HELLO. I'M BRIAN WARREN.
AND I'M LAURA-LYNN TYLER
THOMPSON. WELCOME TO THE SHOW.
LAURA-LYNN, SOMETIMES WE
LOOK AT OUR LIVES AND TRUTH CAN
BE STRANGER THAN FICTION.
FOR SURE.
IF YOUR LIFE WAS A
HIGHLIGHT REEL WHAT WOULD IT BE?
WELL, IT WOULD OF COURSE
BEGIN WITH BEING BORN IN AFRICA
AND THEN AN EMBARRASSING STINT
AT TRYING TO BE ATHLETIC. A FEW
GOOD THINGS, YOU KNOW,
TELEVISION ALL THAT --
OHH, PRAYING MANTIS PASSING
STONES.
AFRICA.
DON'T DO THAT AGAIN; DON'T
DO THAT AGAIN.
YES, SORRY, BUT YOUR REEL,
BRAKE-UPS
YES, THE LIFE OF BRIAN.
THE LIFE OF BRIAN. THAT
WOULD BE PRETTY WILD. THAT
WOULD BE ON YOUR DEMO REEL.
SOME VERY VICTORIOUS ATHLETIC
MOMENTS.
YES
AND I BET YOU CAN DANCE.
I CAN.
YES.
I CAN EVEN MOONWALK,
BUT I'M NOT GOING TO DO IT NOW.
TODAY YOU'LL SEE THAT ALL FAT IS
CREATED NOT EQUAL
NOT EQUAL.
THE WRONG KIND OF FAT CAN DO THE
WORST KIND OF DAMAGE. YOU GOT
TO REALLY APPRECIATE THIS
YES, I AM. ALSO WE HAVE AN
INCREDIBLE STORY ABOUT
OVERCOMING ADVERSITY.
TONY NOLAN'S LIFE WAS A LONG
TRAIL OF PAIN AND NEGLECT.
YOU WILL SEE HOW WE BROKE FREE
AND FOUND A FUTURE BEYOND HIS
WILDEST DREAMS. BUT FIRST, SOME
IMPORTANT WARNINGS ABOUT BELLY
FAT.
DID YOU KNOW THAT WE CARRY
TWO KINDS OF FAT?
SURPRISINGLY, THE JIGGLY BLUBBER
THAT YOU SEE IN BATHING SUIT
PICTURES IS THE SAFER KIND.
IT'S KNOWN AS SUBCUTANEOUS FAT.
IT'S RIGHT UNDER THE SKIN. THE
REALLY DANGEROUS FAT HIDES
DEEP INSIDE THE MIDSECTION
PRESSING UP AGAINST VITAL
ORGANS LIKE THE HEART, LIVER,
AND LUNGS. IT'S CALLED VISCERAL
FAT, ALSO KNOWN AS BELLY FAT.
AS YOU BECOME OBESE AND
GAIN WEIGHT, AS YOU GET OLDER,
YOU START TO GAIN MORE VISCERAL
FAT.
DR. DAVID LIEB LED A
STUDY AT EASTERN VIRGINIA
MEDICAL SCHOOL COMPARING THE
TWO TYPES OF FACT.
IT'S THE VISCERAL FAT THAT
REALLY IS ASSOCIATED WITH
INFLAMMATION WITH INCREASED
RISK FOR HEART DISEASE,
INCREASED RISK FOR DIABETES, AND
OTHER THINGS LIKE HIGH BLOOD
PRESSURE AND HIGH CHOLESTEROL.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT
OF SUBCUTANEOUS FAT EITHER BUT
IN GENERAL, SUBCUTANEOUS FAT IS
PROBABLY THE LESS
INFLAMMATORY, THE MORE HEALTHY,
OF THE TWO DEPOS, OR TWO TYPES
OF FAT.
THE SO-CALLED BELLY FAT CAN
LEAD TO HEART ATTACKS, CANCER,
STROKES, AND EVEN DEMENTIA.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S DIFFICULT
TO SEE WHETHER WE HAVE TOO MUCH
FAT DEEP IN OUR BELLY, THERE
IS AN AT-HOME TEST TO CHECK FOR
IT. JUST GET ONE OF THESE AND
MEASURE AROUND YOUR WAIST.
