Participants: Don Mackintosh (Host), Vicki Griffin
Series Code: HFAL
Program Code: HFAL000206
00:01 The following program presents
00:03 principles designed to promote good health 00:05 and is not intended to take the place of 00:06 personalized professional care. 00:09 The opinions and ideas expressed are 00:11 those of the speaker. Viewers are encouraged 00:13 to draw their own conclusions about 00:15 the information presented. 00:50 Hello and welcome to 'Health For A Lifetime.' 00:52 We're glad you're with us today. 00:53 My name is Don Mackintosh and 00:55 today we are gonna be talking about 00:57 things that might seem simple but if 00:58 they are not taken care of, that they 01:00 are not really prioritize and kept 01:02 on the top burner you can really get 01:04 into a lot of problems. Talking with us today 01:07 is Vicki Griffin, you are from the 01:09 Michigan Conference, you're the Health 01:11 Director there and you have a ministry 01:13 called Lifestyle Matters, right, right and 01:17 lifestylematters.com is your webpage. 01:20 Lot of things we talk about here and a lot 01:21 of other resources can be accessed there. 01:26 Today, we're gonna talk about, 01:28 you know, these goals that many 01:30 times we sometimes will neglect, but if 01:34 we want to have a designer lifestyles 01:36 what you are calling it, we have to keep 01:38 these components on the top burner. 01:41 Sometimes as we've done seminars and 01:43 symposiums throughout the country it's easy 01:48 to see that folks are just buried in a 01:52 blizzard of activities and so sometimes 01:55 the very most important goals 01:57 for overall successful living 01:58 just gets swept unto the carpet because 02:01 they are in the quadrant of urgent, 02:05 taking care of the immediate, urgent, 02:07 and the important is neglected. Exactly. 02:09 For the most important. That's right. 02:10 So over this time you have talked to 02:12 hundreds of different groups all over the place. 02:15 You've said look these are the things 02:16 as I listened day and day out these are the 02:18 things that are being neglected. 02:19 If we can keep these priorities, 02:22 these goals as a major focus in our 02:26 life then the other activities become 02:28 easier and we will gain the wisdom and 02:31 knowledge to know what we can leave 02:32 out of our schedules, but the things that 02:35 we are leaving out to a large extent today 02:39 are things that are critical to life, 02:41 well being, and having healthy 02:44 relationships. Well let's look at this list. 02:46 Let's look at the first one in the list. Right. 02:48 The first thing you say kind of the 02:49 foundation principle is to have good 02:52 nutrition, which I think in other 02:55 words bring home the meat and 02:56 potatoes is that what do you mean. 02:58 Well you might want to leave those at the 03:00 store actually, but having good 03:02 nutrition means more than just 03:03 feeding yourself, 30% of Americans 03:05 are eating atleast one meal a day in their 03:08 cars and it's not the best quality food. 03:11 People are in a hurry. They don't think 03:13 about what they are eating and this has 03:15 very profound effects on mental 03:16 function, stress, cognitive functioning. 03:20 Just the ability to process and meet 03:22 challenges it has an effect on mood 03:24 and memory and so. The very foundation 03:27 elements of person that are so important, 03:31 the resiliency and the mental energy that is 03:35 required for the challenges of life 03:37 begins to deteriorate 03:38 because of food, because they don't get 03:39 good food, because of poor nutrition 03:40 and so making nutrition choices 03:43 a priority in life frequenting the 03:45 produce department, finding fast food 03:48 choices that are healthful which is 03:50 very possible now, you can go to the 03:52 grocery store and buy hummus, 03:54 you can get fresh salads all made up 03:56 with the dressing, and making me hungry. 03:59 You can buy all kinds of good fresh 04:01 fruits and vegetables readymade as fruit 04:03 salads and wholesome crackers and breads 04:06 those are the kinds of foods, healthy 04:07 nuts these are the kinds of food that 04:09 are going to help to create a foundation 04:12 for success in whatever 04:14 else you do in life. I bet you're gonna 04:15 say breakfast is the most important 04:16 meal of the day. I was just gonna 04:18 say breakfast is the most important 04:20 meal of the day. Even if you have 04:21 the packet which many times I do 04:23 because I'm on the road a lot. 04:25 There are still ways to craft a morning 04:29 meal that is going to give you the energy 04:33 you need during the day to meet the 04:35 challenges that you are going to be faced. 