The following program presents
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principles designed
to promote good health
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and is not intended
to take the place of
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personalized professional care.
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The opinions and
ideas expressed are
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those of the speaker.
Viewers are encouraged
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to draw their
own conclusions about
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the information presented.
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Hello and welcome to
'Health For A Lifetime.'
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We're glad you're with us today.
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My name is Don Mackintosh and
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today we are
gonna be talking about
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things that might
seem simple but if
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they are not
taken care of, that they
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are not really
prioritize and kept
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on the top burner
you can really get
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into a lot of
problems. Talking with us today
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is Vicki
Griffin, you are from the
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Michigan
Conference, you're the Health
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Director there and
you have a ministry
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called Lifestyle
Matters, right, right and
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lifestylematters.com
is your webpage.
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Lot of things we
talk about here and a lot
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of other resources
can be accessed there.
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Today, we're gonna talk about,
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you know, these goals that many
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times we sometimes
will neglect, but if
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we want to have a
designer lifestyles
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what you are
calling it, we have to keep
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these components
on the top burner.
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Sometimes as
we've done seminars and
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symposiums
throughout the country it's easy
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to see that folks
are just buried in a
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blizzard of
activities and so sometimes
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the very most important goals
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for overall successful living
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just gets swept
unto the carpet because
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they are in the
quadrant of urgent,
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taking care of
the immediate, urgent,
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and the important
is neglected. Exactly.
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For the most
important. That's right.
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So over this time
you have talked to
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hundreds of different
groups all over the place.
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You've said look
these are the things
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as I listened day
and day out these are the
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things that are being neglected.
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If we can keep these priorities,
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these goals as a
major focus in our
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life then the
other activities become
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easier and we will
gain the wisdom and
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knowledge to
know what we can leave
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out of our
schedules, but the things that
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we are leaving out
to a large extent today
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are things that
are critical to life,
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well being, and having healthy
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relationships. Well
let's look at this list.
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Let's look at the
first one in the list. Right.
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The first thing
you say kind of the
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foundation
principle is to have good
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nutrition,
which I think in other
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words bring home the meat and
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potatoes is that
what do you mean.
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Well you might want
to leave those at the
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store actually, but having good
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nutrition means more than just
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feeding
yourself, 30% of Americans
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are eating atleast
one meal a day in their
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cars and it's not
the best quality food.
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People are in a
hurry. They don't think
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about what they
are eating and this has
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very profound effects on mental
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function, stress,
cognitive functioning.
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Just the ability
to process and meet
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challenges it
has an effect on mood
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and memory and so.
The very foundation
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elements of person
that are so important,
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the resiliency and
the mental energy that is
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required for the
challenges of life
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begins to deteriorate
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because of food,
because they don't get
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good food,
because of poor nutrition
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and so making nutrition choices
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a priority in
life frequenting the
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produce
department, finding fast food
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choices that are
healthful which is
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very possible
now, you can go to the
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grocery store and buy hummus,
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you can get fresh
salads all made up
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with the dressing,
and making me hungry.
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You can buy all
kinds of good fresh
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fruits and
vegetables readymade as fruit
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salads and
wholesome crackers and breads
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those are the
kinds of foods, healthy
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nuts these are
the kinds of food that
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are going to help
to create a foundation
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for success in whatever
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else you do in
life. I bet you're gonna
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say breakfast is
the most important
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meal of the
day. I was just gonna
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say breakfast is
the most important
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meal of the
day. Even if you have
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the packet which many times I do
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because I'm on the road a lot.
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There are still
ways to craft a morning
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meal that is going
to give you the energy
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you need during
the day to meet the
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challenges that you
are going to be faced.
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Well this morning I
had a great breakfast
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to meet the challenges today.
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I had
strawberries, blueberries, I had
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some pecans, I think it was some
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cranberries and then I had this
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still kind of
like. I don't know what
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it was kind of a
grainy kind of trout
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and then I had
some soy milk and I had
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these other things. You know who
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I was eating
with? Who? It was your
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husband and yourself. Excellent.