WOMEN HIT THE DANGER ZONE AT
YOU HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE IT.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS YOU HAVE
TO PUT THE TIME IN.
JAMIE DOCKOWITZ KNOWS ALL
ABOUT GETTING RID OF BELLY FAT.
SHE RECOMMENDS A FOUR PRONGED
ATTACK STARTING WITH THE DIET.
YOU REALLY WANT TO TRY AND
STAY AWAY FROM REFINED AND
PROCESSED FOODS, THINGS THAT
ARE FOUND IN BOXES AND PACKAGES,
CERTAINLY SUGARY FOODS.
THEN TURN ON THE BURN.
ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO TRY
AND GET RID OF THAT BODY FAT IS
JUST TO SIMPLY GET MOVING. YOUR
AEROBIC EXERCISE IN WHICH YOU
ARE GETTING THAT HEART RATE UP,
WORKING INTO THAT SWEAT.
THEN LIFT WEIGHTS TO SPEED
UP YOUR METABOLISM.
THE MORE MUSCLE YOU HAVE
THE MORE CALORIES YOU ACTUALLY
BURN EVEN AT REST.
MAKE SURE TO GET YOUR
ZZZZS TO KEEP THOSE STRESS
HORMONES AT BAY.
WHEN THOSE CORTISOL LEVELS
GET HIGH, WHEN YOU'RE NOT
GETTING ENOUGH SLEEP AND THAT
ALSO CONTRIBUTES TO YOUR BELLY
FAT AS WELL.
BETTY BROTHERS FOLLOWS THE
PROGRAM TO THE LETTER.
I EAT MOSTLY CHICKEN AND
FISH. I EAT A LOT OF FRUITS AND
VEGETABLES. NO DESSERTS. I RUN
FIVE TIMES A WEEK WHICH AVERAGES
THE GYM THREE DAYS A WEEK.
THIS GREAT-GRANDMOTHER
STAYS IN FAR BETTER SHAPE THAN
MOST PEOPLE HER AGE.
I SEE IT EVERY DAY, AND
EVEN SOME OF MY CLASSMATES,
THEY ARE SO OBESE. AND THEY
HAVE ALL KINDS OF HEALTH
ISSUES. THEY ARE ON ALL KINDS OF
MEDICATION. IT'S JUST SO SAD.
SHE SPENDS PRACTICALLY
NOTHING ON HEALTHCARE, LIMITING
DOCTOR VISITS TO REGULAR
CHECKUPS AND HER ONLY PILL IS A
MULTIVITAMIN.
JUST THINK HOW MUCH MONEY
THE INSURANCE COMPANIES COULD
SAVE AND THE INDIVIDUALS IF THEY
WOULD JUST TRY TO TAKE CARE OF
THEMSELVES SOME MORE.
IF THE NATURAL APPROACH ISN'T
ENOUGH TO GET RID OF BELLY
FAT, SOME DOCTORS RECOMMEND
BARIATRIC SURGERY.
YOU TAKE THE INTESTINE AND
YOU ALTER THE ANATOMY OF THE
INTESTINE IN THE STOMACH. SO
PEOPLE MAY NOT ABSORB AS MANY
CALORIES AS THEY WERE BEFORE
AND THEY TEND TO LOSE WEIGHT.
SO CUT THAT BELLY FAT DOWN
TO SIZE. IT'S AN INVESTMENT
THAT COULD ADD YEARS TO YOUR
LIFE.
I JUST TRY TO EAT HEALTHY
AND TAKE CARE OF MYSELF. I WANT
TO BE AROUND TO SEE THIS GREAT
GRANDCHILD GROWN.
LAURIE JOHNSON, CBN NEWS.
LOOK AT THAT AS FAR AS THE
SUBCUTANEOUS FAT OR THE
VISCERAL FAT, ESPECIALLY WITH
MAN AND I THINK THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO PAY
ATTENTION TO, WIVES FOR YOUR
HUSBAND - YOU KNOW WHEN WE START
GETTING MORE AROUND THE
MIDSECTION AND YOU CAN SEE HOW
THAT IS ACTUALLY PUSHING ON
YOUR HEART AS WELL AS THOSE
SOMETIMES WHEN US WIVES
NAG A LITTLE BIT, THAT'S WHY;
HEALTH, YOU KNOW.