04:38 Well this morning I had a great breakfast 04:39 to meet the challenges today. 04:40 I had strawberries, blueberries, I had 04:42 some pecans, I think it was some 04:45 cranberries and then I had this 04:46 still kind of like. I don't know what 04:48 it was kind of a grainy kind of trout 04:51 and then I had some soy milk and I had 04:54 these other things. You know who 04:55 I was eating with? Who? It was your 04:58 husband and yourself. Excellent. 04:59 That's exactly right. So, you actually 05:00 practice what you preach. Well we actually do 05:02 and we are staying in a hotel right now, 05:06 but we manage to get this very nice 05:07 breakfast from the grocery store and 05:09 that is what has given us the energy 05:10 that we need today. The brightness to 05:12 that's right, carry on with the duties of the day. 05:15 It would have been easier perhaps to 05:17 drive through a fast food and get some 05:19 sought of pre-made sandwich but the 05:21 better choice is going to give us 05:24 one-third, atleast more energy during 05:26 the day and better resources to meet 05:28 challenges. Second thing you have on the list. 05:31 We started with a good meal and its exercise. 05:34 Now this is one of your favorite things. 05:35 You love to exercise, don't you? No. 05:38 You don't, so this is a discipline. I don't, 05:39 but yes, this is one of those things that you 05:41 have to design in. I absolutely exercise 05:44 almost everyday of the week and I even 05:48 have a little palate CD that I take with me. 05:52 What is the palate, it sounds like a food. 05:53 It's not a palate. It's a type of exercise that 05:56 you can do at the floor of your hotel 05:59 room and it's strengthening and it 06:02 tones and just having the 06:04 ability to exercise everyday. 06:07 It just does amazing things metabolically. 06:10 It improves my mood, lowers anxiety, 06:12 and keeps me toned. We do lot of sitting, 06:14 we do lot of traveling, we do a lot of head 06:17 work and having that. You have to exercise. 06:20 I have and I have those little voices, 06:22 you do the punching bang at all, no, 06:24 but I have those little voices that tell me 06:26 I don't have time to get out and exercise, 06:27 but I know that when I get out and get my 06:30 exercise what I do, I do better. 06:33 Do you have a treadmill? I go to the gym and 06:35 I'm on a treadmill there, there is a 06:37 track, I lift weights, yes. While even today, 06:41 you know, just again you exercise today 06:43 atleast two times. Yes. And yesterday 06:46 as well nice walk. Yes and it was short. 06:48 I can hardly keep up with you. 06:49 It was short, but a ten minute; 06:51 a ten minute brisk walk can elevate 06:53 mood for an hour. I thought 06:54 I was in the Olympics. You well. 06:56 You got to walk faster if you're with me. 06:58 Nutrition, exercise then the next thing 07:01 on your list is one of my personal 07:04 favorites rest. Yes, many people look 07:07 at rest are going to bed as a necessary 07:11 evil but in reality getting physical, 07:14 spiritual and mental rest is so very 07:16 important. We were speaking with 07:18 someone at lunch today that literally 07:20 had a six year mental break down because 07:22 of the failure to take physical and mental 07:25 rest and so it's very, very important, 07:27 when people get inadequate sleep not 07:30 only does it affect their immune system 07:32 but their cortisol or stress hormone 07:34 levels the next day are going to be 07:35 higher, they're gonna handle stress more 07:37 poorly, they're gonna be more irritable, 07:39 more hostile. They are not going to 07:41 handle stress as well. The blood sugar will 07:43 not be regulated as well. So there are metabolic 07:46 consequences to missing sleep. 07:48 So how much rest is appropriate, 15, 16 07:50 hours, how much? Well there is, such 07:53 a thing is too much sleep I guess, 07:56 but what would you say? They say the average 07:57 is 8. It's going to vary, I'm a person 08:00 that need 7-8 hours of sleep a night. 08:02 It's gonna vary from individual to 08:03 individual, but the early the lark pattern 08:06 rather than the night owl pattern, early to 08:08 bed pattern is the, the best. 08:10 It is the best because during sleep our 08:12 memory is solidified, so the things that 08:14 you learn during the day are solidified 08:16 during sleep. So you are going to be 08:18 fresher, better, what you learned 08:20 yesterday you will perform better 08:22 tomorrow, if you would had a good 08:23 night's rest. So, all the hours before 08:26 12' o clock are probably the best. 08:28 They are the best, and not only do we 08:30 need physical rest that we need to look 08:34 at it and program it into our lives, 08:37 we need to schedule it into our lives, 08:39 but we also need mental rest, 08:41 we need to switch gears from what we use. 08:43 If you are on the computer all day 08:44 don't turn the computer on when 08:45 you get home at night. If you're doing 08:48 construction all day long, switch gears do 08:50 something different. Get out or go to your 08:51 favorite library or engage in some other 08:53 type of activity, so that you have a 08:56 mental rest from the type of work that 08:58 you, that you do all day. So it's not so much 09:01 to stopping what you are doing. 