The 700 Club

November 27, 2025

November 27, 2025 | 63:57

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- [announcer] the following program is sponsored by cbn.
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- [narrator] today, a newborn baby, cold to the touch.
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- [erin] this is way beyond anything i can fix.
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- [narrator] his organs were failing.
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- they're over there doing cpr, pushing on his chest.
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- [narrator] as he's dying,
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His mother's in the other room.
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- there was nothing connecting me to the planet anymore.
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- [narrator] the miracle that brought this baby home.
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- [erin] that would be the most memorable thanksgiving
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Of my entire life.
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- [narrator] on today's 700 club.
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- well, happy thanksgiving
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And welcome to this special edition of the 700 club.
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Coming up, a pro football hall of famer
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Expresses his gratitude for a legendary career.
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And later on, two parents give thanks for the miracle
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That brought their baby home just in time
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To celebrate thanksgiving.
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- well, we begin with a look
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At the health benefits of gratitude.
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The bible tells the importance of giving thanks,
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And now doctors are saying the same thing.
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Lorie johnson explains.
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- research overwhelmingly shows
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That an attitude of gratitude is good for our health,
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Both mentally and physically,
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Primarily because it reduces stress,
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The so-called silent killer.
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Studies show when our brain focuses on gratitude,
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Levels of stress hormones, cortisol and adrenaline drop,
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Leading to a better outlook on life
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And improved health.
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- we're sleeping better.
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We are more motivated to exercise and eat well.
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We're more motivated to take care of ourselves.
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Research has shown that
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Lower levels of those stress hormones,
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They're better for your immune system.
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We are getting sick less, we are recovering quicker,
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Lowers blood pressure.
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- [lorie] the good news is doctors say
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No one is too old to reverse course.
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- there is a big word that we use called neuroplasticity.
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So, in the layman's terms, what it means
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Is that our brain can actually change over time
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Based on our experiences.
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- [lorie] that's because if our minds
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Repeatedly dwell on the negative,
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These neuro pathways can become ingrained in our brain
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And will automatically use them.
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By intentionally changing those thought patterns
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To the positive, however, we can form new pathways.
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- and that is how we kind of rewire our brain
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To now use those pathways,
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More kind of positive thinking pathways,
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That will in turn translate to those health benefits
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- [lorie] experts believe one of the best ways to train
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Or retrain our mind is to dwell on our blessings.
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That could involve beginning each day with a gratitude list.
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- if you can pick up a pen and just write down
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Even three things that you're grateful for each day
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As you begin the day and train your eyes to see
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What you're doing is expanding your perspective
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To see joy throughout the rest of the day.
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- [lorie] for some, that can be easier said than done.
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- i completely resonate and understand how difficult it is
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When you're in deep traumatic grief
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Or dealing with chronic pain.
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Can you go ahead and pick up god's word
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And write down that you're grateful for one promise of his?
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I think focusing on,
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We don't give thanks to god because of how we feel,
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We give thanks to god because of who he is.
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- [lorie] in addition to keeping a journal,
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Experts recommend expressing gratitude to others
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In writing or in person.
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- and that also has tremendous effect on our mood,
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On our lower anxiety levels, improved relationships,
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And just overall sense of wellbeing.
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- [lorie] and perhaps most important,
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Begin prayers by giving thanks.
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- philippians 4:6 says, do not be anxious about anything.
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But in every situation by prayer and petition with, what?
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With thanksgiving, make your request known to god.
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- experts say gratitude can develop like a muscle.
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So if you can only start small
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And think of only one or two things
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For which to be grateful, stick with it.
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The more grateful you are,
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The more grateful you will become.
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- but i'm too worried to be grateful.
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There's so much going on though.
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What's the difference?
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Why should you do this to start your day?
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- well, when you make a gratitude journal in the day,
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You sort of set the tone for the rest of the day
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Based on this psychological principle
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Called confirmation bias.
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Now, our brains work a certain way that whatever we believe,
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We search out for things that confirm
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What our existing beliefs
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And we pay a lot of attention to them,
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And sort of diminish things that don't confirm
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What we already believe.
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So if you start the day thinking, i am blessed, god is good,
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Blessings are everywhere, your brain will look for things
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To confirm those beliefs throughout the day,
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And you'll become more grateful.
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The opposite is always also true, gordon.
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- yeah, it is true. and can't you get locked into a pattern
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Of constantly thinking,
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Well, the worst is getting ready to happen?
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- 100%, so it's a double-edged sword
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With this confirmation bias,
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That whatever you think, you're going to look for things
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To confirm that.
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And that goes for all things,
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Not just gratitude, politics and the like.
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- well, what's the difference here?
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Because you know, i'm hearing in some,
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I don't know if i'm new age is the right word to,
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You know, that you speak into being
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The reality you want to be.
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How is this different than that?
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- well, it actually is very much connected
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Because the things that we say,
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The things that we write down,
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This is why writing down or typing things is so important
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Because it reinforces them in our mind.
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And so when you say things to people, you're, it makes you,
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If you say, i'm grateful for you,
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I'm grateful for the things that you do,
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This is enforcing that gratitude in yourself
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But also the other person too.
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When they're making out their gratitude journal,
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They may be thinking,
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Hey, thank you for that compliment from that person,
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That really, you know, sometimes,
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And this goes for strangers as well.
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You know, sometimes the kindness
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And the things that we show to other people,
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That's all they get.
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- yeah, and biblically, it reinforces,
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There's life and death in the tongue.
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The power of that,
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The power of what you say is very biblical.
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You can create your words have creative effect,
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Not only for you, but for the people that hear you.
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- absolutely, yes. it's so true.
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- how does neuroplasticity play into this
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That you can literally rewire?
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We're seeing things with dementia,
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We're seeing things with addiction recovery.
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How does this work there?