YES
PAIN IS REPLACED WITH A STORY
OF HOPE.
I CAN'T BELIEVE I BOUGHT
YOU. YOU ARE GOOD FOR NOTHING.
I REMEMBER MY DAD GRABBING ME BY
MY SHIRT AND PULLING ME INTO HIS
FACE IN A DRUNKEN RAGE AND
WHAT, YOU WILL NEVER AMOUNT TO
ANYTHING. I WISH I'D NEVER
BOUGHT YOU. THAT CRUSHED ME.
TONY NOLAN'S EARLY YEARS
READ LIKE A HORROR STORY.
I WAS BORN IN A MENTAL
INSTITUTION IN MACCLENNY,
FLORIDA, THE SON OF A MENTALLY
INSANE HOMELESS PROSTITUTE. I
WAS ABANDONED AT BIRTH.
FOSTER CARE WAS NEXT. THE
KIND OF FOSTER CARE THAT MADE
HIM SORRY HE WAS BORN.
AND THERE SUFFERED SOME
PRETTY UNIMAGINABLE ABUSE UNDER
THE HANDS OF SOME SICK, TWISTED,
PERVERTED PREDATORS.
TONY WAS ADOPTED BY THE
NOLAN FAMILY WHEN HE WAS FOUR
YEARS OLD. HIS PARENTS LOVED HIM
BUT AS HIS NEW FATHER STRUGGLED
TO MAKE ENDS MEET HIS ANGER
TURNED TOWARD TONY.
HE WOULD GET DRUNK ON A
DAILY BASIS AND WHEN HE WOULD
GET DRUNK HE WOULD GET VIOLENT,
AND THE MORE TIMES THAN NOT HE
WOULD POUR THAT VIOLENCE OUT ON
ME.
THOUGH HIS MOTHER TRIED TO
PROTECT HIM THE ABUSE CONTINUED
FOR YEARS. AS A TEENAGER TONY
FOUND HIS OWN WAY OF DEALING
WITH THE REJECTION HE FELT AT
HOME.
I WANTED TO ANESTHETIZE
THIS DEEP EMOTIONAL PAIN THAT
OF MY DAD. I TURNED TO ALCOHOL
AND NARCOTIC ABUSE AND AS A
RESULT OF THAT I SAW MYSELF
GETTING MY MUG SHOT TAKEN,
HAVING TO ANSWER FOR VERY BAD
CHOICES THAT I MADE OF RIPPING
SOMEBODY OFF OR HURTING
SOMEBODY DEEPLY.
HIS FATHER DIED WHILE TONY
WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND HIS
MOTHER LATER MARRIED A SINGLE
DAD. AFTER GRADUATION TONY
JOINED THE NAVY BUT AFTER TWO
YEARS AT SEA HE LEARNED HE
COULD NOT ESCAPE HIS PAST.
I CAME TO A HAUNTING
REALIZATION AND THAT IS THIS:
THAT THE HIGHS NEVER GET
STRONGER THAN THE HURTS EVER,
AND THAT LED TO ME WRESTLING
WITH SUICIDE. I DO NOT WANT TO
LIVE. IT'S LIKE EVERY DAY I
COULD HEAR MY DAD WHEN I LOOKED
IN THE MIRROR HIM SAYING, I WISH
I'D NEVER BOUGHT YOU.
TONY ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BY
SWALLOWING A HANDFUL OF PILLS
AND DRINKING ALCOHOL, BUT
THIS DID NOT WORK EITHER.
I ENDED UP SPENDING TWO
WEEKS IN A MENTAL INSTITUTION
AS A RESULT OF ME TRYING TO
TAKE MY OWN LIFE.
TONY WAS DISCHARGED AND
RETURNED HOME. LATER HE USED
THE SKILLS LEARNED IN THE NAVY
TO LAND A JOB AS A YACHT
CAPTAIN.
IT WAS SHOCKING TO COME TO
A POINT WHERE A GHETTO KID WHO
HAD NOTHING NOW IS ON A YACHT
AND HAS ALL THIS MONEY
AVAILABLE TO ME, BUT EVEN
THERE, THERE WAS EMPTINESS.