09:03 It's not so much, you know, stopping 09:05 one thing and shifting to something else. 09:07 That's exactly right, and that's where 09:09 spiritual rest comes in. You know there is 09:11 an old Dutch saying that "a clear 09:13 conscience makes a soft pillow." 09:14 That's a good saying. And it is true because 09:17 we can be so busy in such a blizzard 09:19 of activity that are. We don't take time 09:22 with God, we don't take time for the 09:24 spiritual rest that he has promised. 09:25 He said in Exodus: "My presence will 09:27 go with you, and I will give you rest." 09:29 And so I want to do more than just study 09:32 my Bible and pray, I want to sit in his 09:34 presence. I want to communicate with 09:37 God and have him communicate with 09:38 me and enter into the peace that comes 09:41 with me knowing that you are right 09:42 with Him and right with your follow men. 09:44 So daily devotions, weekly services, 09:46 very, very, or mid week services. 09:48 Yes, having daily time with God is so 09:51 very important for staying focused are 09:53 the most important priorities in our life 09:55 and getting power to pursue the goals that 09:58 He sets for you. Are we ready to move on? Yes. 10:00 Okay next thing is work. Nutrition, exercise, 10:04 rest, and work. I thought work was a bad word. 10:06 A four letter word isn't it? 10:07 Work is not a necessary evil but it is necessary 10:11 to avoid evil. Alright. Ninety percent of 10:14 what we do in this world most people 10:15 are doing what they do not feel like 10:18 doing at any given moment. Most of us would 10:20 probably rather be doing something else 10:21 at any given time. At least that's what 10:23 a lot of people would describe their life 10:26 like, but real work satisfaction does not 10:28 come from a better job necessarily, 10:31 but doing the job better, doing that 10:32 job with a different kind of an attitude. 10:35 Whatever your hand finds to do the Bible 10:39 says, do with all your mind, do with 10:40 all your heart, unless it's wrong. 10:42 That's right. And, so you may get a better 10:44 job and that's a wonderful thing 10:46 but along the way we can turn ordinary 10:48 activities into achievements and 10:50 and when I was at home with my 10:51 children as they were growing up. 10:53 The Lord helped me to adopt that 10:55 philosophy in, whether I was 10:56 cleaning a bathroom or gardening or 10:57 fixing a meal, it all was fraught with 11:00 importance to me and it was, 11:01 it was important and so I didn't have this 11:04 this feeling, poor pitiful me. 11:05 No, I felt that it was important and I will 11:09 never feel any, looking forward 11:10 discovering that bathroom, man 11:12 I was just looking for that is that. 11:13 Well, I can't say that but these disciplines of life. 11:17 The discipline of work, the routine of 11:19 work looking forward to executing 11:22 our responsibilities, even when we don't 11:24 feel like it, is a really good thing? 11:27 It's good for us and it prepares us for 11:28 greater challenges. I mean these are they 11:30 seem so simple, but if we don't have this 11:32 down, you know, then the mundane 11:36 becomes really a mess for us and we 11:39 just lose our focus, we go off track. 11:42 We know people that complain about 11:43 everything they do from they had to 11:45 do this and that at work and then they 11:46 had to go to the store and then they had to 11:47 do laundry, and then they had to talk with 11:49 their kids, and then had to be with their 11:50 husband, and where is the joy? 11:53 Well, the joy is in deciding if this is 11:55 what's in front of me to do then it's the 11:58 most important thing to do in the world 11:59 and nothing else should get my 12:01 attention right now. And it's just a 12:03 wonderful freedom. Well now the next 12:08 thing are we ready to go to it? Yes. 12:10 Our next thing on our graphic is 12:12 relationships, now this is what makes it 12:15 all come together isn't it? 12:16 It is really is the most important thing 12:18 and often times relationship suffer 12:20 the most in the busyness of activity. 