:48 a little bit further, 08:49 our immune system 08:50 has certain cells. 08:52 Theyactually 08:53 cellular defense 08:55 mechanisms 08:56 to protect us from infection. 08:58 So we have something 08:59 called the innate immune system 09:01 that is nonspecific. 09:03 And then we have something 09:04 that's specific. 09:05 We call it the acquired 09:07 immune system. 09:08 Let's just 09:08 look briefly at these two arms 09:12 of your cellular immune system. 09:15 So the cells in 09:17 this preprogrammed 09:19 innate immune system 09:21 are things like, 09:22 you may have heard of them, 09:23 the neutrophils 09:25 and the macrophages, 09:26 two types of white blood cells. 09:28 Now let's just step away 09:29 from all this technical stuff 09:30 and talk about something fun 09:32 like video games. Okay? 09:34 How many of you in the old days 09:36 ever heard 09:37 of something called Pacman? 09:41 Do you know what 09:41 the Pacman did? 09:44 He ate things up. 09:45 Okay. 09:46 One of the early video games. 09:48 Well, 09:49 this is how your 09:49 macrophages work. 09:50 They work like Pacman 09:52 and they actually gobble up 09:55 invading germs. 09:57 They are macrophages. 09:59 Macro means large. 10:03 What is phage to refer to? 10:05 To eat, okay? 10:06 So they're just 10:07 gobbling up things. 10:09 They work against 10:12 different microbes 10:13 that come into your system. 10:15 They respond quickly. 10:17 They are not targeted 10:18 just to one germ or another. 10:21 Now, you also have an acquired 10:24 immune system 10:25 in this illustration here, 10:27 whether you can see it 10:28 well or not, 10:29 the green is a bacterium 10:32 and the pink 10:33 are supposed 10:34 to represent antibodies. 10:36 So these are 10:37 specific antibodies 10:39 that attack 10:39 just this particular bacterium. 10:43 Okay. 10:44 And this is a slower system 10:47 because if your body 10:48 has not been exposed 10:49 to that particular microbe, 10:51 it has to make 10:52 specific antibodies 10:54 to deal with it. 10:55 So this is where you have 10:56 some very specific 10:59 immune functioning. 11:00 They say, 11:01 What does all this have to do 11:02 with your stress system? 11:03 Well, it's 11:04 because this is true 11:05 in the stress system as well. 11:06 You have these 11:06 general protective 11:07 preventive things, 11:09 these resiliency factors, 11:12 but then you have 11:12 specific things, 11:13 general strategies 11:15 that can work for any stressor, 11:17 and then specific strategies 11:19 that work 11:20 for specific stressors. 11:23 So from that framework, 11:24 I want to take you to, 11:26 believe it or not, the Bible. 11:29 But before we go, 11:30 I just want to make 11:30 you make sure that you've got 11:32 my general organization down. 11:33 What we're going 11:34 to walk through with you 11:35 in this presentation. 11:36 We're going to talk 11:37 about General passive 11:39 protective things. 11:40 They're passive 11:41 because they're not focused 11:42 on any specific insult. 11:44 They just help you 11:45 be more resilient. 11:46 We're going to look 11:47 at some general things 11:48 that help you 11:49 to deal with stress. 11:51 Then we're going to look 11:52 at some general active things. 11:54 These are things 11:54 that you can use 11:55 in the face of any stressor, 11:58 kind of like your 11:59 innate immune system. 12:01 But then we're going to look 12:01 at some specific 12:03 things, active strategies 12:05 that work 12:05 for specific stressors. 12:07 Have you got the analogy down? 12:09 So let's see if this 12:10 if this works. 12:11 So we want to especially 12:12 look at this 12:13 from a Biblical perspective. 