BUT THE DEMONS IN HIS PAST
FOLLOWED HIM. HIS FATHER'S
VOICE STILL RANG IN HIS MIND
CAUSING HIM TO FEEL WORTHLESS.
TONY QUIT HIS JOB AND WENT HOME
TO DIE.
LOOKING IN THE MIRROR AND
SEEING STILL THOSE EMPTY EYES
AND STILL HEARING THE ECHO OF
MY DAD, YOU'LL NEVER AMOUNT TO
ANYTHING. EVERY DAY I WOULD GET
DRUNK AND I WOULD TRY TO TAKE
MY LIFE. I CAN STILL RECALL
THE SCRATCHY FEELING OF A ROPE
AROUND MY NECK, OF TRYING TO
MUSTER UP THE COURAGE TO JUMP,
BUT GRIPPING THE TOP OF THE
STAIRWELL, WEEPING, JUST
WEEPING; THINKING THERE'S GOT
TO BE HOPE. THERE'S GOT TO BE
SOMETHING BETTER THAN THIS.
HOPE CAME FROM AN
UNEXPECTED PLACE. TONY'S
STEPBROTHER SCOTT HAD BECOME A
CHRISTIAN AND HE TALKED TO HIM
ABOUT GOD.
HE SAID COME TO CHURCH WITH
ME. I SAID, NO BUT YES CAME
OUT OF MY MOUTH. I SAID WAIT
AFTER ATTENDING A CHURCH
BIBLE STUDY SCOTT WANTED TONY
TO KNOW THAT GOD COULD CHANGE
HIS LIFE.
HE GRABBED ME BY MY ARM AND
HE SAID TONY, I NEED TO LET YOU
KNOW SOMETHING. HE SAID DID YOU
KNOW THAT THE THIEF COMES TO
SOMETHING INSIDE CLICKED. HE
DID
YOU KNOW THAT JESUS CAME THAT
YOU MIGHT HAVE LIFE AND THAT
YOU MIGHT HAVE IT MORE
ABUNDANTLY. I WILL NEVER FORGET
THAT MOMENT AS LONG AS I LIVE.
INSIDE MY HEART, JUST IN THE
DEEP RECESSES OF MY HEART, WAS
AN INCREDIBLE WARMING. THERE
WASN'T AN INCREDIBLE WARMING
THAT HAPPENED; AND I JUST
LOOKED AT HIM AND ALL OF A
SUDDEN GOD SCREAMED IN MY HEART
WITH A WHISPER AND HE SAID,
TONY, THAT'S IT. THAT'S IT. HE
SAID IF YOU WILL GIVE MY SON
YOUR LIFE, MY SON WILL GIVE YOU
HIS LIFE. AND I WAS BLOWN AWAY.
THEN SCOTT PROCEEDED TO TELL ME
THAT TO CONNECT TO GOD ALL I
NEEDED TO DO WAS RESPOND BY
FAITH. I DID. I ACKNOWLEDGED MY
SIN BEFORE GOD. I TURNED TO GOD
AND I SAID GOD, IF YOU WILL
TAKE MY LIFE YOU SURE ARE
WELCOME TO IT. I DON'T KNOW
WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH IT, BUT
IT'S YOURS, AND I'M GRATEFUL
THAT YOU WOULD DO WHAT YOU DID
FOR ME.
SINCE THAT DAY TONY SAYS HE
ALLOWS THE WORD OF GOD TO
DEFINE WHO HE IS.
THERE ARE HAUNTING WORDS
THAT PEOPLE PASS ON TO OTHER
PEOPLE LIKE WERE PASSED ON TO
ME FROM MY DAD AND WE LET THOSE
THINGS DEFINE US. WHAT'S TRUE
US, AND GOD SAYS WE ARE LOVED.
AND NOTHING CAN CHANGE THAT.
TODAY, TONY IS MARRIED TO
TAMMY.
