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00:01 Welcome back and thanks for
00:02 joining us here on "The Ultimate Prescription" 00:04 On today's program, we're discussing 00:05 the reasons WHY we're sick. 00:07 Before the break, we were talking about some of the 00:09 different reasons and we answered a viewer's question. 00:12 Dr. Marcum, let's talk a little bit 00:13 about some solutions to the reasons why. 00:16 Yeah and that's our main focus today, as we want people 00:19 to ask themselves why things happen in life. 00:23 And as you're sitting there, ask yourself, 00:25 "Well why am I watching this program? 00:27 Why do I go to the doctor? 00:29 Why am I taking this prescription 00:31 medication? Why am I sick? 00:33 Why do I spend time in worship every morning? 00:37 Why do I do these basic things?" 00:39 Because when we ask the question "why," 00:42 our body does some amazing things. 00:44 We start getting at cause; we want to get at causes 00:47 rather than treat symptoms. Right. 00:49 Even though treating symptoms is important sometimes, 00:51 until it gives us time to get at cause. 00:54 Are you following me? Yep! 00:56 I, numerous times, send people for bypass surgery, Nick. 00:59 We bypass around the arteries, but we don't take 01:02 away the blockages. Right. 01:04 And sometimes there are reasons why; 01:06 sometimes it's genetics; sometimes it's putting stress 01:09 on the genes by smoking cigarettes or eating bad foods, 01:13 so I work on that too. 01:15 And when we ask ourselves why, we want to have solutions. 01:18 Well sometimes in life, no matter what we do, 01:21 we just have bad genetics, you know, there's nothing we do. 01:24 And for that, we all have that and we need a Savior, 01:29 and God has promised to heal us in His time. 01:32 Sometimes it's through modern medicine and I see that a lot; 01:34 sometimes it's through lifestyle changes, 01:37 but we want to stay on that main path looking at Him. 01:40 So when we ask the reason why, sometimes we don't know; 01:44 sometimes we want a solution. 01:45 So that's why I said, "Well, what can I give to patients 01:48 and people out there that might help them not only 01:51 understand the reason why, but come up with 01:53 some solutions to the reason why. 01:56 So I developed a Bible study program called: 01:58 "Biblical Prescriptions for Life." Yeah. 02:01 So tell us about this... health and faith, 02:03 a lot of people don't really put those two together. 02:06 How does faith help your health? 02:08 Well, what we're now understanding is that people 02:12 that worship, for instance, they have less 02:15 stress on their bodies. 02:17 The parts of the brain that communicate with God, 02:20 the anterior cingulate cortex gets larger, 02:22 so with people that worship, it's like food for the brain 02:25 You know, you eat food for your body 02:27 to make it better every day, we want food for the brain 02:29 to help us with some of these chronic stressors. Right. 02:31 And also, God gives us the power 02:34 to make changes one step at a time. Right. 02:36 So faith and health - you know, God created us and all of us 02:41 are gonna wear out some day, and even if we do wear out, 02:44 we want to know that He's going to heal us 02:47 in the twinkling of an eye, that we can be with Him 02:49 safe forever and that is treatment in itself 02:52 because we know where we're going; 02:53 we have assurance; we don't have to live in fear 02:56 which fear is a stressor. 02:58 You know, God did not create a spirit of fear... 03:01 "Be anxious about nothing." 03:03 So all of these things, but how do we apply that to a patient's 03:06 life and how do we help people that are watching this... 03:09 Maybe that's the reason why you're watching today 03:11 is to learn how you can answer these questions. 03:14 So with that, we've developed a Bible study plan. Yeah! 03:17 "Biblical Prescriptions for Life," is what's it called, 03:20 and we've prepared a short introductory video, 03:22 and let's go ahead and take a look at that now. 03:25 "Hi, I'm Dr. James Marcum, I've been practicing 03:28 cardiology for over 20 years now. 03:31 I discuss health issues with patients every day at the 03:34 office and I try to help each patient grow to experience 03:38 the best possible outcome, but the longer I practice 03:42 medicine, the more evident it becomes that what I was 03:45 taught in medical school, didn't show me 03:47 the complete picture. 03:49 Today in medicine, we conduct procedures and prescribe 03:52 medications, but too often our efforts are treating 03:55 symptoms rather than getting to the root of the problem. 03:58 In realizing this, I determined that something had to be done, 04:02 so I opened up the best textbook that I've ever owned, 04:06 The Bible. 04:07 Our Creator's original design for our health is 04:10 well-documented and these concepts found in God's Word 04:14 have significant implications for our lives today. 04:17 It doesn't have to be hard; in fact, it's pretty simple. 04:21 Jesus asks us to come unto Him and He will give us rest. 04:25 I invite you to join me in experiencing life 04:29 more abundantly as together we learn to apply 04:32 "Biblical Prescriptions for Life" 04:39 "Biblical Prescriptions for Life," this is a 7-week 04:42 Bible study program and it's available 04:43 at 3ABN, you can give them a call. 04:45 But this is more than just a Bible study, this is really 04:48 more of a way of life, right? 