S06E007, Too Much of a Good Thing, Endurance

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Steven and Nathan are feeling festive in this Christmas special where they take a look at “too much of a good thing.” For a laugh, Steven asks Nathan the questions at the end.

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In this week’s GoDeeper, Steven gives examples of having too much of a good thing to the point that it becomes a bad thing. The most notable of which is exercise, which if done too much can cause injuries.

In contrast Steven also gives examples of things which you can’t do too much of like pray. Ultimately, he points out that you can’t have too much of Jesus.

You can read the GoDeeper transcript here.

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For the final segment, Steven asks Nathan some questions:

1. What’s your least favourite Christmas song?
2. Have you ever eaten enough on Christmas Day?
3. Can you give an example of when you have failed miserably and had too much of a good thing?
4. How many prophecies are there in the Bible for the birth of Jesus?
5. Have MI6 approached you on becoming one of their interrogators?

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[00:00:00] Nathan: Hello and welcome to Endurance your weekly spiritual workout. This week's episode is titled Too Much of a Good Thing, and it's rather special really, because not only is it the last one of this year, last episode of this year, it's also our Christmas special, as you can tell by the seasonal background behind me.

[00:00:42] Nathan: So anyway, the idea of too much of a good thing, we are looking at the the concept of having too much of, well, anything really. Even if something is generally healthy, it can still be bad to have too much of it. For example, it can be bad to do too much exercise, even though exercise is good for you, too much is [00:01:00] unhealthy and the same with fruit.

[00:01:02] Nathan: It's very healthy for you, but too much of it is not good for you. You need a balanced diet of course. However, there is one thing, or I should say, one person whom we cannot have too much of, and His name is Jesus. Just let that sink in. Anyway, Steven's going to open up this topic for us and explain to us what it means to have too much of a good thing and how to avoid that really.

[00:01:24] Nathan: As always, if you wish to keep up to date with all that we produce here over here at the BerryBunch, then you can always sign up to our newsletter by going to www.berrybunch.Family. Hope you enjoy this episode. I'm Nathan.

[00:01:39] Steven: When evangelizing, people can get caught up in complex strategies. But all that's needed is for the truth to be spoken, and then the Holy Spirit does the rest. #speaktruth

[00:01:56] Jo: Family Prayer Time. So what is it, Peter? [00:02:00]

[00:02:00] Peter: Well, it's where me and Mum, or well, Jo we look at, we find a subject for a prayer, so maybe the Psalm or a country. And then we pray as we feel led and bob's your uncle.

[00:02:10] Jo: It's excellent. Yeah, absolutely. It's Family Prayer Time. Me and Pete pray together and we'd like you to pray as a family.

[00:02:17] Jo: So join us for family prayer time.

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[00:02:38] Steven: So here we are for the Christmas special of Endurance, and this is the part where we go deeper into the topic as Nathan said. So we're going into the topic of, what we're going into the topic of?. Oh, never mind. Keep it rolling. Keep it rolling. Too much of a good thing, we can have too much of a good thing in life in all sorts of areas.

[00:02:55] Steven: So as Nathan said, you can have too much of exercise and it becomes over training [00:03:00] and that could be detrimental to your health. I think if you go too far too fast, you can have way too high a heart rate. I was reading about this. If it's like over your maximum heart rate, it's like really bad. You can do all sorts of damage.

[00:03:12] Steven: So too much exercise, too much running too much of anything can be a bad for you. But since we're in the Christmas season, how many songs have you heard over and over again? Like that can be a bit of a bad thing. Can it? Like the song was good the first time, but that many times you've heard it, it's no longer a good thing.

[00:03:28] Steven: So you can have too much of a good thing with music. Also, over the Christmas period, perhaps people eat too much and too much of a good thing. Lots of good food, lots of healthy food sometimes, but too much of it not such a good thing.

[00:03:41] Steven: And we can have too much of Christian stuff. For instance, you can get too involved in church life and become a bit of a busy body, and equally that's not so good. Too much of a good thing. It's great to be involved with church, but you can get too much too involved. But there are things you cannot have too much of, if you know what I [00:04:00] mean.