12:15 And the Bible really 12:17 does help us on all 12:19 these levels. 12:21 So we're going to start where? 12:22 With these general passive 12:24 strategies, things 12:24 that make us more resilient, 12:26 things that make us less likely 12:28 to be overcome by stress. 12:31 And here's the first one. 12:32 Number one, 12:33 a general passive strategy, 12:35 and I call it the Why, the Why. 12:39 Here's number one. 12:40 You are of value by creation. 12:45 Do you realize that 12:45 just realizing 12:46 that you are of value 12:48 can help you 12:49 with a lot of the stressors 12:51 in this world? 12:52 You know, many people struggle 12:53 with a sense of meaning. 12:55 Here is what the Bible says 12:56 in Psalm 139, 12:58 I praise you because I am what? 13:01 Fearfully and wonderfully made; 13:04 your works are wonderful, 13:05 I know that full well. 13:07 Isn't this amazing? 13:09 God has created you. 13:11 He has a special love 13:12 for you as His child 13:13 by creation. 13:16 But here's another why. 13:19 Why you should be 13:21 concerned 13:22 about caring for your body, 13:23 but why you can have resiliency 13:25 in the face of challenges. 13:26 You're a value by redemption. 13:30 I think most of you know 13:31 John 3:16. 13:33 And whether you memorize it 13:34 in the New King 13:34 James version or another, 13:36 the message is simple, 13:38 isn't it? 13:39 God so loved you, the world, 13:42 everyone on this planet, 13:44 that He gave 13:45 His only begotten Son. 13:47 You're not only a value 13:48 because of creation, 13:49 but you're very valuable 13:51 because God gave His only Son 13:53 for you. 14:01 Number 14:02 three, here's the How now. 14:05 So we've been looking 14:06 at understanding 14:07 some of these things 14:08 that are the why, 14:09 why we're a value by creation 14:14 and by redemption. 14:15 This gives us resiliency 14:17 when we're dealing 14:18 with difficulties 14:19 weimportant to God, 14:20 even if it doesn't seem 14:21 that way sometimes. 14:22 But now we have something 14:23 that brings this to us 14:26 into application 14:27 for each of us. 14:29 Paul is writing to the church 14:30 in Corinth in 1 Corinthians 6, 14:32 and he says this, 14:33 Do you not know 14:35 that your body is 14:36 the temple of the Holy Spirit 14:38 who is in you, 14:39 whom you have from God, 14:41 and you are not your own? 14:43 For you were bought at a price; 14:45 therefore glorify 14:47 God in your body 14:48 and in your spirit, 14:49 which are GodSo not only 14:53 do you have meaning because 14:54 Christ died for you, 14:56 but because 14:57 you've been bought with 14:57 the price. 14:58 God is saying 14:59 you should care for yourself. 15:03 You should care for your body 15:05 as a body temple. 15:07 Now think about this 15:08 for a minute. 15:08 If let's say 15:10 you have a rich uncle 15:12 and your rich uncle gives you a 15:16 red Lamborghini, okay? 15:19 Now I have to tell, 15:21 you guys are trying to, 15:21 you know, Lamborghini 15:23 doesn't cut it. It's a Camaro. 15:24 Is that right? 15:25 Am I finally getting it? 15:26 Okay. Okay. A red Camaro. 15:28 Whatever you want. 15:31 He gives you this 15:31 vehicle, okay? 15:33 So how do you care 15:36 for that vehicle 15:37 if you care about your uncle? 15:39 Are you going to 15:40 take good care of it? 15:41 The gift, 15:43 how you care for the gift 15:46 not only shows 15:47 how much 15:47 you appreciate the gift, 15:48 but how much you value 15:50 the giver. 