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- this is a fantastic, wonderful,
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Again, a double-edged sword
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Because we actually have habits of thinking,
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They're called neuro pathways,
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Just like pathways on the ground.
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So the more you walk on it,
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The more you're likely to walk on it,
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And that can be good or bad.
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So these neuro pathways, so for example, with addiction,
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A lot of addiction specialists, and i've interviewed them,
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Say, they want to help train their patients
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To think differently.
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So for example, some people when they walk through the door
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After work every night, their brain tells them,
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Head straight for the liquor cabinet.
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So this is a thought, a habit.
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There are signals in the brain,
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And the idea is to change that to form new patterns.
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And pretty much, and so let's say you change that to
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What you always do when you come home is you spend time
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With your mate or you go for a walk,
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Or there are a million other good things to do.
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Eventually that will be your new neuro pathway.
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Regarding alzheimer's,
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One proven alzheimer's prevention method
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Is to start new neuro pathways
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Regarding like learning a new language,
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Or learning to play a musical instrument
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Or even doing crosswords or brain teasers every day,
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But it's that habit of thinking.
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- how important is to be mindful of
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Where you are in the present,
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That realize what it is you're doing.
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Take i guess a step back from either the anxiety
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Of the moment or whatever current pathway you're in
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And say, what am i really doing?
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- that is such a great point.
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Mindfulness is one key to being grateful.
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It's kind of a new agey term too, but it really isn't.
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Jesus even talked about this sort of being in the moment.
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And not worrying about tomorrow,
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But focus on what's happening right now.
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And so that's what mindfulness is,
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Is being aware of what's going on around you right now.
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So for example, if you're driving home from work,
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Instead of being worried about
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What's going to happen tomorrow,
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What's gonna happen with your job,
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If you look around,
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Things are actually pretty good right now.
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And look at the leaves, they're changing colors,
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And look at the beautiful sky
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And look at the kindness of other people.
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If you start to notice what's going on around you right now,
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Especially all the good things that are going on,
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Things are pretty good right now.
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- this is thanksgiving.
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Let me encourage you
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That not just one day out of the year you give thanks.
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This is a day we as a culture set aside.
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In the root of thanksgiving,
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The pilgrims had come through the starving time
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And now they were in a place of abundance,
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Where they had actually figured out how to do the basics
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Of how to feed themselves in this new world.
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So keep that in mind.
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Whatever you're going through, give thanks.
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It's the pathway. praise is a pathway back into abundance.
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Well, terry, over to you.
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- well, coming up the pittsburgh steeler
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Who was a wild stallion on the grid iron.
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Pro football hall of famer donnie shell
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Tells us how he got ready for the game time.
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And then later on, a mother of newborn twins
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Rushes back to the er because something is terribly wrong
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With one of her sons.
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Hear her prayers that awful night
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And find out how it led to the best thanksgiving ever.
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- "oracles of god: the story of the new testament"
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Shows you how the words of jesus were passed down
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The gripping film captures all the drama, the danger,
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And the divine power behind the book that changed the world.
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- this film is a great,
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Nice, easy introduction to the new testament.
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Everybody loves these biblical stories
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So we're just gonna go back and say,
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What is the origin story of these stories?
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How did we get them? how did matthew and mark and luke
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Write things down?
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- the donnie shell collection
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At the pro football hall of fame
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Has a number of mementos from his storied career.
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A trophy for being named an all american in college,
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A football he intercepted during his rookie season,
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And the bible he studied as a member
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Of the pittsburgh steelers.
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He told sports reporter tom duerr about the role
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His faith played on and off the field.
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- [narrator] donnie shell flashed his medal as a playmaker
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For the famed steel curtain defense.
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- it's been a long journey, but a good one.
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I arrived in pittsburgh in 1974 as an undrafted free agent.
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And now, i'm in the pro football hall of fame.
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Only god can do that.
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- [narrator] the four-time super bowl champ
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And three-time first team all-pro
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Spent his entire 14 year career as a pittsburgh steeler,
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Steered there on the advice of his college coach.
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- gonna sign with the denver broncos that undrafted rookie.
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And i went and talked to coach willie jeffries.
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He said, in fact, you need to go to pittsburgh.
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I said, "well, why coach?"
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Well, that's your motive.
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They love people who are committed, self-motivated.
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That's your mo. you need to sign with pittsburgh.
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- [narrator] as a mentor, advisor and leader,
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The distinguished strong safety
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Earned his masters in counseling
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As faith transformed his life.
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- [interviewer] so a three decade wait
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To reach the hall of fame.
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Releasing something look different to you?
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- yeah, the longer you wait,
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The longer you think you're not going to get in.
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But it caused me to reflect on my athletic life.
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I said, lord, i had a good career, i thank you.
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What he did by that way that he changed my attitude,
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Let your will be done.
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And then when i let it go
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And let god do his work in my life,
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He gave him some things
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I've been praying for all those years.
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- [interviewer] how do you come to terms of that?
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- spending time before the lord in his word,
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Reading and meditating on his word
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And walking in obedience to him.
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And as you putting things inside of you
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And the holy spirit is processing it
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And he calls you to grow and think god thoughts.
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- a specialty in laying a person out on the field.
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Did you ever play with a temperament?
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- look at this face.
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- [tom] (laughs) that's the right face.
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- did you have an on/off switch?
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- no. it's just like a horse, a wild stallion.
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And yet, a good trainer will get that horse
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And domesticate him and make it and train him.
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- [commentator] they don't come any tougher
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Than strong safety, donnie shell, number 31.
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- he didn't take his aggressiveness away,
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He didn't take his strength away.
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He didn't take none his power away from that,
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He just under control of that person who trained him.
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So that was me, i was under control of the holy spirit
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Using my gifts to the maximum.
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- [tom] mel blount mentored you, a teammate.
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You came alongside a young tony dungy, you mentored him.