[00:04:03] Steven: In 1 Thessalonians 5, 16 to 18, it says this, Rejoice always, pray constantly, give thanks in, give thanks in everything for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. So we can, you can never rejoice too much. You can never pray too much. You can never give thanks too much because these is the will of God. It's really straightforward that innit?

[00:04:26] Steven: You can't pray too much. You can't rejoice too much. These things you can't have too much of. They are good and you can't have too much of it. And ultimately we can't have too much of, Jesus may sound like a bit of a cliche, but it's true. You can't possibly not know enough. How do I word that? You can't.

[00:04:45] Steven: You can't have too much of Jesus. It's a bit of a, maybe a bit of a cliche, but it's true. You can't have too much of him. He is the King of King's, Lord of Lords. We want to be constantly filled with his Holy Spirit. Even more of his Holy Spirit. We want to constantly know more about him in our Christian journey and we can't have too much of him.

[00:04:59] Steven: But like I say, [00:05:00] you can have too much of Christian things. For instance, church involvement or, or similar. That is Too much of a good thing.

[00:05:12] Andy B: Two minutes a day can change your world and in Just a Thought, that's kind of what I do because I take the ordinary moments of life and think, how can this apply to faith, to life, to moving through this world with people around us?

[00:05:26] Andy B: How can a tiny spider or a the handle of a microwaveable rice pot affect our life and how can it help us learn something about ourselves and the world around us? So here's what I thought, Have you ever wondered what red flags, shredded tires, persistence, holes, dishwater tea, rice maker handles, tape measures, giant spiders that are not and stripey fabric all have in common well you are not alone. And they actually link wonderfully together, as you will find out in the book. I'm just gonna read this out from Reverend Johnny Douglas, who wrote the forward very kindly for me, [00:06:00] Just a thought is a collection of pregnant brain thoughts, but it's so much more than this. Andy reflects a determination, character and grasp of God in his loving purpose and wise ways.

[00:06:09] Andy B: As we go through life, there's all these things that go on. There's all these exciting things of life, but actually it's the ordinary and it's the normal from which we can learn so, so much. Each little chapter will take you a few moments to read, but hopefully. will get your brain working and ready for the day. Just a thought.

[00:06:48] Steven: So here we would normally have Nathan asking me some questions, but since this is a Christmas special, I've managed to sort of get him to agree to me asking the questions for a bit of change, for a bit of interest. So hence the last bit was a bit short cause I was really [00:07:00] excited about this bit. Yeah, you ask Nathan some questions.

[00:07:02] Steven: So first one on my list, what's your least favourite Christmas song?

[00:07:05] Nathan: Least favourite Christmas song might be, do you know that song? I can't remember the name precisely. There's one where it says I wish it could be Christmas every day.

[00:07:17] Steven: Ah, interesting. See, for me, it would be last Christmas. Last Christmas, I gave you my heart. The very next day you gave it away.

[00:07:26] Nathan: Yeah. Yeah.

[00:07:27] Steven: I, I hate that song. Never mind.

[00:07:29] Nathan: Well, cause you can't have Christmas every day. If you had it every day, it would no longer be interesting, would it?

[00:07:33] Steven: Fair enough. Well, exactly. So we can hear these songs too much and we have too much of a good thing.

[00:07:37] Nathan: Exactly.

[00:07:38] Steven: But then maybe we would disagree if they're a good thing to begin with.

[00:07:41] Nathan: Well,

[00:07:42] Steven: Okay, so I talked about how sometimes people eat too much over Christmas period. Have you ever eaten enough on Christmas?

[00:07:51] Nathan: Maybe once or twice. Yeah.

[00:07:53] Steven: Were you actually full?

[00:07:54] Nathan: I think so, yeah, in fairness Christmas roast, you know, with all the furnishings,

[00:07:59] Steven: All the [00:08:00] trimming,

[00:08:00] Nathan: All the garnishes, et cetera, they usually tend to satisfy me quite, quite well.

[00:08:05] Steven: So these are a couple of warmup questions that I felt were topical. Okay.

