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Light

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00:01 Welcome back.
00:02 If you're just joining us, today's program is about light,
00:04 and how living in the light can benefit our health.
00:07 Dr. Marcum, did you step out
00:09 and get some light this morning?
00:10 Well, you know it's the weather was a little bit cold.
00:13 But what I am doing right now,
00:15 you know, we talked about
00:16 how we can make this more interesting for everybody,
00:18 I'm gonna give myself a hug.
00:19 Oh, there you go.
00:21 I decided to give myself a big hug.
00:22 And I want everyone out there to give themselves a big hug.
00:26 This helps your body out.
00:27 When you give yourself a hug and you relax these muscles,
00:30 more circulation goes to your brain,
00:33 you feel better so I want everyone...
00:34 You can give yourself a hug.
00:35 Nice little kind of stretch there.
00:37 Yeah, give yourself a stretch,
00:38 stretch it all out
00:40 as you're watching this program about light to stretch it out,
00:42 move around and,
00:45 you know, that'll help you feel a little bit better.
00:46 Get the circulation going, make some endorphins.
00:49 Turn down some of the stress in the world and light,
00:52 it's so important.
00:53 And I want to ask everyone out there.
00:56 Can you remember the last time you went outside
00:59 and enjoyed it, and had some of the peace?
01:01 And everyone think for a second,
01:03 think sometime in your life when you went outside
01:06 and felt the sunlight on your brain
01:08 and you felt it going into your body
01:10 and that sunlight,
01:11 the different waves penetrating your deep organs
01:14 turning on serotonin,
01:16 that warmth, that energy source.
01:18 You know, when you eat food,
01:19 the light that helped photosynthesis,
01:21 you mean photo makes things,
01:24 the light that makes things happen.
01:26 And also when you feel that light,
01:27 think about the truth,
01:29 and how darkness goes away,
01:30 and how God's truth changes our physiology too.
01:33 Yeah. I just think that's amazing.
01:35 I want everyone to think
01:36 about the last time they went to sunlight.
01:38 Dr. Marcum, I want you to share with us
01:39 what is your best memory,
01:41 the most beautiful light you've ever witnessed?
01:43 What was your memory?
01:45 Wow, there are so many instances.
01:46 I grew up in a little town in Florida called Avon Park.
01:49 And I can remember, we never spent time inside,
01:53 you know, we were out all day long
01:55 in sunlight and getting sunlight, fresh air
01:59 and nowadays as I've gotten older,
02:02 I have less time to do that.
02:03 But I can remember in general, just going outside,
02:05 playing down by the lake that I lived on,
02:08 just being outside all day long,
02:09 enjoying the health benefits of the sunlight,
02:12 that's some of my greatest memories as growing up.
02:14 And I'm gonna try to do that as time goes on.
02:17 As I get older,
02:19 every chance I can get outside in the sunlight,
02:20 I'm gonna try to get outside in the sunlight.
02:22 And not only I'm gonna feel the warmth
02:24 and the physiology of that light,
02:25 but I'm also gonna use that sunlight
02:27 to remind me of the truth that God gives me.
02:30 And when God gives me that truth,
02:31 that light that He gives me in the Word,
02:33 I'm also gonna remember,
02:34 well, one of those biblical prescriptions
02:36 is to get out in the sunlight.
02:37 He created the sun,
02:39 He created the sun to give us energy,
02:40 to give us food sources to make us feel better.
02:43 I'm gonna plug into both of that
02:44 and how the physical and spiritual works together.
02:46 Yeah, one of my favorite experiences.
02:49 When I was in college, I took a year off and taught PE
02:51 at an elementary school in Hawaii.
02:53 A real mission field there.
02:55 Yeah, that's tough place to be, Hawaii.
02:56 But it was fantastic.
02:57 I spent a lot of time playing out in the waves
02:59 in the ocean.
03:00 And one of my favorite memories was Friday afternoons
03:03 going out to the beach, do a little surfing,
03:05 but then
03:06 when the sun would go down, everyone else would,
03:08 you know, leave and I sat there and just float in the waves
03:10 and watch the sun go down as the Sabbath hours began,
03:12 and that was just an amazing experience
03:14 in a way to welcome the Sabbath
03:15 and really soak in just beautiful sunsets
03:18 and really enjoy the light.
