Jim Bakker Show - An Attitude of Gratitude - Dr. Don Colbert
Aired: 2020-06-22
Duration: 02:42


=== Attitude Of Gratitude (02:20) ===

[00:00:00]  How do we respond on the stress that we carry on day-to-day basis?
[00:00:05]  Well, again, it's just practicing these, practicing that attitude of gratitude, just staying in that attitude of thanksgiving.
[00:00:12]  And, you know, praying in the spirit is wonderful.
[00:00:16]  Everyone should be praying in the spirit.
[00:00:17]  But when you go into the grocery store, you just thank the Lord.
[00:00:22]  Thank you, Jesus, that I have a grocery store I can go into.
[00:00:26]  I can now buy toilet paper.
[00:00:28]  I can now buy paper towels.
[00:00:30]  I can now get hand sanitizer.
[00:00:31]  I can get foam soap.
[00:00:33]  Things that I used to never even think about, but I just take it for granted.
[00:00:38]  Now these things I'm thankful for, but also I'm thankful that I'm able to buy groceries.
[00:00:42]  I'm able to get my veggies and my berries and my organic eggs and all.
[00:00:48]  So again, it's just, I'm so thankful for the things that he supplied.
[00:00:53]  And again, sometimes I just get these things online.
[00:00:57]  I'm thankful for the restaurants that are open because now we can either get takeout or we can go in the restaurants and eat.
[00:01:03]  And we just loved it.
[00:01:04]  And so we're just so thankful.
[00:01:06]  So now the prayers of gratitude, when you, before you eat, just sit down and thank the Lord.
[00:01:11]  Thank you, Lord, but not just bless this food, but thank you, Lord, for supplying this food, supplying hot food.
[00:01:18]  And it's things we used to take for granted.
[00:01:20]  But when we enter that attitude, it's an attitude we carry with us all day long.
[00:01:25]  And when you carry that attitude of gratitude, it's infectious to other people.
[00:01:29]  They see it and they want what you have.
[00:01:32]  And the best thing it does, it insulates you from stress.
[00:01:37]  It lowers cortisol.
[00:01:39]  Do you know cortisol weakens your immune system significantly?
[00:01:43]  One part of your immune system, a very important part, high cortisol levels decrease your natural killer cells.
[00:01:51]  The natural killer cells I tell patients are like the Navy seals in the military.
[00:01:56]  These are your toughest, toughest cells that literally kill viruses and cancer cells.
[00:02:01]  But when you have a lot of cortisol, it weakens those natural killer cells and depresses them by as much as 50%.

=== Deep Sleep Rejuvenation (00:36) ===

[00:02:09]  But when you enter that attitude of gratitude and practice belly laughter and practice just mindfulness, enjoying the present moment, all of a sudden, guess what?
[00:02:21]  That cortisol level drops and the immune system is able to reboot.
[00:02:27]  And when you enter that deep sleep, it is amazing what deep sleep does to your body.
[00:02:32]  The brain is able to recharge.
[00:02:34]  The body is able to heal.
[00:02:36]  The body releases growth hormone and powerful neural peptides that actually repair the brain.