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How does that speak to you
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About the power of investing in people
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Where their reach goes far beyond
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You may even be able to reach?
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- i think it speaks volumes.
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That's what happened to me in my life.
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Somebody saw something in me that i didn't see,
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Like my high school coach, coach lefty johnson.
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He said, you can be whatever you want to be.
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So when we see something in people
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Whether young or old,
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We need to encourage them to be on god
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That created them to be.
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First, i'd like to thank my lord and savior jesus christ
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For this award.
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- [tom] your work fosters relationships
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To heal and reconcile.
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For you, where does that transformation start?
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- it has to start with you, yourself, inside.
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The scripture says, if you don't forgive those
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That trespass against you,
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Then the follower will not forgive you,
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So it starts with you.
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I guess that's where my counseling degree comes in.
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And you listen to the other person intently,
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Compassionately about their concerns.
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- [tom] as a counselor,
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Donnie, do you gravitate to the description of him
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As wonderful counselor?
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- oh, absolutely.
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I mean, that's my source, that's my strength
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For wisdom and guidance and direction.
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And i pray every day that i may meet someone
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That i may share jesus christ with
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Or be of encouragement to someone today.
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A man prayed that prayer for me,
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And that's the way i came to know the lord jesus christ.
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- [tom] what's most important to you
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In shaping a legacy while you still have the opportunity
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To define it?
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- be a servant leader,
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One who's motivated by love and humility,
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But demonstrated by example.
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We change as we grow in christ,
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We change on the inside out so people will see a less of us
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And more of jesus christ.
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That's the legacy i like to leave.
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- that's the legacy he has created,
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And he is doing it very intentionally.
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You know, there was a whole sermon in what he said,
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Strive to be a servant leader,
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And be motivated by love and motivated by humility.
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These are cues for all of us.
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Jesus said, "go and preach the gospel."
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And then he said, "and make disciples."
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And what donnie just expressed is,
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He was very intentional in being a mentor
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And through that being a servant leader
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Because a high school coach had called something out in him
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And had told him, you can be anything you want to be.
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What an encouraging message for a young man to hear
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From someone in authority who respected him
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And called out greatness within him.
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We can do that for one another.
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So this thanksgiving,
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Find someone that you can call out greatness in and say,
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Okay, i want to be in an encouragement,
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I want to give thanks for you to god.
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I want to encourage and lift you up.
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How can i serve the greatness that i see within you,
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And do that with love and humility?
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What a wonderful example for all of us.
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Terry.
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- well, coming up,
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We're gonna kick the holiday celebration into high gear
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By sharing one of my favorite christmas recipes.
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From my family to yours, join me in the kitchen
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For a few tips, tricks, and some treats
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That you and your loved ones are sure to enjoy.
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And then, get ready for christmas by celebrating advent.
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We'll take you back to the roots of the advent celebration,
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Talk about the significance of the advent wreath
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And let you know which famous carol
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Is actually an advent hymn.
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- well, this sunday marks the beginning of advent.
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It's the season on the church calendar
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That counts down the days until christ's birth.
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It's also a time to anticipate his return.
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So we want you to know about the history of advent,
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Some of its traditions,
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And how you can celebrate it to its fullest.
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(celestial music)
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- advent is a preparation period for christmas.
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It was felt that
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Because easter had the preparatory season of lent,
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Christmas as a great celebration
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Should have a period of spiritual preparation.
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- although it's not clear when advent was first celebrated,
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Its roots go back to the fifth century
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When catholic monks in france were ordered to fast
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During the month of december.
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- it is a penitential season,
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And it was taken as seriously as lent,
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Which meant heavy duty denial.
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You don't eat certain foods,
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Certainly nothing fat or anything delicious.
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- at the end of the sixth century, beginning of the seventh,
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Pope gregory the great said it would be four weeks,
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And it would focus on the four sundays
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Preceding christmas day, december 25th.
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- in the more liturgical churches,
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Such as anglican or catholic,
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You'll see that the church now becomes ready for christmas.
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There'll be advent candles, advent wreaths,
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Special advent hymns sung, sermons given.
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- [gordon] the advent wreath, often made with evergreens,
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Is a symbol of god's eternal nature.
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A circle with no beginning and no end.
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- and there are four candles
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That are placed within this wreath.
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Three of the candles are purple and one candle is rose pink.
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And on each sunday of advent, a candle is lit.
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The first and second sundays of advent
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Are sundays in which purple candles are lit
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Because these are points of which
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The gospel readings have to do with warning
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And with preparation and with hope.
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And on the third sunday, the pink candle is lit
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Because it represents celebration and joy.
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We know the lord is coming. we expect him to be here soon.
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- [gordon] on the fourth sunday,
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The last purple candle is lit,
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Symbolizing the royalty of christ.
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Many people also mark the advent season with calendars
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That count the days until christ's birth.
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- some advent calendars will have scriptures
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Or depictions of different aspects of the nativity story,
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Promises of scripture concerning the messiah,
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And others will have little treats or little toys.
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If you don't wanna give chocolate,
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You can get a lego advent calendar.
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So that would like be the ultimate modern adaptation.
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- [gordon] the advent season also comes with its own hymns.
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- traditionally, advent hymns are sung throughout advent,
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And christmas carols were not sung
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Until christmas eve and christmas night.
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And we break all the rules because we start playing
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Our christmas music before thanksgiving,
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So now we are really breaking the rules.
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"o come, o come, emmanuel" is an advent hymn.
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It comes from an ancient latin poem.
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The poem was written in around the 12th century
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And it was based on prayers
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That were written in around the seventh to eighth century.
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They were called the o antiphons.
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- [gordon] antiphons are proclamations
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About the coming messiah,
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Taken from the prophet isaiah.
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- around the 12th century, these titles were put into a song
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That existed only in latin.