03:19 So you, how long were you in Hawaii, Nick?
03:22 Just for one year.
03:23 Hey, did you see any of those Hula Hoop girls?
03:26 The dances.
03:28 Did you ever see that?
03:29 I didn't go to any of those,
03:30 but that they're around everywhere.
03:32 Because you know, you hear I've never been to Hawaii
03:33 but you hear about all the interesting places,
03:36 they say it's so beautiful there.
03:37 Yeah, it really is,
03:39 natural beauty is everywhere in the islands there.
03:40 Okay, now we're digressing.
03:42 We were talking about light
03:43 and we talk about medical topics, okay.
03:45 That's right.
03:46 Before we go back to light though...
03:47 Yeah.
03:49 We do get a lot of different questions that come in.
03:50 So we want to take a moment,
03:52 kind of diverge from light for just a second.
03:53 Okay.
03:54 Someone's written into the website and asked,
03:56 "What patients might benefit from the medication Entresto.
03:59 Did I said that right, Entresto?
04:00 Yes, that's Entresto, that is a great medication
04:03 to use for certain classes of people.
04:06 I use it in people that have heart failure
04:09 that keep going into heart failure.
04:10 And heart failure where the heart gets weak,
04:12 it can't pump enough blood
04:14 and frequently the fluid backs up in the lungs.
04:17 And first, of course,
04:18 I would try to find out the reason why.
04:20 Okay, and that's why light fits in here
04:22 because the reason why, we want truth,
04:24 you know, not only truth in this world,
04:26 but we want God to help shine light to understand,
04:29 well, why is the heart week
04:30 and understand that there is a place
04:32 where modern medicine is beneficial.
04:35 But in addition to using that medicine Entresto
04:37 in certain people,
04:39 it helps the heart do a little bit better,
04:40 maybe get enough strength and the way it does this, Nick,
04:43 is it blocks.
04:45 When the heart gets weak,
04:46 the body makes chemicals that respond to the weakness,
04:50 and these chemicals are called stress hormones.
04:52 You know, we heard of adrenaline,
04:54 angiotensin, different stress hormones
04:56 and this Entresto block some of those chemicals
04:59 that our body makes because our heart's week.
05:02 In a certain subclass of people,
05:04 this is very beneficial
05:05 because these chemicals make the heart even weaker.
05:07 Okay.
05:09 You know, it's like, you know, it's like beating something,
05:10 you know, you have a muscle there
05:12 and you keep hitting it on the head
05:13 with these stress chemicals, that's not good for the heart.
05:15 Right.
05:16 Okay, of course you want to get it the reason why, okay.
05:19 But in addition,
05:20 there's modern medicine that can help.
05:22 Entresto is one of these medicines
05:24 that's just come out
05:25 that can be very beneficial to this.
05:27 But I wouldn't stop there.
05:29 I would say, "Well, what else can we do
05:31 to limit stress in our lives?"
05:32 And maybe this person
05:34 doesn't get out in the sunlight?
05:35 Well, maybe sunlight would be something
05:37 that would help lower their stress chemistry well.
05:39 Maybe it would help them feel better.
05:41 Maybe it would help them make some chemicals.
05:44 The vitamin D metabolizes every cell makes it,
05:46 if it's not making it,
05:47 that would put at least a little stress,
05:49 so maybe being outside getting vitamin D would help,
05:52 maybe a D3 supplement if they can't go outside.
05:55 But then I wouldn't stop there.
05:57 I would say, you know, some people have weak hearts
05:59 and no matter what happens, you know, genetically,
06:01 maybe they're not gonna get better physically.
06:04 But I'd say, the true says,
06:05 that when we have a savior
06:08 that no matter what happens in our lives,
06:09 no matter how bad health gets, He can help us forever.
06:13 And I would introduce him to that truth
06:16 and that might help them lower their fear in their life
06:19 and their anxiety about things
06:21 and that might also improve their health.
06:23 So the physical and the spiritual go together,
06:27 and they can understand that no matter how bad it gets,
06:29 there are some things that we can't change
06:31 because we have bad genes.