04:50 Yeah, and if we look at the reason why... 04:53 you know, why are you here on earth? 04:55 You know, what's our purpose? 04:56 And, you know, if we understand why and plug into God's word, 05:00 and years ago, I said, "My patients aren't getting better," 05:05 and that's when I started going to the Bible and finding 05:08 biblical prescriptions and applying them to life. 05:11 Okay, so biblical prescriptions, what is a biblical prescription? 05:15 Well I use that term, a "biblical prescription" 05:18 as something that we do 05:20 that the Bible has taught and I say I look 05:23 at the evidence-based medicine behind it and teach 05:26 people how to apply it to their lives. 05:28 For instance, people don't drink enough water. 05:33 Well that could be a biblical prescription, 05:35 but not only are we talking about water, 05:36 but we talk about "living water," 05:39 and so you'll have the spiritual and physical - so as we 05:41 go through our day and we're walking with God, 05:44 and we're talking about the "living water" plugged 05:47 into that, He helps us think about drinking water. 05:50 And when we drink some water, we say, "Yeah, we have a God 05:52 that's interested in every aspect in life that 05:54 when we're in a relationship with Him, we're fine 05:57 and this is the path to health. 05:58 Well "Biblical Prescriptions for Life," goes through this, 06:02 and helps people learn how to apply this type of 06:04 thinking and this type of living to their lives and even if 06:07 they had done it, it's a great way that people can 06:10 reach their friends and neighbors with better health. 06:12 Meeting needs, loving them and not judging them, 06:15 and also introducing them to the power of that 06:18 relationship - that healing relationship forever that comes 06:22 when you walk with God just one day at a time. 06:24 You're just not telling people to drink more water 06:26 or to get more exercise or sunlight. 06:28 You're also putting a magnifying glass on the fact 06:32 that we can't do this on our own and we need to 06:34 tap into that relationship with God who has 06:36 the power to change our desires of our heart and live 06:40 in accordance with the way He designed us. 06:41 Absolutely Nick and that's the key... 06:43 we all need a Savior. Yeah. 06:46 We all need saving every day. 06:47 We all need to plug into that power and, you know, 06:50 God works with us one day at a time and this 06:52 "Biblical Prescriptions for Life" helps us. 06:54 And there's a place for modern medicine, 06:56 you know, there's a place for that. 06:58 There's a place for healthy lifestyle, but we want 07:01 to say on that path with Him because that helps us 07:04 to see truth and not everything is black and white, Nick. 07:07 Each individual, I've discovered, our bodies are 07:10 so complex - you know, we know very little about 07:12 how the mind works; a billion neurons, 07:15 a quadrillion connections. 07:17 We know very little about the one billion bacteria. 07:20 There's more genetics going on 07:21 in the bacteria than the whole body. 07:23 We're just now discovering the intricacies 07:26 of the immune system. Right, yeah. 07:28 So the more I learn, the less I know, the more I'm humbled, 07:32 the more I need to turn to the "Ultimate Physician" 07:35 for answers, not only today but for eternity. Yeah, yeah. 07:38 You know, I've got some friends that are my age, 07:41 some younger folks, and they're in the medical 07:43 community and different professions but they don't 07:46 feel like the Bible is relevant to them. 07:49 And in healthcare, how is the Bible relevant? 07:53 What does the Bible say about the way 07:55 we should live for our health? 07:58 Is there relevant information there? 07:59 Yeah, well the Bible is relevant for all aspects of 08:03 life, from our finances, to relationships, to the health 08:08 because when we turn to our Creator, our Creator knows 08:11 us the best and, unfortunately, sometimes when we're younger 08:15 we think we're invincible! 08:17 You know, "There's nothing going on in my body? 08:19 I'm perfectly healthy!" 08:21 But underneath you, you might have some 08:24 genes that are ageing; you might have some 08:26 genetics that need to have changed and you might 08:28 have things going on. 08:30 God's word helps us to understand the ways we can 08:32 be safe in Him forever, but also 08:36 opens up truth and, you know, how do you know 08:38 who to go to for help, you know, when your say, 08:41 "Well why, I'm sick," "Well, who do you go to? 08:43 Well, you can ask God, He can send you to the right 08:45 people - help you get the power to make the right changes. 08:48 You know maybe you're sick because you're 08:50 eating too much bad food every day. Right. 