12:22 Even in the attempt to provide wonderful 12:26 things for the people we love. 12:27 For instance, poor children can be so 12:29 over scheduled from hockey to violin, 12:33 to swim meets, to glee club, to girl's scouts. 12:37 We can actually lose relationships with 12:40 the ones that we love the most because 12:42 we're all so over scheduled, so taking 12:45 time to form positive relationships is 12:48 really like cultivating a garden what we 12:50 focus on and spent time with, with the 12:53 people that are the most important in 12:54 our lives is going to yield a great harvest. 12:57 So how did you do that? You know you have 12:58 raised two children, how did you keep it all. 13:00 You know you got two kids, you got a 13:01 husband may be he is the third child, 13:03 I don't know. No. You've got all these things. 13:07 How did you balance that? Well we were very, 13:09 we were very limited financially when we 13:12 were raising our children. So we had a garden 13:14 and I just did a lot of things with my 13:18 children, they had music lessons, 13:20 but I tried not to over schedule them, 13:21 I'm not sitting here and claiming that 13:23 I'm any kind of perfect parent but 13:25 I made the decision when I gave my 13:27 heart to God before that I was women's libber. 13:29 I was only interested in my own career, 13:31 but when my children were babies I understood 13:34 that it was a selfish mindset and I gave 13:37 my time to God and the most important 13:40 thing that any of us has is our influence 13:43 and our time and I gave my time and 13:46 my influence to God and so therefore as 13:49 I work with my children, as I cook 13:51 for my family, as I worked in the 13:53 garden, as we did little chores together, 13:55 whatever was that we did, whether it 13:57 was shopping or just talking to them or 13:59 reading stories it became the most 14:00 important thing in my life and I have no 14:04 regrets for the time, it was not time wasted. 14:07 I did not lose mental culture. 14:09 I did not lose my individuality. 14:12 I lost myself in the lives of others for a 14:14 good purpose and it was a wonderful time. 14:16 And you know they tell me that moms 14:20 they learn how to work with their kids, 14:22 keep them all motivated. They have the skills 14:24 of a corporate executive. They actually know 14:27 how to keep things going. You probably have 14:29 found that this is the way you keep the 14:30 problem going. You're just like little 14:32 kids and you give them the projects 14:33 and then it goes on down the road. 14:34 I had a masters degree in public 14:36 administration before I began my 14:39 family and I wanted to go on and be a 14:41 city manager and get into politics and that 14:43 kind of thing and people would ask me 14:45 with the forlorn look, a look of sympathy 14:47 what did you do with your degree 14:49 and I just tell them I manage a very small 14:51 city and it's really interesting after my 14:55 children were raised and left home. 14:58 I was hired into a position, where 15:00 I was a departmental head. 15:03 Right so just going from, and so the Lord 15:05 the Lord prospered me because I felt 15:09 that his priorities were the most 15:11 important thing and so if we can adopt 15:13 that kind of an attitude toward 15:14 developing relationships taking time 15:16 with one another. And I have to say 15:18 sometimes it's the men that really 15:19 fall short on this. They are married to 15:21 their work. They have a substitute 15:23 family. Watch if they are now. 15:24 They have a substitute family at work and 15:26 they have lost a lot of the joy of what it 15:29 really means to be involved. 15:30 At work they are in control, everybody 15:32 does what they say, they come home and 15:34 it's just they have to rely on a different 15:35 level on a more intimate level and so 15:38 I would just challenge the men 15:39 and our viewing audience to 15:41 rediscover the joy of the intimacy that is 15:45 waiting in taking up the challenge of a family. 15:49 Now that all the ladies are buying this 15:51 tape to show to their husbands, 15:55 I know that you're gonna want to join 15:56 us for the rest of the program. 15:58 And we look forward to some 15:59 more goals that can really give us that 16:01 designer lifestyle when we comeback. 16:05 Are you confused about the endless 16:07 stream of new and often contradictory 16:10 health information with companies 16:12 trying to sell new drugs and special 16:14 interest groups paying for studies 16:16 that spin the fact, where can you find a 16:18 common sense approach to health. 