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That's exactly
right. So, you actually
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practice what you
preach. Well we actually do
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and we are staying
in a hotel right now,
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but we manage to
get this very nice
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breakfast from
the grocery store and
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that is what has
given us the energy
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that we need
today. The brightness to
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that's right, carry on
with the duties of the day.
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It would have
been easier perhaps to
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drive through a
fast food and get some
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sought of
pre-made sandwich but the
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better choice
is going to give us
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one-third,
atleast more energy during
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the day and
better resources to meet
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challenges. Second
thing you have on the list.
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We started with a
good meal and its exercise.
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Now this is one of
your favorite things.
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You love to
exercise, don't you? No.
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You don't, so this is
a discipline. I don't,
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but yes, this is one
of those things that you
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have to design in.
I absolutely exercise
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almost everyday of
the week and I even
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have a little palate
CD that I take with me.
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What is the palate,
it sounds like a food.
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It's not a palate.
It's a type of exercise that
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you can do at the
floor of your hotel
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room and it's
strengthening and it
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tones and just having the
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ability to exercise everyday.
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It just does amazing
things metabolically.
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It improves my
mood, lowers anxiety,
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and keeps me toned.
We do lot of sitting,
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we do lot of
traveling, we do a lot of head
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work and having
that. You have to exercise.
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I have and I have
those little voices,
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you do the
punching bang at all, no,
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but I have those
little voices that tell me
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I don't have time to
get out and exercise,
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but I know that
when I get out and get my
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exercise what I do, I do better.
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Do you have a
treadmill? I go to the gym and
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I'm on a
treadmill there, there is a
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track, I lift
weights, yes. While even today,
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you know, just
again you exercise today
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atleast two
times. Yes. And yesterday
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as well nice walk.
Yes and it was short.
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I can hardly keep up with you.
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It was short, but a ten minute;
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a ten minute
brisk walk can elevate
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mood for an hour. I thought
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I was in the Olympics. You well.
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You got to walk
faster if you're with me.
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Nutrition,
exercise then the next thing
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on your list is
one of my personal
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favorites rest.
Yes, many people look
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at rest are going
to bed as a necessary
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evil but in
reality getting physical,
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spiritual and
mental rest is so very
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important. We were speaking with
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someone at lunch
today that literally
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had a six year
mental break down because
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of the failure to
take physical and mental
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rest and so it's
very, very important,
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when people get
inadequate sleep not
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only does it
affect their immune system
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but their
cortisol or stress hormone
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levels the next
day are going to be
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higher, they're
gonna handle stress more
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poorly, they're
gonna be more irritable,
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more hostile.
They are not going to
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handle stress as
well. The blood sugar will
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not be regulated as
well. So there are metabolic
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consequences to missing sleep.
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So how much rest
is appropriate, 15, 16
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hours, how much?
Well there is, such
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a thing is too
much sleep I guess,
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but what would you
say? They say the average
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is 8. It's going
to vary, I'm a person
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that need 7-8
hours of sleep a night.
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It's gonna vary
from individual to
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individual, but the
early the lark pattern
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rather than the
night owl pattern, early to
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bed pattern is the, the best.
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It is the best
because during sleep our
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memory is
solidified, so the things that
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you learn during
the day are solidified
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during sleep. So
you are going to be
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fresher,
better, what you learned
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yesterday you
will perform better
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tomorrow, if
you would had a good
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night's rest. So,
all the hours before
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12' o clock are
probably the best.
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They are the
best, and not only do we
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need physical rest
that we need to look
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at it and program
it into our lives,
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we need to
schedule it into our lives,
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but we also need mental rest,
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we need to switch
gears from what we use.
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If you are on
the computer all day
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don't turn the computer on when
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you get home at
night. If you're doing
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construction all day
long, switch gears do
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something different.
Get out or go to your
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favorite library or
engage in some other
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type of activity,
so that you have a
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mental rest from
the type of work that
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you, that you do all
day. So it's not so much
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to stopping what you are doing.
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It's not so much,
you know, stopping
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one thing and
shifting to something else.
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That's exactly
right, and that's where
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spiritual rest comes
in. You know there is
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an old Dutch
saying that "a clear
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conscience makes a soft pillow."