15:51 So God has given you 15:52 this gift of life 15:54 and He asks you to glorify 15:56 God in your body. 15:57 So this is giving you somehow, 15:59 this is so you're developing 16:02 some perspective on resilience 16:05 because you want to care 16:06 for this body that 16:07 God's given you. 16:09 But there's more 16:10 to it than that. 16:11 There is more to it than that. 16:16 You can strengthen your ability 16:19 to deal with any stressor 16:20 if you develop this practice 16:24 focusing on things 16:25 that are good. 16:26 And here's 16:26 the particular focus, 16:28 at least in Matthew 7. 16:30 Jesus has just been preaching 16:32 through His Sermon 16:34 on the Mount. 16:34 And when He comes to chapter 16:36 7, verse 24, 16:37 He is concluding 16:37 this powerful sermon 16:39 and He says, Therefore, 16:40 whoever hears 16:41 these sayings of Mine, 16:42 and does them, 16:43 I will liken him to a wise man 16:46 who built his house on what? 16:48 On the rock. 16:50 But everyone who hears 16:51 these sayings of Mine, 16:52 and does not do them, 16:54 they will be like a foolish man 16:56 who built his house on what? 16:58 On the sand. 16:59 So what is it 17:01 that differentiates 17:02 the one who is going to fail? 17:04 Right? Is this the imagery? 17:06 You build 17:06 your house on the sand, 17:07 what are you setting 17:08 yourself up to do? 17:09 fail - to be overcome? 17:12 If you set 17:12 yourself on a rock, 17:15 you're setting yourself 17:16 to be successful. 17:17 Building on the rock. 17:18 In this analogy, 17:19 what's the good thing 17:20 we should be focusing on? 17:22 On Jesus and His Word. 17:24 Hear these sayings of Mine, 17:27 Jesus said, and do them. 17:29 So how do you hear 17:30 God's sayings? 17:32 How do you hear them? 17:34 That's right. 17:35 You study your Bible, okay? 17:37 You engage with the Word, 17:38 whether it's in a sermon, 17:39 whether it's in a Sabbath 17:40 School class, 17:41 whether it's 17:42 in your personal devotions. 17:44 But it doesn't say 17:45 just hear these 17:46 sayings of Mine. 17:46 What else does 17:47 the Scripture say? 17:49 You do them, okay? 17:52 And these are secrets 17:55 to helping us avoid the ravages 17:58 of stress 17:59 before the stress comes at us. 18:01 Now, how do we, 18:03 how are we to invest 18:04 in self-care? 18:06 The Bible has some 18:07 interesting insights about it, 18:09 and Luke 21 18:11 is an interesting place to go. 18:12 Some of you 18:12 that have been with us 18:14 on a regular basis, 18:15 we've been going 18:15 through the Gospel of Mark 18:16 and we've taken a little break 18:18 here from our study 18:20 through Mark's gospel. 18:21 We are approaching Mark 13. 18:24 That's where 18:25 webe when we next 18:25 open the pages of Mark's 18:27 Gospel. 18:28 Mark 13 is paralleled 18:30 by Matthew 24 and Luke 21. 18:35 It's speaking about 18:36 some really stressful times, 18:39 speaking both 18:40 about the destruction 18:41 of Jerusalem 18:42 that was to come in 70 A.D. 18:44 Jesus speaking 18:45 these words shortly 18:46 before His crucifixion 18:48 and also referring 18:50 to the end of the world 18:51 when Jesus comes back 18:52 the second time. 18:53 Let's look at Luke 21 18:55 and see what counsel Jesus had 18:57 that relates to us 18:59 as far as dealing with stress. 19:01 But take heed to yourselves, 19:03 lest your hearts 19:04 be weighed down 19:05 with carousing, 19:07 drunkenness, 19:08 and cares of this life, 19:10 and that Day come on 19:11 you unexpectedly. 19:12 Watch therefore, and pray 19:14 always that you may be counted 19:16 worthy to escape 19:17 all these things 19:18 that will come to pass, 19:19 and to stand 19:20 before the Son of Man. 19:24 So here's 19:24 the interesting thing. 