16:20 One way is to ask for your free copy of 16:22 Dr. Arnott's 24 realistic ways to 16:25 improve your health. Dr. Timothy Arnott 16:27 in the Lifestyle Center of America 16:29 produced this helpful booklet of 24 short 16:32 practical health tips based on scientific 16:34 research and the Bible that will help 16:36 you live longer, happier and healthier. 16:39 For example, did you know that 16:40 women who drink more water lower the 16:42 risk of heart attack or the 7 to 8 hours of 16:45 sleep a night can minimize your risk 16:47 of ever developing diabetes. 16:49 Find out how to lower your blood 16:50 pressure and much more if you're 16:52 looking for help not hike, then this 16:54 booklet is for you. Just log on to 16:56 3abn.org and click on free offers or call 16:59 us during regular business hours, 17:01 you'll be glad you did. 17:05 Welcome back we are talking with Vicki Griffin. 17:07 We are talking about how to have a 17:08 designer lifestyle. I know that sounds 17:10 exotic. If you miss the first half of our 17:12 program, you can get this information. 17:15 Vicki written a book about this. 17:17 What's name of that book. 17:18 It's called living free, finding freedom 17:20 from habits that hurt. Alright living free, 17:22 finding freedom from habits that hurt 17:25 and having a designer lifestyle. 17:26 I mean these are simple things but 17:27 they are very powerful concepts and you 17:30 were just sharing with me before the break. 17:32 How your relationships with your family 17:34 really equipped you for the next part of 17:36 the life, where you are now working 17:38 with hundreds of people around the country. 17:40 That's right. And just because you put 17:42 these little simple things into practice 17:44 not knowingly maybe but as you 17:46 look back and you know seeing the 17:48 Lords blessing. Let's just review them 17:51 and then we will go forward. 17:52 Let's look at our graphic and we'll 17:54 review what we were been for those, 17:55 who just joining us, we've noticed and 17:57 the first thing was to lay a foundation with 18:00 nutrition and then exercise, rest, work, 18:04 and then relationships. But, our new thing to 18:07 consider is mental fitness. 18:12 That's right and this is an area that 18:15 believe it or not is really slipping in our 18:18 country and really worldwide as we 18:20 become plugged into the ipods and the 18:24 video games and internet and all of 18:26 the television, young kids are watching 18:28 about 28 hours of television a week 18:30 and it's causing some real changes in the 18:34 brain and in the same way 18:36 that physical fitness requires 18:38 determination and perseverance and 18:40 practice, so do the mental fitness, 18:42 it's a decision and choosing to engage 18:46 in activities that are going to challenge us 18:49 mentally whether it's reading a book 18:50 whether its' trying a new positive 18:52 behavior that you know is going to 18:54 be better, whether it's learning how to 18:57 adapt and meet new challenges which all 18:59 the other things we've talked about 19:01 will help a person to learn to do, to meet 19:04 obstacles better, developing mental 19:07 fitness is a decision that we have to make 19:09 in our life. So how does mental fitness work? 19:12 It means that we are going to choose 19:14 things to read that are uplifting, 19:16 edifying and mentally challenging. 19:18 You told me like a book on physics 19:20 that's what you wanted me to read next. 19:21 Well I was just saying in another 19:22 conversation that we had there is a new 19:25 book out on understanding the 19:28 basic principles of physics. 19:29 Physics is something that I don't understand 19:32 and I would like to get an understanding, a basic 19:34 understanding of some concepts in 19:35 physics and so this is something I want to 19:37 do on my vacation. On your vacation 19:39 with physics book. Well, like earlier you 19:41 were saying you want to visit the 19:43 library of your choice. I mean a lots of 19:47 people out there can identify that, 19:48 even I can identify that, but you know 19:50 may be, you know, you have to find 19:52 mental fitness for you maybe it's taking 19:55 a part of tractor and then actually putting 19:57 it back together or Let me give you an example, 19:58 mental fitness. oh that is such a 20:00 wonderful example. You know little kids 20:02 having helping them to instead of playing 20:04 with game boys get them in a vector set. 20:06 You know building things with that, 20:08 it used to be on Sundays or on 20:10 weekends dad would go out and open the 20:13 hood of the car and just tinker under the 20:15 hood of the car. These are all things 20:16 not only foster a good relationship 20:19 emotionally, but just help to meet 20:22 challenges, to learn how to solve 20:23 problems, to learn how to persevere. 