06:33 And as we walk in that relationship,
06:34 and we see the place for medicine,
06:36 the place for lifestyle changes,
06:37 as we stay on that path with him,
06:40 things start to make sense.
06:41 So that's how
06:42 I would use Entresto in some people,
06:44 but I would also introduce them to these other things
06:47 that also might improve their healing process.
06:49 Yeah, that's really interesting.
06:51 Does that make sense?
06:52 Yeah, the drug Entresto actually reduces the stress.
06:55 It blocks stress chemicals on their heart,
06:58 it blocks specific ones, but there's other ways
07:00 we can lower stress chemicals too,
07:02 like exercise.
07:04 It makes endorphins,
07:06 not worrying, deep breathing, there's,
07:08 you know, anything, that lower stress in the body
07:11 potentially helps the heart.
07:13 So if we're stressed out
07:14 by not getting out in the sunlight,
07:16 that might help us.
07:17 Also, if we live in darkness, you know spiritual darkness,
07:20 and that's stressing us out
07:22 because I think we were all made
07:23 to have a savior.
07:25 And as we find our Savior,
07:26 that's another stressor that we can relieve.
07:29 And as these things come together,
07:31 our short term health on earth improves,
07:34 but also our health for eternity is assured.
07:37 That's really interesting to hear physiologically
07:39 what's happening
07:41 through these different interventions,
07:42 whether it's a prescription medication
07:44 or just a lifestyle from the biblical prescription.
07:46 Well, our ministry is gonna do a worship study
07:49 where we're studying what 10 minutes of worship
07:52 will all do to the genetics,
07:54 and we're getting the preliminary work
07:56 that's been done by others that show yes,
07:58 worship changes our body,
08:00 turns down these stress chemicals helps,
08:02 it feeds the brain
08:04 so the part that turns down stress gets bigger
08:06 and that's very exciting research
08:08 that we're going to see in the next future years.
08:10 Can you imagine a treatment saying,
08:11 well, when you worship God 10 minutes a day
08:14 that intervention,
08:15 that's just as effective as a pill
08:18 in lowering these stress chemicals,
08:19 so it can help your heart,
08:21 it can help all these medical conditions
08:22 when we come to God in worship.
08:24 But not only does it help the short term,
08:26 but it's a solution to the long term bad genes
08:29 that we were born with.
08:30 Yeah, that's fascinating. Yeah, I think so.
08:32 If people want to get involved,
08:34 if they like the idea of that, how can they do so?
08:36 Can they email you through the website?
08:37 Yeah, they can go to our website
08:39 and I also have been making a monthly newsletter
08:43 and they can get that
08:44 at the biblical prescriptionsfor.com/.
08:47 It's actually heartwise ministries.org/newsletter.
08:51 I'm glad you're here, Nick.
08:52 Yeah, but just go to Heartwise Ministries website
08:53 and at the top there's a newsletter button,
08:55 you can click on that.
08:56 But that's how they can learn more about how worship,
08:58 and we also actually have created
09:00 worship 10 minute studies in addition to the Bible study
09:03 that people might want to incorporate into their lives
09:06 as well as a physiologic tool as well as to see the truth
09:09 and come into a relationship with Jesus.
09:11 Now, viewers, we don't want you to keep
09:13 all this information to yourself.
09:15 We've tried to make some things
09:16 that you can share with your friends
09:17 electronically,
09:19 you know, lots of folks are online these days.
09:20 Yep.
09:22 And so at the website, Heartwise Ministries
09:23 and also at Biblical Prescriptions,
09:24 they're linked back to each other.
09:26 We have made some 60 second videos,
09:28 there's some real short videos that you can view,
09:31 enjoy yourself and then share with your friends
09:33 and we have one on sunlight.
09:34 Yeah, this is one they can put on their Facebook page.
09:37 They can share
09:38 with their friends and neighbor,
09:39 and also help bless their lives
09:41 so they can use some of the things
09:42 we've made as a ministry.
09:44 Yeah.
09:45 Let's take a look now
09:46 at the Biblical Prescriptions for Life
09:48 60 seconds video on sunlight.
09:50 I'm Dr. James Marcum
09:51 with your Biblical Prescription for Life.
09:55 A patient came to the office the other day and I noticed
09:58 that they were complaining of frequent viral infections,
10:01 they couldn't seem to shake these infections
10:03 three or four times a year.