19:26 Jesus is speaking about 19:27 three categories of things 19:29 that will undermine our ability 19:32 to stand in times 19:34 of great stress. 19:36 It's translated here 19:37 as carousing, drunkenness, 19:39 and cares of this life. 19:41 If you were to 19:41 look at the Greek, 19:42 the first two words clearly 19:44 refer to intoxication. 19:48 The third 19:48 word cares of 19:49 this life 19:50 seems a bit more innocuous, 19:51 doesn't it? 19:52 After all, 19:52 we have to be concerned 19:54 about this life, right? 19:55 Hopefully you have some concern 19:57 for cares of this life. 19:59 What's going on here? 20:01 Well, 20:02 let's pay attention 20:02 first to the first two, 20:04 because it is shocking to me 20:06 as a physician 20:06 and as a pastor, 20:08 that we've got quite a bit 20:14 of Madison Avenue, 20:15 the marketing world 20:17 focused on trying 20:18 to convince people 20:20 that something is great fun. 20:23 What does it seem like 20:24 there is great efforts 20:26 to convince people is great fun 20:28 that does nothing 20:29 but undermines your ability 20:31 to deal with stress? 20:33 It's alcoholic beverages, okay? 20:36 Now, some of you may 20:38 be social drinkers. 20:39 I realize we have visitors here 20:41 as well as church members. 20:43 And you may be social drinkers. 20:45 Don't believe the commercials. 20:47 I'm just telling you, 20:48 from where I sit 20:50 as a physician, it's a lie. 20:53 These people all out there, 20:55 you know, they say, But hey, 20:56 you know, Dr. 20:56 DeRose, 20:57 I just enjoy a 20:58 glass of wine or, 20:59 you know, a beer or whatever. 21:01 I'm just telling you, 21:02 we see where it goes 21:04 in the medical community. 21:05 And let me tell you, 21:06 from the standpoint of stress, 21:07 how it works. 21:09 Neurologically, 21:10 do you know 21:11 first where alcohol works? 21:15 That's right. 21:15 It works on your frontal lobe 21:18 where your wisdom 21:19 and your judgment 21:21 and your foresight are. 21:22 And I could tell you 21:23 real life stories from patients 21:25 who've come into my office, 21:27 having done things 21:29 that they told me 21:30 they'd never would have done 21:32 had they not had often 21:33 just a little bit of alcohol. 21:39 The amount of 21:39 stress in our world 21:41 that is caused 21:41 by alcoholic beverages, 21:43 I would say, 21:45 you could argue 21:46 is incalculable. 21:48 How can you, 21:49 how can you measure it? 21:53 Alcoholic beverages 21:54 also undermine our health. 21:56 And if we're to 21:56 extend the analogy back 21:58 to where we started 21:59 with the immune system, 22:00 alcohol is an 22:01 immune suppressant. 22:04 So alcoholic beverages 22:05 are not your friend. 22:05 By the way, 22:06 they also undermine 22:07 your mucosa, 22:08 your defenses 22:09 and your 22:10 gastrointestinal tract. 22:12 We see this 22:13 actually quite often 22:14 in the medical community. 22:17 There's a case 22:18 study in the Bible 22:19 some of you may know, 22:21 not very far into the Bible. 22:22 In its third book, 22:23 the book of Leviticus 10, Nadab 22:27 and Abihu, 22:28 two sons of the high priest, 22:30 Aaron, they have been given 22:32 special privileges. 22:33 They are among 22:34 the priestly clan. 22:35 And here's how 22:36 this story plays out. 22:37 Nadab and Abihu, 22:38 it says, they 22:39 took their sensors 22:41 and they put fire in it. 22:43 They put incense 22:44 in those sensors 22:46 and then 22:47 it says 22:48 they offered profane fire 22:51 before the Lord, 22:52 which he had not 22:53 commanded them. 22:54 So fire went out from 22:56 before the Lord 22:56 and devoured them 22:58 and they died before the Lord. 22:59 Now you 23:00 say, what is going on here? 23:02 Well, in the 23:03 sanctuary system, 23:04 there were very specific 23:05 things 23:06 that the priests had to do. 23:07 It wasn't just like, hey, 23:08 just whatever way 23:09 you feel like, just do it. 23:10 And in fact, 23:11 there was only sacred fire 23:13 that was to be used 23:14 in the sanctuary. 