20:25 Getting out and organizing the 20:27 garage, cleaning it out or just doing all 20:30 kinds of things like this. These are things that 20:32 are mentally challenging rather than sitting in 20:34 front of a television or rather than just 20:36 being entertained. There are very 20:39 significant changes that take place in the 20:40 brain as a matter of fact just 14 minutes 20:42 of negative news elevates the levels of 20:45 three different stress hormones and the 20:47 people that watch a lot of television are 20:49 more prone to catastrophizing four 20:51 hours a day television exposure leads to 20:54 increase risk for dementia and causes 20:56 significant increase in tension and 20:58 depression and so, except for 3ABN, 21:02 oh yes I'm sorry except for 3ABN, 21:04 but we need to remember even with 21:07 inspiring television. We've got to get out 21:09 and do the things that we are learning 21:10 about, we've got to interact with other 21:12 people, we've got to give those Bible 21:13 studies, we've got to do the reading for 21:15 ourselves and so that is different. 21:19 Watching television is a passive activity, 21:21 listening to lecture is a passive activity, 21:23 when you adopt it as your own, when you 21:25 study at, when you look at yourself, 21:28 learn about it then you are ready to 21:30 teach and it actually becomes a part of you. 21:33 I hope you are making a list, 21:34 maybe you're doing, running in place at 21:36 home, doing something to keep 21:37 yourself active because just 21:39 watching this is not enough. 21:41 So get all those pens and those papers and 21:42 write down this list. Hey by the way 21:45 Vicki has done a lot of work in this area 21:47 and she you know has written a book about this. 21:51 There is a website you can go to as well 21:53 and it's called lifestylematters.com 21:56 and when you go there is all the kinds 21:58 of resources that can help you in many 21:59 different areas of life and this is, 22:02 you know, one of these new books that 22:04 your teams were working, they are 22:05 putting out excellent material. 22:06 I mean they got nice art work. 22:08 I mean you know you just like to look at it. 22:10 We are very grateful and we put 22:12 those positive images there because we 22:13 know that as people look through that 22:15 book they can actually do some 22:17 modeling and patterning just after 22:18 the images that they are gonna see in the book, 22:21 but this is one thing I wanted the folks to 22:23 understand about the process of 22:25 developing mental agility. Developing mental 22:28 agility is about more than just learning 22:30 facts and figures. In other words, when 22:32 you force your brain to switch gears learn 22:35 new things, our brains want some 22:37 novelty, so learning new things is a 22:40 wonderful way to experience the thrill 22:42 of novel situations, novel experiences, 22:44 learning to ride horses or ride bikes so. 22:46 New language go to different 22:47 country take a trip. All of those kinds of 22:50 things it actually increases mental 22:53 agility in other areas. So, the brain becomes 22:57 more adapt at switching gears, 22:59 so when you face with challenges you 23:01 just have the mental balance, exactly you 23:05 have more ability more neuronal 23:08 connections to be able to meet the 23:10 tough challenges that come in life. 23:12 Now you know your kids probably were 23:15 very mentally challenged by you. 23:16 You didn't let them a break, did you? 23:19 Well I think I was a little on the drill side 23:21 to tell you the truth, but 23:23 they equip me that. You'll like this 23:25 typical Italian mother, who was 23:26 saying you're gonna do what you're 23:28 gonna do the best, you're gonna do it today. 23:29 I just, yeah we did all kinds of things. 23:34 We were busy in the garden and I had 23:36 a friend correct me one time and this 23:38 was an important correction. 23:39 We were to go on a trail, a height 23:41 together and I was getting binoculars 23:44 and notebooks and we were gonna 23:46 check boards out and then we brought our 23:47 field guides and my friend look at me she 23:50 said, hey why don't we just, take a walk, 23:53 take a walk. You know and just enjoy 23:55 what's here now right around us and 23:57 I took that as a wonderful correction 23:59 from my friend, because it is possible 24:01 to over structure and we do need time for 24:05 relaxation and just doing nothing for a change. 