ONE OF MY GREATEST JOYS IN
LIFE IS MY FAMILY. GOD HAS
GIVEN TO MY WIFE, TAMMY. SHE'S
THE BEST FRIEND I'VE GOT. THICK
AND THIN SHE KNOWS ME INSIDE
AND OUT AND YET SHE STILL LOVES
ME. THAT'S AMAZING. I MEAN THIS
IS WHERE IT'S REAL. THIS IS
WHERE IT REALLY COUNTS. I'M
ACTUALLY IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH
A LIVING GOD WHO'S WITH ME
SPIRITUALLY EVERYDAY. HE'S
NEVER LEFT ME. HE WON'T FORSAKE
TO BE A PART OF THAT
INCREDIBLE, WONDERFUL,
SIGNIFICANT PURPOSE AND PLAN
FOR MY LIFE, TO LIVE EACH DAY
TO SPREAD THE LOVE OF GOD AND
THE MESSAGE OF THE GOSPEL TO
THE WHOLE WORLD.
ONE SHOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T FEEL
SORRY FOR TONY. WE EMPATHIZE
AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT GOD CAN
TURN ANY SITUATION AROUND. EVEN
SOME PAST CAN BE TURNED INTO A
MASTERPIECE. YOU KNOW, WE SEE
HIS LIFE AND WE SAID, WOW, I
CAN'T RELATE TO THAT BUT I
WONDER IF WE COULD RELATE IF WE
PUT IN POSITION IT A LITTLE
DIFFERENT AND THAT IS IN THIS
WAY. THAT WE SAID, YOU KNOW, HE
KNEW HOW BAD THINGS WERE SO HE
KNEW HE NEEDED AN ANSWER. I
WONDER IF YOU KNOW HOW BAD
THINGS ARE. BECAUSE SOMETIMES I
THINK THE ENEMY OF MOVING
WHEN
THINGS ARE PRETTY GOOD, AND
REALLY WHERE WE HAVE NOT
HIT ROCK BOTTOM BUT WHEN YOU
HIT ROCK BOTTOM YOU KNOW
WAY TO
GO EXCEPT UP. THERE WAS A MAN
THAT HIT ROCK BOTTOM AND IT
COMES OUT OF LUKE, CHAPTER 8.
IT'S VERSE 26 AND HE IS CALLED
A DEMON ADDICT AND JESUS GOES TO
THE GERASENES. HE GOES ACROSS
THE SEA OF GALILEE AND AS
SOON AS HE STEPS ON THE LAND
THIS MAN MEETS HIM AND HE'S BEEN
IN THE TOMBS CUTTING HIMSELF,
SCREAMS OUT FROM INSIDE AND SAYS
WHAT DO YOU WANT WITH ME .
YOU KNOW WHAT, JESUS ASKS
WHAT'S YOUR NAME; AND HE SAID WE
ARE LEGIONS BECAUSE THERE IS
12,000 OF US. THAT DAY JESUS
SPOKE A WORD TO HIS LIFE LIKE
MAN WAS FREE AND GOD SAID THAT
NOT ONLY WAS HE FREE BUT NOW HE
HAD A MISSION TO REACH THE REST
OF THOSE IN THAT VERY AREA.
SOMEONE TODAY.
YES, HE IS. HE'S FREEING THEM
RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WHAT THEY
HAVE BEEN LIVING IN BEING
TRAPPED IN THEIR PAST AND
ACTUALLY FEELING SORRY FOR
YOURSELF. YOU KNOW, BRIAN, WHEN
WE DON'T NEED TO FEEL PITY
FOR OUR SITUATION OR SOMEBODY
ELSE'S SITUATION. WE CAN
EMPATHIZE WITH IT BUT WE NEED
TO KNOW WHO GOD IS.
THAT'S RIGHT.
INSPIRATION --
IS.
THE REVELATION OF WHO
JESUS IS, THAT IS WHAT IS GOING
TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
YES
DO WITH YOUR LIFE ONCE YOU HAVE
GIVEN IT TO HIM. YOU HAVE BEEN
TRAPPED IN SOME SELF-PITY AND
LOOKING AT YOUR SITUATION
RATHER THAN LOOKING TO GOD AND
GREAT PURPOSE. YOU HAVE A GREAT
CALL ON YOUR LIFE. THIS IS THE
DAY THAT IT CAN ALL BE TURNED
AROUND.
GOD TOLD TONY, ACCEPT MY SON
AND THEN YOUR LIFE WILL BEGIN.
