Health for a Lifetime

Seven Goals For Designer Lifestyle

Three Angels Broadcasting Network

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Participants: Don Mackintosh (Host), Vicki Griffin

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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.
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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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