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This admit hymn really has its roots
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Deep, deep in church history
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And in the reflection of so many christians
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Over the centuries on these beautiful passages
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From the old testament that anticipate
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The coming of the messiah and what he would do
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In the lives of his people.
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♪ o come, o come, emmanuel ♪
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- [claire] "o come, thou lord of might" is associated
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In the original antiphon
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With the appearance of god in the burning bush
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In exodus chapter three.
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The lord of might, who brings liberation
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To his enslaved people.
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And this attribute of might also is reflected in isaiah.
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When we talk about the names of god,
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He's the almighty god, the father, the prince of peace.
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♪ emmanuel ♪
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♪ shall come to you, o israel ♪
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- "thou rod of jesse" actually comes from isaiah 11:10,
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In which it's prophesied that a rod of jesse will come,
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Who will deliver and liberate his people.
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Come and be the davidic king.
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Come and be the ruler of your people.
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Come in your might and set us free.
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♪ and close the path to misery ♪
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- "o, come thou day-spring from on high"
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Really refers to that scripture in malachi four,
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The son of righteousness will rise
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With healing in his wings.
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He will bring light and cast the light into the dark place.
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And this day spring is going to come
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And dispel the darkness in our lives
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To set free the hearts of human beings.
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♪ who to thy tribes, on sinai's height ♪
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- "the key of david" comes from isaiah 22:22,
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In which the lord prophesies that he will give to him
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The key to the house of david.
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And he will open doors that no one can shut
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And shut doors that no one can open.
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- [gerry] for the early church, advent was not only a time
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To prepare for the celebration of christ's birth,
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It was also a time to anticipate his return.
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- as they started to think about
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The meaning of christ's first coming,
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They also try to personalize it within their lives.
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What did it mean for christ to come to them individually?
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And of course, when we think of the first coming,
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We also think of the second coming.
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So the season of advent started with a prayer
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And celebration of the mass,
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Which would focus on longing for jesus to be real,
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To come into their hearts.
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And that idea led to prayers of desire
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And longing and repentance,
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But also prayers of hope and expectation and joy
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Because hope is based in the promises of god.
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♪ rejoice, rejoice, emmanuel ♪
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♪ shall come to thee, o israel ♪
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- i encourage you to celebrate advent.
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It's a wonderful way to have your family gather,
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Prepare for christmas.
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And it's wonderful that it's the sunday after thanksgiving.
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It'll give your whole family something to focus on.
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And as you go through the advent sunday service
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For each sunday leading to christmas,
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It will really reinforce the reason for the season.
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And the reason is, unto us, a savior is born.
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Terry.
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- well, if you're like many people,
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You're already feeling the hustle and bustle
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Of the holiday season.
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So i wanted to share a family favorite treat in my household
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That's sweet, savory, and best of all,
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Only takes a few minutes in the kitchen.
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Take a look.
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I love sharing little christmas gifts
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With my friends and neighbors,
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And i love having delicious and easy snacks on hand.
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While my house is full of bustling
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During the christmas season and family's over,
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I wanna share two delicious and simple recipes with you
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That are perfect for this season.
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We're gonna start with rosemary-mixed nuts.
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Rosemary smells so delicious
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And its fragrance reminds me of christmas.
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So i love having these in a bowl on the counter
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All the time throughout the holiday.
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Plus the best part is it's an easy recipe
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That's still made with love.
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Our ingredients are two cups of raw unsalted nuts.
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We're going to use a mix of, in here we have pecans,
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Brazil nuts, macadamia, walnuts, and hazelnuts.
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But you know, you can choose your favorite.
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I mean, if there's one particular nut
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That you really enjoy, then just do that.
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We have two tablespoons of fresh rosemary that's chopped.
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We have a fourth teaspoon of cayenne pepper.
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You can add that or you can omit it.
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If you don't like anything
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That's got that kind of kick to it,
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Then just leave that out.
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Two tablespoons of dark brown sugar
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And a teaspoon of kosher salt.
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One tablespoon of unsalted butter that has been melted.
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Our ovens already been preheated to 350.
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And then on two parchment line baking sheets,
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You would do what i'm going to do,
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Spread the nuts evenly on the sheet.
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I'm just gonna pour them out like this.
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Make sure that they can bake evenly.
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And we're going to put them,
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We're gonna toast them in the oven for about 10 minutes.
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And i wanna suggest to you that you not leave your oven
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Or your kitchen while you're doing this
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Because nuts can burn easily
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And you don't wanna go too far from your kitchen.
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So while they roast, this is what we are gonna do.
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I'm gonna put in the rosemary,
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Put in the dark brown sugar.
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Come on, in you go.
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That was a thud, wasn't i?
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To put in that kosher salt.
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And i'm gonna put the cayenne pepper in
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'cause i like that little spark that's in there.
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And then we're adding the melted butter to that.
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And we're just gonna mix the salt up.
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Let me break up that brown sugar a little bit.
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Meanwhile, the nuts are in the oven.
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You know, one of the things i love about this is,
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And some of you who have grandchildren and children,
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These make great gifts for teachers at school
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When you're trying to think of something special
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That you know they don't have time to make for themselves,
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You can do something like this.
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And i'll show you how pretty it is in the finished product
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When we're all done at the end.
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So all of this is mixed.
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Pull out the nuts that have been roasting here,
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And these are going to be poured into this bowl.
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There we go. let me set this up here.
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And we're just gonna toss them in this mixture.
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You know, you wanna make sure that they get coated
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Of course, because you want the flavor in all of it,
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But there's no perfection in this.
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Don't you love this?
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When you're all done with this,
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See how they kind of get a nice gloss on them
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And the spices are all melted and spread evenly.
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And you know, you can eat them warm like this,
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Or you can let them cool completely
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Before you package them up for friends
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Or teachers or neighbors.