PRAY THIS PRAYER: JESUS, I'M
THAT TONY. I'M THAT
DEMON POSSESSED MAN, THAT DEMON
POSSESSED WOMAN. I CONFESS MY
SIN. AND I ASK YOU NOW, WOULD
YOU COME INTO MY LIFE PLEASE. I
ACCEPT YOU AS MY SAVIOR AND
LORD. MAKE ME WHAT YOU WANT ME
AMEN. IF YOU JUST PRAY THAT
PRAYER WOULD YOU CALL THE
PRAYER LINE AT
1-855-759-0700.
OPERATORS ARE STANDING BY.
TOO OFTEN WE CARRY BAGGAGE
FROM OUR PAST. YOU KNOW WHAT
IT'S LIKE. IT AFFECTS
EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE IN OUR
LIVES. IT'S ALWAYS THERE
WEIGHING US DOWN AND KEEPING US
FROM ACHIEVING TRUE HAPPINESS
BUT DO YOU KNOW GOD NEVER MEANT
FOR US TO BE TRAPPED IN THE
PAST. YOU CAN BE FREE OF YOUR
BAGGAGE. LEARN HOW GOD'S
FORGIVENESS LEADS TO CHANGE
LIVES AND NEW BEGINNINGS. CALL
THE 700 CLUB.
DO YOU SEE YOURSELF AS GOD
SEES YOU OR DO YOU
UNDERESTIMATE WHAT HE CAN DO
WITH YOUR LIFE? THERE WAS A
MAN WHO SAW HIMSELF AS
INCAPABLE BEFORE GOD. HIS NAME
WAS GIDEON. IN JUDGES 6:14 THE
LORD SAID TO GIDEON, GO IN THIS
MIGHT OF YOURS AND YOU SHALL
SAVE ISRAEL FROM THE HAND OF
THE MIDIANITES. HAVE I NOT SENT
YOU. THAT'S WHAT GOD SAID.
GIDEON RESPONDS, OH MY LORD,
HOW CAN I SAVE ISRAEL. INDEED
MY CLAN IS THE WEAKEST IN
MANESSEH AND I'M THE LEAST IN
MY FATHER'S HOUSE. HE DID NOT
SEE WHAT GOD SAW. HE CALLED OUT
WHAT HAPPENED TO BE HIS
DEFICITS AND HIS INSUFFICIENCIES
IN THE NATURAL. THERE WAS
ANOTHER GROUP OF MEN WHO WERE
SENT OUT TO SURVEY AN AMAZING
LAND THAT GOD HAD PROMISED TO
THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AND
WHEN THEY GOT THERE THEY SAW
THAT THERE WERE GIANTS IN THE
LAND AND THESE SAME SPIES,
THEY CAME BACK AND SAID TO
MOSES, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE ARE
LIKE GRASSHOPPERS. THEY
ACTUALLY USED THOSE WORDS. WE
SEE OURSELVES AS GRASSHOPPERS
BEFORE THIS LARGE ENEMY. BUT
GOD HAD PROMISED THIS LAND TO
THEM. YET INSTEAD OF RISING UP
IN THEIR POSITION OF STRENGTH
AND THE CALL OF DESTINY OVER
THEIR VERY NATION, THEY CHOSE
TO SEE WHAT WAS IN THE NATURAL,
THAT THEY LOOKED SMALL. BUT YOU
KNOW, MOSES HAD ALREADY FACED
HIS OWN MOMENT OF MISCALCULATING
WHAT HE WAS CAPABLE OF THROUGH
THE POWER OF THE LIVING GOD. DO
YOU REMEMBER AT THE BURNING
BUSH EXODUS 3, VERSE 10,
GOD SAID TO MOSES, COME NOW
THEREFORE. I WILL SEND YOU TO
PHARAOH THAT YOU MAY BRING MY
PEOPLE, THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL,
OUT OF EGYPT. BUT MOSES SAID,
WHO AM I AND I SHOULD GO TO
PHARAOH AND THAT I SHOULD BRING
THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL OUT OF
EGYPT. SO MOSES GAVE EVERY
POSSIBLE REASON THAT HE COULD
IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES TO GOD
AS TO WHY HE COULDN'T POSSIBLY
BE THE ONE THAT GOD WOULD USE
FOR THIS GREAT VICTORY IN
HISTORY. SO GOD WENT SO FAR AS
TO SHOW MOSES TWO AMAZING
MIRACLES. HE SAID LOOK AT YOUR
ROD. HE SAID THROW IT DOWN AND
IT TURNED INTO A SNAKE AND WHEN
HE PICKED IT BACK UP IT BECAME
A ROD AGAIN. AND THEN HE SMOTE
MOSES HAND FULL OF LEPROSY AND
THEN HE KILLED IT RIGHT IN
FRONT OF HIS EYES. EVEN THEN
MOSES HAD EXCUSES AS TO WHY HE
WOULD NOT TRUST GOD TO GIVE HIM
THE STRENGTH TO CARRY OUT THIS
ASSIGNMENT. ALL OF MOSES
REASONS HAD TO DO WITH LOOKING
AT THE NATURAL, AT HIS OWN
DEFECTS, INSTEAD OF HOW POWERFUL
GOD WAS. IN EXODUS 3:14 IT
SAYS, THE ANGER OF THE LORD
BLAZED AGAINST MOSES. I DON'T
WANT GOD TO BE MAD AT ME
BECAUSE I UNDERESTIMATE WHAT HE
CAN DO THROUGH ME. I CHALLENGE
YOU TODAY TO NOT SEE YOURSELF
AS A GRASSHOPPER WHEN GOD IS
TRYING TO MAKE YOU A DELIVERER.
WE NEED TO GET OUR EYES OFF OF
OUR NATURAL FAILINGS AND
SHORTCOMINGS AND ONTO THE
UNSTOPPABLE, OVERWHELMING,
AWE-INSPIRING ABILITY OF THE
INCREDIBLE LORD OF THE
UNIVERSE. HE ACTUALLY DOESN'T
NEED ONE SINGLE TALENT THAT
YOU'VE GOT. WHAT HE ASKS OF
YOU, WHEN HE CALLS YOU, IS THAT
YOU WOULD BE A WILLING
PARTICIPANT TO BE USED OF HIM
TO BRING DESTRUCTION TO THE
ENEMY'S CAMP. DON'T SEE
YOURSELF AS AN INSECT WHEN HE
HAS CALLED YOU TO BE A WARRIOR.
YOU KNOW THATS SOME VERY
SOUND WISDOM THAT LAURA-LYNN
GIVES BECAUSE NUMBERS CHAPTER 13
OF ISRAEL COULD AND THEY SAID
WE CAN'T BECAUSE THEY SAID WE
ARE SMALL IN OUR OWN EYES. HE
SENT THEM TO GO INTO THE
PROMISED LAND AND HE GAVE THEM
A PROMISE OF HIS PRESENCE, BUT
ALL THEY COULD DO WAS SEE THE
INSIGNIFICANCE OF THEMSELVES.
MANY TIMES WHEN WERE LOOKING IN
THE MIRROR IT IS HARD TO SEE
EXACTLY WHAT ARE POTENTIAL IS.
BUT GOD CAN USE ANYTHING. I BET
HE'S ASKING YOU TODAY TO STEP
OUT ON FAITH. THOSE NUMBERS ON
THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN
1-855-759-0700, I BELIEVE THAT
GOD IS SAYING TO SOMEONE RIGHT
NOT FROM
TO MAN. START MOVING RIGHT NOW,
ACTIVATE YOUR FAITH, CONFESS IT
WITH YOUR MOUTH, BELIEVE IT IN
YOUR HEART AND I DECLARE RIGHT
NOW IN JESUS NAME, YOU ARE WELL
ABLE LIKE CALEB AND JOSHUA. WELL
UP NEXT, NIKKI HELPS US TO
FIGHT THAT OLD FAMILIAR BELLY
FAT.
HI. I'M NIKKI. WELCOME TO
THE GET UP AND GET MOVING
SEGMENTS. EACH WEEK I'M GOING
TO INTRODUCE THREE MOVES THAT
ARE DESIGNED TO GET YOUR HEART
RATE UP, INCREASE YOUR
STRENGTH, AND IMPROVE YOUR
FLEXIBILITY. THESE ARE SIMPLE
MOVES DESIGNED FOR ANYONE TO
DEAL AT ANY TIME ANYWHERE
REALLY. VERY MINIMAL EQUIPMENT
NEEDED, SO THERE'S NO EXCUSES.