[00:08:07] Nathan: That was just a warmup?!

[00:08:08] Steven: Yeah, yeah, right. Here we go. Can you give an example of when you have failed miserably and had too much of a good thing?

[00:08:15] Nathan: Hold on a minute. That's not very nice. . I don't talk about my failures.

[00:08:21] Steven: That's what you do with me, innit?

[00:08:22] Nathan: Well, no, no, no. I just, just ask you to speak of your own experiences, particularly the ones that you're not so proud of.

[00:08:29] Steven: Yeah. Would you care to share some of your experiences?

[00:08:32] Nathan: I'm sorry what was the question?

[00:08:33] Steven: Can you give an example of when you have failed miserably and had too much of a good.

[00:08:40] Nathan: Well,

[00:08:41] Steven: I suppose any decent interviewer would give you the chance to say that you haven't got anything or give you riggle room, but I just thought, you know, I'm really trap you in there.

[00:08:49] Nathan: You're not gonna gimme any, any chance. That's it. Okay. a time when I've miserably failed, had too much of a good thing. Do you know? I, I honestly, I'm not sure.

[00:08:58] Steven: Well, have you ever over-trained in [00:09:00] exercise?

[00:09:01] Nathan: So now, yeah, there I have over-trained once or twice. The thing is, I just, I'm so frustrated by not attaining the particular pace that I want to. So I overdo it and push so hard that I cause myself injury.

[00:09:13] Steven: And then you have too much of a good thing and it becomes a bad thing.

[00:09:16] Nathan: Exactly.

[00:09:17] Steven: And I'm guilty of this too. Overdoing it. You want to reach a certain goal, you're not there. So you try to push yourself further and further and you end up with injuries. In fact, you end up being slower as a result, don't you?

[00:09:27] Nathan: Yeah. Yeah, you do.

[00:09:28] Steven: It sets you back. There you are.

[00:09:30] Steven: So how many prophecies are there for the birth of Jesus in the Bible?

[00:09:34] Nathan: Ah, see, I know this one. 365.

[00:09:37] Steven: Ugh, great. There I was thinking I'd trap you and I I even looked up myself. I was, I was looking forward to that question. You'd be like, you would not see it coming. And there you are. You knew it already.

[00:09:49] Nathan: 365, one for each day of the year.

[00:09:52] Steven: Did he fulfil them all?

[00:09:54] Nathan: Yes.

[00:09:55] Steven: That was very sure there. When God prophesises he answers.

[00:09:59] Steven: [00:10:00] You know, we're going off topic here with too much of a good thing, is what we're talking about here.

[00:10:02] Nathan: Yeah. You can't have too much of God though, as we've just pointed out. Very well. I think

[00:10:06] Steven: 365 prophecies. You can't have too many. Nope. Not for the Son of God. Okay, so you've done a lot of these interviews.

[00:10:13] Steven: Have MI6 ever actually approached you on becoming one of the interrogators ?

[00:10:16] Nathan: Well do you know? I'm afraid I can't comment. Otherwise I would. You know,

[00:10:21] Steven: Clear confirmation confirmation there. I can imagine how they came forward. They would've been like my name is Bond, James Bond. A bit short staffed cuz of the, you know, yeah. Not enough, and we're all on Strike.

[00:10:32] Nathan: They saw me on Endurance and they thought, wow, he's excellent interrogating, I mean, questioning people obviously. Cuz I don't interrogate you. No, no, no.

[00:10:40] Steven: So you've confirmed that you have in fact been approached by MI6?

[00:10:45] Nathan: I can't possibly confirm nor deny details of any such operation without the appropriate authority from a particular person.

[00:10:54] Steven: Now unfortunately I've run out of questions, but I suppose what I need to do is bring us back to the topic and conclude.

[00:10:59] Nathan: Yes, what [00:11:00] is the topic? Our least favourite Christmas song?

[00:11:02] Steven: No, no. You can have too much of a good thing, but you can't have a too much of Jesus Christ. Happy Christmas from Endurance.

[00:11:22] Nathan: Boom, mike drop.

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