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But you can also keep them in the freezer
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For about three months, which is great
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Because if you wanna get ahead of the game of the holidays,
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You can do this ahead of time
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And it's not something you have to do
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When you're trying to decorate your house
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And trim your tree.
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So that's your finished product.
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Now, i also have a bit of a sweet tooth,
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But if the sugar comes with a nut,
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Somehow i feel like it's a little bit healthier, right?
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Since i grew up in wisconsin, i love black walnuts
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And i wanna share a delicious candied black walnut recipe
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With you next.
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It's so simple, but you do need to pay attention.
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You've got a cast iron pan here,
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But let me show you our ingredients.
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We have two cups of raw black walnuts without the skins,
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Two tablespoons of butter.
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We've got 2/3 of a cup of dark brown sugar
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And then a half a teaspoon of kosher salt.
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And so in a heavy enamel cast iron
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Or non-stick pan, you can heat the walnuts.
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And we're gonna put it all together here,
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But let me start this.
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So we've put the dark walnuts in
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And now i'm gonna add the brown sugar we talked about,
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The butter, and just a little bit of the salt in here.
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Let me break this up because as the butter melts,
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The brown sugar is going to melt as well.
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And you know, when i was a kid,
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I had a grandmother who had lived through the depression
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And she was very frugal.
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And she used to make candy, things like,
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We always called it sea foam,
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I think you probably all call it divinity.
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But she stopped making divinity
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Because she said sugar was too expensive.
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But every year she would go out with my aunt
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And they would go out into the countryside
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And they'd pick up walnuts and pecans,
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Different things that were available in wisconsin.
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And she would sit for weeks and shell those things.
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And at christmas time,
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Each one of us would get a little ziploc bag
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Filled with her shelled walnuts and pecans.
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And it was quite a gift
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Because you know, really the energy
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That someone puts into doing something for you
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Is half of the blessing of the gift, isn't it?
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And so i have that treasured memory of my grandmother
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Always sitting on her couch in her front room
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Shelling pecans and walnuts so that we could all have
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Something special from her for christmas,
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And that is a really special memory.
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One of the things you need to be aware of when you do this
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Is that when you pour it out on the parchment paper,
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On the baking sheet,
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It's gonna clump a little bit, but that's okay
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Because you're gonna break that up later.
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And, oh, does this smell wonderful?
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Just be sure it's completely and thoroughly melted.
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I'm gonna grab my mitts from down here
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Because i don't know how hot this is now.
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And i'm gonna go ahead and put this
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On the parchment.
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You know, when i do this also, i should tell you,
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You can double any of these recipes, you know,
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Because i make batches of this for neighbors
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And friends and for my own family,
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We just keep nuts on the counter all the time actually.
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But you can see how some of this is gonna clump.
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This is what you do, you allow it to dry for a few minutes
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Before eating or packaging for friends.
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And then not only are these great
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To just put in a pretty little container,
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Like look at how things have been put in here,
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To give to friends and send with a child to school
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But it's also the perfect topping for salads.
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If you're having a salad with your christmas meal,
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This is a great way to add something special to it.
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On ice cream, it's divine.
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Anything in between, as far as i'm concerned,
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If it's got sugar on it, it works.
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And so here is a beautiful way for you to bless others
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And have the fun of knowing that you have taken some time
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To do something special for the special people in your life.
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So merry christmas, let the joy begin.
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Well, still to come, a thanksgiving miracle.
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This baby had been in the icu fighting for his life.
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The doctors and the devil had given his family every reason
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To believe he was going to die there.
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Find out what healed him
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And brought him home for the holidays.
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- family time for the quiggs
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Involves spending time at the park
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And having meals around the table.
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It also involves sharing the stories
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And lessons of the bible with their grandchildren,
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And they do that by watching cbn's "superbook."
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- [narrator] chris and karen quigg
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Share a love for children and learning.
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As grandparents, they have a full household,
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Including three of their grandchildren.
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"superbook" is a regular presence
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In their daily lives at home.
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- chris goes to work and they knock on my door.
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After he leaves and says, "mimi, can we watch 'superbook?'"
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I pull "superbook" up on my phone and we watch it.
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When the grandkids are watching "superbook,"
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They're very focused.
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- the visuals are really good, the sound,
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Like the characters put you right back into those scenes,
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You know, dave and goliath or noah and the ark,
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You know, you're right there.
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- [narrator] before they found "superbook,"
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Chris and karen didn't feel
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There were many good options for kids.
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- you know, it has gizmo and it's fun, in that respect.
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The bible part, it's very accurate, and i appreciate that
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- [narrator] the quigg family says "superbook"
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Helps them creatively include the bible
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In their everyday home lives.
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- there was an opportunity that i think it was noah
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And he didn't wanna obey his mom.
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I helped remind him that chris
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Had just been in that same situation
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Of disobeying his mother, and what choice was he gonna make?
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And he's like, "okay, fine, i'll do the right thing."
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"superbook" helped him to realize
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The application of obedience.
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It was more of a serious approach to the word of god.
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Instead of other things that we've seen being kind of silly,
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We wanna be influential in helping them see the seriousness
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Of being a follower and disciple of christ.
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- the quigg family is grateful
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For the influence of "superbook" in their home.
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They feel that they now have both a fun
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And focused christ-centered tool
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That will connect them with their grandchildren
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For many years to come.
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- it's so neat that we're living together as a family
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And we have this time and opportunity
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To pour into the next generation
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And get them a biblical worldview.
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And we just really see "superbook"
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As such a incredible resource for us,
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And we're just so thankful.
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- "superbook" is reaching children worldwide
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In over 60 languages and counting.
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You can help support this mission of spreading the gospel
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By calling us.
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Our numbers' toll free, 1800-700-7000.
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We also have a special "superbook" christmas devotional
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Available to you this holiday season.
