And so today, if you're gonna go out
and eat a bunch of fast food,
and you say, "Well, Pastor Anderson,
"I can't afford to have my wife stay home
"and cook the bread.
"I can't afford to buy healthy food.
"I must go to McDonald's and get the 99 Cent-er,
"because that's all I can afford."
And I've heard people say things like this.
And I heard a pastor say this.
He was in a drive-through of McDonald's,
and he pulled into McDonald's,
and he ordered the 99 Cent-er,
some kind of a 99 Cent cheeseburger.
And they said, "I'm sorry, we're out of that patty today.
All we have is the Quarter Pounder.
We have to substitute the Quarter Pounder
for the 99 Cent-er.
Is that okay?"
And he said, "Is that okay?
That's great."
And he said, "Give me 20 of 'em in that case."
And he got 20 of 'em and put 'em in the freezer.
And that was just, and he said that was a blessing from God.
That came from the other place, my friend.
That does not come from God.
And here's the thing, people think,
oh, I'm saving money!
I'm saving money when my wife goes out to work
and I'm saving money when I eat
all these frozen cheapo dinners
and I'm saving money when I eat less produce
and just go get Burger King and it's a 99 Center.
You know what?
You're gonna spend all of that money
at the hospital and at the doctor.
You're gonna spend it all.
That's why our country's going bankrupt today,
'cause of Medicare, Medicaid, why?
Because everybody's spending billions of dollars
trying to fight illness and trying to fight sickness
that has been brought on by an unhealthy sitting
on the couch, sitting in front of the TV,
stuffing your face with fast food and junk food lifestyle.
That's why you're sick.
That's why you're not healthy.
And you know, everybody, everybody who is an obese,
unhealthy, you know, these are their favorite verses.
These are their favorite verses.
They say this, you know, every creature of God is good
and nothing to be refused.
If it be received with thanksgiving,
it's sanctified by the word of God in prayer.
Well, you better have the faith to move mountains, buddy,
if that's your life verse.
If you're gonna have to pray that God is gonna have
to perform a miracle every time you drive through McDonald's,
you know what I mean, and just completely change
the molecular structure of that food.
And I don't think it's gonna happen.
I mean, maybe you're like, maybe you're a modern day Elijah
that can pray that that food will totally be reconfigured
on its way down your gullet.
I don't think it's gonna happen.
And then here's their other favorite verse,
"Bodily exercise profiteth little."
That's their other favorite verse.
But here's the thing, and here's the thing,
and I agree with that because there are people who, man,
they get so into fitness and it's like,
that's all they're into and they worship their bodies
and they, you know, they stare in a mirror
with their pink tank top on and yeah, you know, and they,
but look, but wait a minute, you gotta understand,
people in the Bible days, man, they worked a physical job.
90% of people were farmers back then.
And if you look at the people in the Bible,
they were physically strong men and they're, you know,
they're doing all these, these works
and they're lifting things and they're,
they're doing just a physical job.
So I'm just telling you, your body was not designed
to sit around all day.
And if you have a job that sits you around all day,
you do need to go out and get some exercise
or you will get sick, you know?
And, and you know, ideal, if you have a physical job,
you're killing two birds with one stone
by doing that physical job.
And then that, that'll help keep you in shape
and keep the blood flowing.