10:04 Well, I suggested
10:06 a Biblical Prescription for Life.
10:08 And that was found in Genesis where God created light.
10:12 Light is not only an energy source
10:14 for the world,
10:15 but light also changes the physiology of the body.
10:18 When we're not in the light, guess what?
10:20 Our body just doesn't work as well.
10:23 Light helps improve the immune system,
10:25 our cells fight off infections better.
10:28 My patient started going out in the sunlight 30 minutes,
10:32 three or four times a week
10:33 and sooner rather than later,
10:35 their infections started to go away
10:37 and their immune system became stronger.
10:40 Light is
10:41 your biblical prescription for life.
10:48 Dr. Marcum, I think that's an excellent resource.
10:50 And hopefully,
10:51 people will be able to use that and share that.
10:53 So the message gets out
10:54 that Biblical Prescriptions is really a way of life
10:57 that the world needs to know about.
10:58 And we want to have tools for our friends and neighbors
11:01 that they can use to improve their lives,
11:03 but also as they improve their physical health,
11:05 maybe introduce some spiritual truth in their lives
11:08 and grow that seed, and we plant seeds
11:11 and let the Holy Spirit take it.
11:12 And who knows what might happen.
11:13 That's right.
11:15 And we have free offer for you at home as well today,
11:18 our free guide to walking in light
11:20 and you can find that
11:21 at biblicalprescriptions.com /light,
11:24 and it's a one page sheet you can print off,
11:27 and there's some journaling
11:29 and some scripture texts on there
11:30 that really help you focus on being intentional
11:33 about living in light.
11:34 Well, that's cool.
11:36 It's like something that we can do today
11:37 and remind us about how important sunlight is.
11:39 And when we don't get in sunlight,
11:40 we put some stress on our body and as we found out,
11:44 it can help our whole chemistry do a lot better.
11:47 That's right.
11:48 Light is a very important thing,
11:50 both physical light and spiritual light
11:52 walking in the light in God's Word.
11:54 Well, Dr. Marcum, thank you for being here sharing with us
11:56 on today's program and stay tuned viewers,
11:59 Dr. Marcum will close with prayer in just a moment.
12:10 Thank you for joining me
12:12 in the Ultimate Prescription today,
12:14 and I hope you've learned something
12:15 that will enrich your life.
12:17 There was a reason
12:19 that you happen to be watching this program today.
12:21 And hopefully, it's to learn
12:22 how to incorporate light into your life.
12:26 Physiologically, we've learned
12:28 how light can help with depression,
12:30 can help with many medical conditions.
12:32 We've also found out it as a source of energy
12:35 for the entire earth.
12:36 So think about ways
12:37 you can incorporate light into your life
12:39 and also remember that time in life
12:41 when you're out in the sunshine feeling the warmth
12:44 and let that remind you of the light that comes
12:47 when you walk with Jesus.
12:48 The true light also has physiologic benefits as well.
12:52 So coordinate the physical with the spiritual
12:55 as you live today,
12:56 and I think you will feel much better.
12:59 Now many of you out there
13:00 are in need of prayer for different things.
13:02 We want to invite you to our website
13:04 where we can pray for you.
13:05 But I want to also offer up a prayer today.
13:08 So let's bow our heads all together
13:09 as we pray for each other.
13:13 Father in heaven we've learned about the light
13:15 You've given to warm up the world,
13:17 to give us food to eat, to make us feel better,
13:20 to make us feel warm, the sun, the stars,
13:23 all the light that's in our universe.
13:25 But we also want to thank You for Your Son
13:28 who is able to give us everlasting light
13:31 and to move out darkness which makes us ill,
13:33 both physically and spiritually.
13:35 And there's some here, Father,
13:36 that needs a special blessing and encouragement today.
13:39 We want to uplift them, pray that You will be there
13:42 and be their ultimate physician,
13:44 Father, and just thank You for being our Lord and Savior
13:46 for being with us at this moment in time
13:49 is our humble prayer.
13:50 Amen.
13:53 I want to thank you again for spending time,
13:55 and if you might have a question for me,
13:57 we want to keep this relationship going.
13:59 You can reach me at HeartwiseMinistries.org.


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