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It's packed with scriptures
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You can call that toll free number 1-800-700-7000
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Out to you right away.
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I think you and your children will really enjoy it.
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It's another opportunity to spend time with them
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Talking about things that matter.
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So let us hear from you. gordon.
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- well, up next, a mother who saw god's plan in action
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When her baby was in the hospital.
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She'll tell us about the thanksgiving miracle
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That healed her son.
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And then terry and i will be praying for you,
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- [announcer] it's the season for gathering and gratitude,
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Of hunger and despair.
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Of a warm meal and the knowledge that someone cares.
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- well, desmond was born at 36 weeks.
00:41:42.403 --> 00:41:44.972
He appeared to be a completely healthy baby boy.
00:41:44.972 --> 00:41:48.642
And then a few days after he came home from the hospital,
00:41:48.642 --> 00:41:52.112
His mother found him ice cold to the touch.
00:41:52.112 --> 00:41:56.917
- i used to think that thanksgiving
00:41:57.985 --> 00:41:59.553
Was my favorite time of year,
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But that thanksgiving was different.
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- [narrator] november 18th, 2020,
00:42:10.130 --> 00:42:12.666
Erin ronin was resting with her twin sons
00:42:12.666 --> 00:42:15.235
After a difficult delivery
00:42:15.235 --> 00:42:17.137
And thinking about their upcoming thanksgiving.
00:42:17.137 --> 00:42:19.606
That was until one of the twins, desmond,
00:42:19.606 --> 00:42:22.209
Suddenly felt icy to the touch,
00:42:22.209 --> 00:42:24.578
And nothing erin did could warm him up.
00:42:24.578 --> 00:42:27.748
- i was super discouraged,
00:42:27.748 --> 00:42:29.950
Like, this is not how this is supposed to be going.
00:42:29.950 --> 00:42:33.120
We already went through some hard stuff a few days ago,
00:42:33.120 --> 00:42:36.256
Why are we being put through another trial so soon?
00:42:36.256 --> 00:42:40.561
Reality sinking in that i have no control.
00:42:40.561 --> 00:42:44.231
I am not in control here,
00:42:44.231 --> 00:42:46.667
And this is way beyond anything i can fix,
00:42:46.667 --> 00:42:49.703
Anything that i can do.
00:42:49.703 --> 00:42:51.738
So i just kind of felt completely inadequate, very scared.
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That was just the beginning.
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- [narrator] erin and her husband kevin
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Took desmond to an urgent care clinic.
00:43:01.315 --> 00:43:03.650
But after a brief assessment,
00:43:03.650 --> 00:43:05.285
They were told to rush him to the er.
00:43:05.285 --> 00:43:07.821
There the room exploded with activity
00:43:07.821 --> 00:43:10.891
As desmond's organs inexplicably started failing.
00:43:10.891 --> 00:43:14.461
- they're over there doing cpr and like pushing on his chest
00:43:15.963 --> 00:43:19.266
And i was just weeping,
00:43:19.266 --> 00:43:23.737
And like lost in my own world.
00:43:23.737 --> 00:43:25.706
We had nurses and people coming in
00:43:25.706 --> 00:43:27.774
Saying things that we're just not understanding.
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I'm fighting all these feelings.
00:43:30.511 --> 00:43:32.112
And of course i have satan trying to convince me
00:43:32.112 --> 00:43:35.282
That, you know, you're not gonna get out of this,
00:43:35.282 --> 00:43:38.785
Something you deserve something else bad happening.
00:43:38.785 --> 00:43:41.488
And i'm just so frustrated at this point.
00:43:41.488 --> 00:43:44.958
- [announcer] at the height of the chaos,
00:43:46.093 --> 00:43:47.694
Kevin was forced to leave with the other twin, finnegan,
00:43:47.694 --> 00:43:50.931
And his 4-year-old sister shay
00:43:50.931 --> 00:43:52.933
As covid-19 protocols were in place at the hospital.
00:43:52.933 --> 00:43:56.336
Erin was left alone,
00:43:56.336 --> 00:43:58.038
Her newborn son dying in the other room.
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- i felt like all, everything under my feet,
00:44:02.743 --> 00:44:07.247
There was nothing connecting me to the planet anymore.
00:44:08.615 --> 00:44:11.652
Like i was just,
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Okay, you are now being forced to go on this journey
00:44:13.787 --> 00:44:18.692
That you don't wanna go to.
00:44:18.692 --> 00:44:21.628
Little did i know
00:44:22.296 --> 00:44:23.597
I was gonna start taking that big leap of faith.
00:44:23.597 --> 00:44:26.633
That's when i finally was like,
00:44:26.633 --> 00:44:28.335
Okay, i can't just sit here and pray by myself,
00:44:28.335 --> 00:44:31.305
I need a large number of people praying
00:44:31.305 --> 00:44:35.342
That my baby comes home.
00:44:35.342 --> 00:44:37.144
- [narrator] she immediately picked up her phone
00:44:38.412 --> 00:44:40.080
To call family, friends, anyone she could think of,
00:44:40.080 --> 00:44:43.283
To ask them to pray for desmond.
00:44:43.283 --> 00:44:45.352
She believed this was the only hope for saving her son.
00:44:45.352 --> 00:44:49.623
- i felt like god just kind of came in
00:44:50.724 --> 00:44:53.961
And was like, "all right, here's what we're gonna do.
00:44:53.961 --> 00:44:57.030
You're okay. i'm gonna hug you, i'm gonna protect you.
00:44:57.030 --> 00:45:00.267
I got my wings on you, you can rest in me.
00:45:00.267 --> 00:45:04.037
Whatever's going on, don't look at it.
00:45:04.037 --> 00:45:05.606
You can just feel my presence, my comfort.
00:45:05.606 --> 00:45:10.477
We got all these people praying.
00:45:10.477 --> 00:45:12.946
These are your warriors right here.