23:15 And for some reason 23:16 they didn't use 23:18 that sacred fire. 23:19 You might say, Well, 23:20 what's going on here? 23:21 But if you read 23:22 a little bit further, 23:24 Leviticus connects the dots. 23:26 The Lord speaks 23:27 to Aaron saying, 23:29 Do not do what? 23:30 Do not drink 23:32 wine or intoxicating 23:33 drink, you, 23:34 nor your sons with you, 23:35 when they go 23:36 into the tabernacle 23:37 of the meeting. 23:38 Why? 23:39 Lest you die, 23:40 it shall be a statute forever 23:42 throughout your generations 23:43 that you may distinguish 23:44 between holy and unholy 23:46 and between unclean and clean. 23:48 Now, some critics want to say, 23:49 Well, God is just a terrible 23:51 God If He just 23:52 kill these people. 23:53 Before you attribute 23:55 something to God's 23:56 active judgment, 23:58 just realize this. 24:00 God's very presence 24:02 was in the sanctuary. 24:04 And we're told in the Bible 24:06 that God's 24:07 presence is a consuming fire 24:10 to sin. 24:11 Okay? 24:13 So if you go in God's presence 24:15 and you're holding on to sin, 24:20 it doesn't sound like a 24:23 good conclusion 24:24 is going to come of it right? 24:27 Here's a simple point. 24:29 The simple point 24:31 is these young men 24:33 met their end 24:35 because of something 24:36 being told in society 24:38 is just good, clean fun. 24:40 By the way, 24:41 those of you 24:42 that have been around 24:42 long enough, 24:43 the same type of commercials 24:45 that are used today 24:46 to promote alcoholic beverages 24:47 in the 24:48 into the sixties 24:50 in the United States 24:51 were used to promote what? 24:52 That's right, tobacco 24:55 smoking, okay? 24:56 And finally, 24:58 when all the dots 24:59 are connected, 24:59 you realize where 25:00 all these things go. 25:01 They are really not 25:02 your friends. 25:04 They're not your friends. 25:05 They're undermining your body's 25:08 defenses, 25:09 stress wise 25:10 as well as immune system wise. 25:12 Cares of this life, 25:14 what are they? 25:15 We talked about these 25:16 alcoholic beverages. 25:17 In what ways? 25:18 Just a question for you. 25:20 In what ways 25:21 do you know that you're 25:22 undermining your own health? 25:27 Glad no one's shouting out. 25:29 But we we often we often 25:31 enjoy things that we know 25:34 are harmful to us. 25:35 We see this 25:36 frequently and all the patients 25:37 say, well, you know, 25:38 I know 25:39 I shouldn't be doing this. 25:40 And 25:42 it's true 25:43 with the stress system as well. 25:45 If God's convicting you 25:46 about something, 25:48 is He doing it 25:48 to make your life miserable? 25:51 No, He's 25:52 trying to make things easier. 25:54 The Bible says 25:55 God wants to give you fullness 25:57 of joy 25:58 and pleasures forever more. 26:00 You can read about that 26:01 in Psalm 16. 26:03 So here's my point. 26:05 God is trying to build up 26:06 your general resolve 26:07 by trusting in Him, 26:08 realizing that you're of value 26:10 and that He wants you to care 26:12 for your bodies. 26:18 Lifestyle factors 26:19 surely are powerful 26:20 when it comes to 26:21 our resiliency. 26:22 That's one of the determinants 26:24 of how susceptible 26:25 we are to stress. 26:27 Would you like to learn more? 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