BEFORE WE GET STARTED TODAY I
WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT YOUR
CORE. THIS IS THE AREA OF YOUR
HIPS ARE AND VERY IMPORTANT TO
STRENGTHEN IN ORDER TO REDUCE
INJURY. MANY PEOPLE SUFFER FROM
LOWER BACK PAIN AND THINGS LIKE
THAT THAT YOU REALLY NEED TO
STRENGTHEN THESE MUSCLES. SO
TODAY I'M GOING TO BE SHOWING
YOU A SPECIFIC MOVE THAT YOU
HELP TO REALLY IMPROVE THAT
STRENGTHEN THE AREA AND
DECREASE YOUR RISK OF INJURY.
OKAY. SO LET'S GET STARTED.
CARDIO. SO NICE AND SIMPLE
YOU'RE GETTING NICE AND LOW TO
THE GROUND YOU ARE THE MORE
INTENSE THE EXERCISE. YOU'RE
JUST GOING TO SHUFFLE BACK
AND FORTH. I LIKE TO PUT ON
SOME GOOD MUSIC TO THINGS LIKE
THIS. IT REALLY GETS YOUR ENERGY
OVER TO
THE SIDE AND YOU'RE GOING TO
TOUCH DOWN. YOU'RE GOING TO
SHUFFLE TO THE OTHER SIDE. SO
AGAIN, STAYING NICE AND LOW
YOU'RE GOING TO TOUCH DOWN. TRY
TO SIDE. SHUFFLE, DOWN, AND
DOWN. OKAY, YOU GOT IT NOW,
RIGHT. A LITTLE BIT LOWER.
THAT'S IT. STAY NICE AND LOW.
GOOD. OKAY, MOVING ON COME BACK
WITH ME. WE'LL GOING TO BE
DOING STANDING SIDE CRUNCHES.
THESE ARE REALLY FOCUSING ON
YOUR OBLIQUES AND ABDOMINALS IN
GENERAL. OKAY, SO IM GOING TO
SHOW YOU THIS MOVE WITHOUT ANY
WEIGHT TO BEGIN WITH. FIRST OF
ALL, YOU'RE STANDING NICE AND
TALL BELLYBUTTON AGAINST PULLED
INTO YOUR SPINE, ABDOMINALS ARE
DOWN
HERE AND THE OTHER HAND IS
GOING TO COME ABOVE YOUR HEAD.
COMING SIDEWAYS. YOU GOING TO
FEEL RIGHT AWAY THIS AREA
FIND YOUR BALANCE. IF YOU NEED
TO HOLD ONTO A CHAIR YOU CAN.
OKAY. TRY TO DO ABOUT TWELVE ON
EACH SIDE. A WAY TO INCREASE IN
INTENSITY HERE IS TO GRAB ONTO A
WEIGHT INTO THIS HAND. IF YOU
GRAB A WEIGHT YOU'RE GOING TO
FIND MUCH TOUGHER. AS YOU GET
GOING YOU WILL WANT TO
CHALLENGE YOURSELF, OKAY. SO
GREAT STRETCH AFTER THAT
SIDE. HOLD IT THERE. REMEMBER
TALL, STRETCH UP AND OVER.
HOLDING THAT STRETCH, BREATHING
NICE AND DEEPLY, AND COMING
BACK UP. SO REMEMBER, YOU CAN
CHECK OUT THESE MOVES AND MANY
MORE ON THE WEBSITE, 700CLUB.CA.
IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC
QUESTIONS FOR ME CHECK OUT
BUNCH OF CARDIO MOVES, STRENGTH
MOVES, STRETCH MOVES THAT YOU
CAN PUT TOGETHER MAKE UP YOUR
DAY, THAT'S ALL IT TAKES. I KNOW
YOU CAN DO. SO GET UP AND GET
MOVING TODAY. YOU'LL BE SO GLAD
YOU DID. SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
THANKS, NIKKI, FOR KEEPING
US LOOKING GREAT AND IN SHAPE.
MM-MM. HERE AT THE 700 CLUB
CANADA WE ARE COMMITTED TO
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