00:45:12.946 --> 00:45:14.815
You can't see it, but they're doing it."
00:45:14.815 --> 00:45:17.284
I know god has big plans for these boys,
00:45:17.284 --> 00:45:20.253
So god's not gonna take one and leave the other.
00:45:20.253 --> 00:45:24.558
And that was the moment that everything was okay,
00:45:24.558 --> 00:45:29.596
And it continued to be okay,
00:45:30.430 --> 00:45:31.798
And more okay and more okay and more okay,
00:45:31.798 --> 00:45:34.401
Until finally i didn't feel like i was being crushed
00:45:34.401 --> 00:45:37.270
By the world anymore.
00:45:37.270 --> 00:45:39.172
- [narrator] miraculously, desmond's vitals
00:45:40.273 --> 00:45:42.376
Began to normalize.
00:45:42.376 --> 00:45:44.111
Several hours later,
00:45:44.111 --> 00:45:45.679
He was allowed to breastfeed with erin.
00:45:45.679 --> 00:45:47.948
And then on november 22nd, she was given the final word,
00:45:47.948 --> 00:45:52.519
"you can take him home."
00:45:52.519 --> 00:45:54.921
- i definitely felt like god's plan was an action.
00:45:56.156 --> 00:46:00.394
I had the supernatural clarity to see it.
00:46:00.394 --> 00:46:03.730
And i just knew, i knew we were going home.
00:46:03.730 --> 00:46:07.868
I was already packing my bags, counting my diapers,
00:46:07.868 --> 00:46:12.239
I was ready.
00:46:12.773 --> 00:46:14.307
The joy that i felt could not be measured by any words.
00:46:14.307 --> 00:46:19.046
Only god can produce that kind of joy in somebody's heart
00:46:20.447 --> 00:46:23.083
Because i felt like we were completely protected.
00:46:23.083 --> 00:46:27.254
I feel like this little tiny thing
00:46:27.254 --> 00:46:30.524
And god will show up for me, will show up for my family.
00:46:30.524 --> 00:46:34.828
That is amazing.
00:46:34.828 --> 00:46:36.963
- [narrator] their family was soon reunited.
00:46:38.165 --> 00:46:40.600
The cause of desmond's temperature drop
00:46:40.600 --> 00:46:42.469
And subsequent organ failure was never determined.
00:46:42.469 --> 00:46:45.539
But the ronins know
00:46:45.539 --> 00:46:47.040
It was only because of god's supernatural intervention
00:46:47.040 --> 00:46:50.143
That they were able to celebrate that thanksgiving together.
00:46:50.143 --> 00:46:54.448
- that will be the most memorable thanksgiving
00:46:55.615 --> 00:46:58.018
Of my entire life.
00:46:58.018 --> 00:46:59.286
And i'm excited that i get to experience
00:46:59.286 --> 00:47:02.355
All of these thanksgivings with him growing up,
00:47:02.355 --> 00:47:05.525
Knowing that that's what we overcame.
00:47:05.525 --> 00:47:08.929
I feel overjoyed when i get to be with my family
00:47:10.063 --> 00:47:14.401
All together as one unit
00:47:14.401 --> 00:47:17.137
And know that god took care of us,
00:47:17.137 --> 00:47:20.273
God kept us together.
00:47:20.273 --> 00:47:22.109
I believe in the power of prayer.
00:47:22.976 --> 00:47:24.911
I want people to know that god is always there.
00:47:24.911 --> 00:47:28.915
And no matter what they're going through,
00:47:28.915 --> 00:47:31.218
No matter how dark it seems, no matter how alone they feel,
00:47:31.218 --> 00:47:35.856
That god is there in the good, the bad.
00:47:35.856 --> 00:47:38.558
He knows the whole story, he can see all of it.
00:47:38.558 --> 00:47:43.029
You're not alone.
00:47:43.029 --> 00:47:44.564
Even if you don't have people around you to support you,
00:47:44.564 --> 00:47:48.101
God will put him there.
00:47:48.101 --> 00:47:49.803
You just have to cry out. ask him for help, pray.
00:47:49.803 --> 00:47:54.875
I could not have gone through that without him.
00:47:56.143 --> 00:47:58.612
My family wouldn't be the family we are without him.
00:47:58.612 --> 00:48:04.885
- what kevin and erin went through,
00:48:05.852 --> 00:48:07.921
No parents ever want to go through.
00:48:07.921 --> 00:48:10.590
And maybe this thanksgiving, you're having trouble too.
00:48:10.590 --> 00:48:14.561
Maybe you have a loved one who's in a hospital
00:48:14.561 --> 00:48:17.798
And you're saying, how can i give thanks this thanksgiving?
00:48:17.798 --> 00:48:21.701
Maybe they're relatives who are estranged,
00:48:21.701 --> 00:48:24.504
Maybe bad things are happening to you.
00:48:24.504 --> 00:48:28.975
And just like erin, you're having the same heart cry,
00:48:28.975 --> 00:48:33.880
Why are we being put through another trial?
00:48:33.880 --> 00:48:38.418
That's what she said,
00:48:38.418 --> 00:48:39.719
Why are we being put through another trial?
00:48:39.719 --> 00:48:44.291
So here she is. i mean, can you imagine your baby ice cold?
00:48:44.291 --> 00:48:49.029
Can you imagine going to the hospital and seeing cpr,
00:48:49.029 --> 00:48:54.100
All of these things happening before you,
00:48:55.268 --> 00:48:57.938
The confusion of it, erin being so honest,
00:48:57.938 --> 00:49:01.007
"the nurses were saying things to us,
00:49:01.007 --> 00:49:02.909
But we didn't understand."
00:49:02.909 --> 00:49:05.011
And then you have a moment where you're in prayer
00:49:05.011 --> 00:49:08.582
And god himself shows up to you and he says,
00:49:08.582 --> 00:49:11.852
"you can rest in me."