08:52 Well He can give you the power to maybe see that. 08:55 Maybe you're sick because you have 08:56 just bad relationships and I hope no one has that. 08:59 But that can age us genetically, but God gives us 09:02 the power to overcome these things and that's why 09:05 our physical and spiritual health go together, 09:08 and that's why in "Biblical Prescriptions," we walk people 09:10 one step at a time; we love them, not judge them; 09:13 show them the balance between lifestyle, modern medicine, 09:17 but the key is on staying in that path with 09:20 the "Ultimate Physician," our Creator who, when we 09:23 come unto Him, that with Him every day - that's the greatest 09:26 prescription we can have every day. 09:28 When you ask Him into your heart, ask Him to be 09:30 your Lord and Savior, when He walks with you, 09:32 when you ask Him for your will - when that's going on, 09:35 that's a very safe healing place to be and He's going to 09:38 take us where we need to go. 09:39 Even if you have the worst genes in the world, 09:41 He still has a safe place for you. Yeah! 09:44 Just kind of a short answer here... Yeah. 09:47 Science - does science support the ideas found in the Bible, 09:51 and in the Bible study here, that these things work, 09:54 and that they actually have some science that backs them. 09:58 Yeah and that's what I try to do in this study, Nick, is 10:00 everyone likes evidence-based medicine, so I try 10:04 to find the science that proves the Bible. Right. 10:08 I believe that the Bible is true. 10:10 It's the word of God, even if we don't have the technology 10:13 to explain everything. 10:14 But nowadays, we have genetics, the human genome has been 10:18 sequenced - Francis Collins helped with that. 10:21 We now have PET scans, functional MRIs. 10:24 We can study a lot of things that we didn't know in the past. 10:27 And all of these, once again, prove that God's word is true, 10:31 something we can depend on when this whole world is topsy-turvy. 10:35 Yeah, well I want to make a free offer to our viewers 10:38 at home - we have a free resource that you can download 10:40 from the website and that's our free guide to: 10:42 "Restorative Worship." 10:44 It's a one page PDF that you can download and print off, 10:47 and there are some great tips that you can use to 10:49 improve your health using biblical prescriptions, 10:51 and that can be found at the following: 11:00 and you can find more information 11:01 about the Bible study there. 11:03 This is also something that is available 11:04 through 3ABN but we encourage you if you would like to 11:07 purchase the study, to visit the 3ABN store online, 11:09 and you can get a hold of a copy there. 11:11 And Dr. Marcum, any final words 11:13 about "Biblical Prescriptions" today? 11:15 No, I just want everyone to focus on the reason "why." 11:18 If you don't get anything out of this program, 11:20 think about "why," why am I listening to this; 11:22 why am I here today and if you can understand why, 11:26 you'll turn to the cause and then things will start 11:28 making sense to you. Yeah. 11:30 Well Dr. Marcum, thank you so much, 11:31 and viewers, thank you for joining us. 11:33 Dr. Marcum is going to close the program 11:34 with prayer in just a moment. 11:43 Understanding the reason "why," this is so important, 11:48 not only to our health, but important to our entire lives. 11:53 Let's recap a little bit what we've learned today. 11:56 Well, we're all born with bad genes. 11:59 These bad genes age at a specific rate 12:02 depending on our family. 12:04 When these genes malfunction due to the stresses in life, 12:08 whether that be mental stress, physical stress, food stress, 12:12 we have genetic changes, we develop symptoms and a part 12:15 malfunctions and when that malfunction occurs, 12:19 that's a great place for modern medicine. 12:21 But modern medicine often does not look at the cause. 12:25 So we want to ask ourselves in our lives, the reason WHY, 12:28 and if we could figure out the reason why, that's our best 12:31 bet to find biblical prescriptions to help us out. 12:35 And a biblical prescription is God's plan to really help 12:39 us especially for chronic disease. 12:41 Does that mean we don't need modern medicine? 12:43 No, at times we need that, but He gives us the 12:45 power to see what we need and also lifestyle medicine 12:49 and even if we have bad genes that cannot be fixed, 12:53 or straightened out by modern medicine, 12:56 we're safe in that relationship with Him for eternity. 12:59 So that's what we wanted to accomplish here today 13:01 by understanding the reason "why." 13:04 Now I'd like to pray for the group here that's watching, 13:08 and if you go to our website: heartwiseministries.org 13:11 we have a prayer page where we'd like to pray for you 13:13 because God gives us the power to do things in our life. 13:15 So let's bow our heads in prayer... 13:17 Heavenly Father... As we come to You today, we'd like to 13:23 think that there is a divine purpose that we're watching this 13:26 program and that's why that we can connect with You 13:28 in a greater, more powerful way, Father. 13:31 There are some out there that are sick, Father. 13:34 Help them to understand the reason why and to feel 13:37 safe in Your love, and to feel safe in that relationship 13:40 and lead them to where You would have them 13:42 on this path to healing. Is our humble prayer, Amen. 13:46 Well I want to thank each one of you for spending time 13:50 today - you know, there's lots of things you could be doing 13:52 with your time, but thank you for joining us as 13:54 we looked at the reason "why," and if you might 13:56 have a question or concern, stay in this relationship with 14:00 "Ultimate Prescription" by going to our website: |
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