BE HEALTHY AND HAPPY BY JOYCE MEYER

(Joyce Meyer) WELCOME BACK. I’M WITH DR. DON COLBERT AND HIS WIFE MARY AND WE’RE DISCUSSING HEALTH AND HAPPINESS. IN PARTICULAR, WE’RE DISCUSSING HOW EXCESS STRESS CAN STEAL YOUR HEALTH AND YOUR JOY. WE HAVE ABOUT TEN MINUTES LEFT IN THE PROGRAM TODAY AND I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET SOME REAL KEY POINTS ACROSS TO PEOPLE SO I BELIEVE THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT CAN STRESS US OUT BUT I THINK ONE OF THE BIG ONES IS HURRYING. I JUST CANNOT STAND TO HURRY. THE MINUTE I START TO HURRY, EVERYTHING TENSES UP.  TELL US  HERE IN JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES WHAT HAPPENS IN OUR BODY WHEN WE TENSE LIKE THAT.

(Don) WHAT’S HAPPENING IS WHEN YOU HURRY, YOU SEND A MESSAGE TO YOUR BRAIN THAT YOUR BODY IS IN A STRESS STATE, YOUR BODY IMMEDIATELY GOES INTO FIGHT OR FLIGHT PATTERN.  WHEN YOU GO INTO FIGHT OR FLIGHT PATTERN, YOUR ARTERIES CONSTRICT, YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE GOES UP, YOUR HEART RATE GOES UP, YOUR BODY PUTS FATS AND SUGARS IN THE BLOOD STREAM IN ORDER TO GIVE ENERGY FOR YOUR MUSCLES TO ENABLE YOU TO FIGHT OR FLEE.

(Joyce Meyer) BECAUSE YOUR BODY SAYS THERE’S AN EMERGENCY.

(Don Colbert) ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. WHAT’S HAPPENING IS YOUR BODY IS MORE PRONE TO DEVELOPING ILLNESS WHEN THAT HAPPENS OVER AND OVER AGAIN. DOING IT OCCASIONALLY IS NOT GOING TO HURT BUT WHEN YOU CONTINUE TO DO IT, EVENTUALLY YOUR BODY BECOMES STUCK IN THAT KIND OF LIKE YOUR ACCELERATOR GETTING STUCK.  THESE PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS IN A FRENZIED PACE, THEY’RE ALWAYS IN A STRESSED PACE, THEY’RE ALWAYS ON EDGE AND READY TO GO, GO, GO. YOU CAN SEE IT IN THEIR EYES. YOU CAN SEE STRESS WRITTEN OVER THEIR FACE BECAUSE THEIR BODY IS STUCK IN HURRY MODE. AND AGAIN, WHEN YOU’RE STUCK IN HURRY MODE, WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN IS FIRST YOU’RE GOING TO LOSE YOUR PEACE AND IT’S GOING TO COMPROMISE YOUR HEALTH BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE THESE STRESS HORMONES GOING THROUGH YOUR BODY OVER AND OVER, JOYCE MEYER MINISTRIES REMINDS US THAT IT WILL EVENTUALLY LOCK DOWN YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE INTO HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE BECAUSE YOUR ARTERIES, IF THEY CONTINUE TO REMAIN CONSTRICTED, EVENTUALLY YOU’LL DEVELOP HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, EVENTUALLY YOU’LL DEVELOP HIGH CHOLESTEROL, HIGH BLOOD SUGAR, HIGH TRIGLYCERIDES; EVENTUALLY YOU’LL BE MORE PRONE TO A HEART ATTACK BECAUSE WHEN WE’RE IN THIS STATE, THE PLATELETS ARE MORE PRONE TO STICK TO THE LINING OF THE ARTERIES; ALSO, THE MUSCLES GET TENSE AND TIGHT SO YOU’RE MORE PRONE TO MUSCULOSKELETAL PROBLEMS SUCH AS CARPAL TUNNEL, SUCH AS TMJ, NECK PAIN, BACK PAIN, IRRITABLE BOWEL, ALL OF THESE.  IT’S KIND OF LIKE DOMINOS GOING DOWN IN A DOMINO EFFECT.

(Joyce Meyer) WE PAY A HIGH PRICE FOR HURRYING, DON’T WE?

(Don) ABSOLUTELY SO I TELL PEOPLE IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS EXPERIENCE THAT PEACE, SLOW DOWN, TAKE SOME DEEP BREATHS, MEDITATE ON SOME SCRIPTURES, SING A PRAISE SONG, LAUGH, OR TAKE A NICE WARM BATH WHEN YOU’RE AT HOME AT NIGHT TO WIND DOWN BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE LITERALLY GO TO BED IN THIS STATE AND WHEN THEY GO TO BED IN THIS STATE, THEY CAN’T SLEEP WELL; THEY DON’T ENTER INTO THAT DEEP STAGE III AND IV SLEEP OR STAY THERE LONG ENOUGH TO RECHARGE SO THEY’RE TIRED.

(Mary Colbert) A BIG REASON FOR THE STRESS ACCORDING TO JOYCE MEYER ONLINE IS BECAUSE WE DON’T ALLOW MARGIN IN OUR LIFE. IF WE WOULD BUILD IN MARGIN… LIKE DON AND I USED TO GO TO THE AIRPORT, HE WOULD LIKE TO TRY TO SEE THE PATIENT RIGHT UP TO THE VERY LAST SECOND TO MAKE IT JUST ENOUGH TIME TO WALK ON THE PLANE.  THERE WAS NO MARGIN TO TAKE A DEEP BREATH.