00:49:11.852 --> 00:49:15.522
Now if your reaction to that is, how can i possibly rest?
00:49:15.522 --> 00:49:20.327
This is crazy.
00:49:20.327 --> 00:49:21.862
My child is dying, how can i possibly rest?
00:49:21.862 --> 00:49:26.333
When you rest in him,
00:49:26.333 --> 00:49:29.102
It's another way to say, you have faith.
00:49:29.102 --> 00:49:32.272
You're relying entirely on him.
00:49:32.272 --> 00:49:35.475
You enter into his rest and realize
00:49:35.475 --> 00:49:37.944
He's already worked out the solution.
00:49:37.944 --> 00:49:41.348
When erin did that, when she said,
00:49:41.348 --> 00:49:43.683
Okay, god, you're gonna tell me to rest,
00:49:43.683 --> 00:49:45.785
Okay, i'll do that, and that's a great idea.
00:49:45.785 --> 00:49:50.223
I'll start that process.
00:49:50.223 --> 00:49:51.658
And she says, it gradually got better and better.
00:49:51.658 --> 00:49:54.561
And then you see the turn in desmond.
00:49:54.561 --> 00:49:58.598
So the reality comes into being
00:49:59.399 --> 00:50:02.936
Because of what is happening spiritually in erin.
00:50:02.936 --> 00:50:06.339
And then her rejoice, god would show up for me.
00:50:07.607 --> 00:50:12.445
Well, that's what emmanuel means.
00:50:13.413 --> 00:50:14.648
We're entering into the advent season,
00:50:15.749 --> 00:50:17.784
We're entering into christmas.
00:50:17.784 --> 00:50:20.954
Emmanuel means that, it means god with us.
00:50:20.954 --> 00:50:24.758
God's showing up with us.
00:50:24.758 --> 00:50:27.027
Realizing in him, we live and move and have our being.
00:50:27.027 --> 00:50:30.830
So we're gonna pray for you right now.
00:50:30.830 --> 00:50:33.099
And in that prayer, i want to you to say,
00:50:33.099 --> 00:50:36.036
I want to enter into his rest.
00:50:36.036 --> 00:50:39.806
I want to realize he can work all things together
00:50:39.806 --> 00:50:42.208
For my good.
00:50:42.208 --> 00:50:43.610
I want that real for me.
00:50:43.610 --> 00:50:46.346
I want to leave all my questions,
00:50:46.346 --> 00:50:49.015
Why am i going through this,
00:50:49.015 --> 00:50:52.152
I'm gonna leave all of those questions behind
00:50:52.152 --> 00:50:54.921
And i'm going to rest in him
00:50:54.921 --> 00:50:57.424
And his eternal peace,
00:50:57.424 --> 00:51:00.660
His amazing power will work it out all for me.
00:51:00.660 --> 00:51:05.732
Let's pray.
00:51:06.266 --> 00:51:07.567
Lord, we come to you in this thanksgiving,
00:51:07.567 --> 00:51:09.669
We give you thanks.
00:51:09.669 --> 00:51:11.137
We don't give you thanks for the problem,
00:51:11.137 --> 00:51:14.240
We give you thanks for you,
00:51:14.240 --> 00:51:16.876
For you are the answer.
00:51:16.876 --> 00:51:18.645
So, lord, god almighty,
00:51:19.312 --> 00:51:20.714
Can we enter into your rest right now?
00:51:20.714 --> 00:51:24.017
Can we stop all our striving, all our worrying,
00:51:24.017 --> 00:51:27.153
All our anxiety, and we cast it all upon you
00:51:27.153 --> 00:51:31.992
For we know that you care for us.
00:51:32.859 --> 00:51:35.395
So lord god, could you be emmanuel
00:51:36.363 --> 00:51:39.566
For us right now
00:51:39.566 --> 00:51:42.936
And take care of this situation,
00:51:43.737 --> 00:51:45.972
Take care of this problem.
00:51:45.972 --> 00:51:48.375
Lord, show up for us now for we ask it
00:51:48.375 --> 00:51:53.446
In jesus' name.
00:51:53.980 --> 00:51:55.815
Terry, god's given you some.
00:51:55.815 --> 00:51:57.283
- there's someone you have an issue with,
00:51:58.451 --> 00:51:59.953
An infection in your throat.
00:51:59.953 --> 00:52:02.555
I think it's tonsillitis,
00:52:03.323 --> 00:52:04.924
Like you've never had your tonsils removed,
00:52:04.924 --> 00:52:07.227
But you're grownup
00:52:07.227 --> 00:52:08.628
And this infection is very serious and very real.
00:52:08.628 --> 00:52:11.331
God's healing that for you right now, in jesus' name.
00:52:11.331 --> 00:52:15.368
- there's several watching and you're alone.
00:52:16.569 --> 00:52:19.039
And god wants to assure you,
00:52:19.039 --> 00:52:21.374
He's able to put you into community,
00:52:21.374 --> 00:52:23.943
He's able to restore friendship,
00:52:23.943 --> 00:52:25.912
He's able to restore relationship.
00:52:25.912 --> 00:52:28.715
He wants you to dwell with others of like faith.
00:52:28.715 --> 00:52:32.819
So just raise your hand to him,
00:52:32.819 --> 00:52:34.154
Give thanks for the solution he's providing
00:52:34.154 --> 00:52:36.756
For your loneliness.
00:52:36.756 --> 00:52:39.259
Ask for it now in jesus' name. amen.
00:52:39.259 --> 00:52:43.763
You need prayer? call us, 1-800-700-70000.
00:52:44.931 --> 00:52:48.668
Here's a word, i will give thanks to the lord.
00:52:48.668 --> 00:52:51.704
God bless you.
00:52:51.704 --> 00:52:58.443

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