24:08 Okay, kids will go to Wal-Mart, they are 24:10 gonna chart the market trends and all 24:12 the report, right you wanna just kind 24:14 maybe relax little bit sometimes 24:16 but that's the rest part. 24:17 That is part of the rest. I mean all those 24:18 things are kind of. Yes. You know you 24:21 can over do any of these and I'm glad 24:22 you brought that up because part of rest 24:24 that we discuss in our book is learning 24:26 to relax and enjoy versus being 24:29 entertained that is not relaxation, 24:32 but true relaxation really does refresh. 24:34 In our last three minutes here we 24:36 want to focus on perhaps one of the 24:38 most important things on your list 24:39 and we review first and then talk about 24:42 this last one and that is a spiritual health. 24:47 Yes spiritual health is at the centre of a 24:49 healthy lifestyle. There is no question 24:50 about it and our connection with God 24:53 and our walk with God and the spiritual 24:55 disciplines that we have in our life 24:57 actually are what give us the power 25:01 and the vision and the wisdom to keep 25:05 those other priorities in there proper place 25:07 because those are Gods priorities. 25:09 The priorities that we have been talking 25:11 about today are God's priorities and 25:13 all of the other things that we do in 25:15 our life are to fit into those priorities, 25:16 but they are not an end in themselves. 25:18 Our relationship with God is what 25:20 defines every other activity in our life. 25:22 And it is pretty interesting here, 25:23 you look at that and you know I always 25:25 when someone says this is God's priorities. 25:27 You know, I have read the Bible from 25:28 time to time and you know the Book of 25:31 Genesis has all these in it. 25:32 It has nutrition number one or in 25:35 that first chapter, it has exercise in 25:36 second chapter, it has rest in second 25:38 chapter, it has work right there in the 25:40 second chapter, it has relationship 25:42 right there in the first chapter, it has 25:44 mental fitness right there in the first 25:46 chapter and spiritual health. 25:47 I mean this is like Genesis one. 25:49 So it's also like Daniel one. 25:50 Yes and as we look at a comparison 25:51 with the end of time you see that the Lord 25:55 said after the sin came the Lord went 25:58 to Adam and he said by the sweat of your 25:59 brow you will eat so He linked exercise, 26:02 work and nutrition as part of the saving 26:05 health components. For redeeming mankind, 26:08 for redeeming the man from the pit of 26:10 self destruction and you go to the end of 26:12 time you look at Ezekiel 16: it says 26:14 what is the sin of Sodom it was 26:15 fullness of bread and idleness. 26:16 So the very things that we neglect and 26:19 don't take care of his priorities in our life 26:21 are the very things that God gave us that 26:23 he said were so vital and important to our 26:26 walk with him. So you have a little 26:28 routine every morning, you're reading a 26:29 devotional book. You study your 26:30 sample school lesson what you'll do? 26:31 Yes I have, I get up and I have 26:33 my prayer time in the morning, 26:35 I go to the gym with my husband several 26:36 times a week and in the morning I will 26:38 have my devotions and prayer time, 26:40 but in the evening is when I like to put 26:42 everything away and really have my sit 26:44 down study time. I just really enjoy it. 26:46 In the evening. Yes, I do both, but my 26:49 heavier time is actually in the early 26:50 evening not before it gets too late then 26:52 and I'm really tired, but that's the little 26:54 space of time I've curved out. 26:56 You'll do scripture memory. I do several things. 26:59 I have memorization, I do what I call deep 27:02 bible study, but then I also do devotional 27:04 work because I don't want to just learn truth. 27:06 I want the truth to be engrafted in my own 27:10 heart so I look for my personal 27:11 instruction that I know that I need 27:13 in my life. So what's the text you are 27:15 memorizing this week. What is the text that 27:16 I memorizing, well this week I have 27:18 been reviewing second Timothy 3 27:22 in light of the events that are going on in 27:24 the world, this know also that in the last 27:26 days perilous time shall come for men 27:29 shall be lovers of their own selves, 27:30 covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, 27:32 disobedient to parents, unthankful, 27:34 unholy etcetera, etcetera. Okay you pass the 27:36 test, well the important thing 27:38 about that scripture is it creates the 27:39 picture of a highly hedonic self posses, 27:44 self absorb busy society as we need to 27:47 break away from that in that God priorities 27:49 to be our own. Vicki Griffin practices 27:51 what she preaches, she has put the 27:53 designer lifestyle to work in her life you 27:55 can too and if you do you have health and 27:58 prosperity that last for a lifetime. |
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