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That's a good saying.
And it is true because
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we can be so busy
in such a blizzard
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of activity that
are. We don't take time
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with God, we
don't take time for the
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spiritual rest
that he has promised.
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He said in
Exodus: "My presence will
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go with you, and I
will give you rest."
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And so I want to do
more than just study
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my Bible and pray,
I want to sit in his
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presence. I want
to communicate with
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God and have
him communicate with
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me and enter into
the peace that comes
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with me knowing
that you are right
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with Him and right
with your follow men.
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So daily
devotions, weekly services,
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very, very, or
mid week services.
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Yes, having daily
time with God is so
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very important for
staying focused are
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the most important
priorities in our life
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and getting power to
pursue the goals that
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He sets for you. Are
we ready to move on? Yes.
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Okay next thing is
work. Nutrition, exercise,
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rest, and work. I
thought work was a bad word.
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A four letter word isn't it?
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Work is not a necessary
evil but it is necessary
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to avoid evil.
Alright. Ninety percent of
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what we do in
this world most people
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are doing what
they do not feel like
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doing at any given
moment. Most of us would
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probably rather be
doing something else
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at any given time.
At least that's what
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a lot of people
would describe their life
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like, but real work
satisfaction does not
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come from a
better job necessarily,
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but doing the job
better, doing that
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job with a
different kind of an attitude.
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Whatever your hand
finds to do the Bible
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says, do with all
your mind, do with
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all your heart,
unless it's wrong.
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That's right. And,
so you may get a better
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job and that's a wonderful thing
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but along the way
we can turn ordinary
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activities into achievements and
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and when I was at home with my
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children as
they were growing up.
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The Lord helped me to adopt that
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philosophy in, whether I was
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cleaning a
bathroom or gardening or
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fixing a meal, it
all was fraught with
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importance to me and it was,
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it was important and
so I didn't have this
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this feeling, poor pitiful me.
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No, I felt that it
was important and I will
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never feel any, looking forward
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discovering that bathroom, man
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I was just
looking for that is that.
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Well, I can't say that
but these disciplines of life.
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The discipline of
work, the routine of
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work looking
forward to executing
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our responsibilities,
even when we don't
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feel like it, is
a really good thing?
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It's good for us
and it prepares us for
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greater challenges.
I mean these are they
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seem so simple, but
if we don't have this
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down, you know, then the mundane
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becomes really a
mess for us and we
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just lose our
focus, we go off track.
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We know people
that complain about
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everything they
do from they had to
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do this and that
at work and then they
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had to go to the
store and then they had to
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do laundry, and then
they had to talk with
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their kids, and
then had to be with their
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husband, and where is the joy?
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Well, the joy is
in deciding if this is
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what's in front of
me to do then it's the
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most important
thing to do in the world
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and nothing else should get my
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attention right
now. And it's just a
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wonderful
freedom. Well now the next
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thing are we
ready to go to it? Yes.
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Our next thing on our graphic is
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relationships, now
this is what makes it
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all come together isn't it?
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It is really is the
most important thing
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and often times
relationship suffer
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the most in the
busyness of activity.
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Even in the attempt
to provide wonderful
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things for the people we love.
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For instance,
poor children can be so
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over scheduled
from hockey to violin,
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to swim meets, to glee
club, to girl's scouts.
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We can actually
lose relationships with
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the ones that we
love the most because
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we're all so over
scheduled, so taking
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time to form
positive relationships is
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really like
cultivating a garden what we
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focus on and spent
time with, with the
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people that are
the most important in
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our lives is going to
yield a great harvest.
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So how did you do
that? You know you have
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raised two children,
how did you keep it all.
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You know you got
two kids, you got a
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husband may be he
is the third child,
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I don't know. No.
You've got all these things.
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How did you balance
that? Well we were very,
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we were very
limited financially when we
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were raising our
children. So we had a garden
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and I just did a
lot of things with my
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children, they
had music lessons,
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but I tried not to
over schedule them,
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I'm not sitting
here and claiming that
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I'm any kind of
perfect parent but
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I made the
decision when I gave my
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heart to God before
that I was women's libber.
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I was only
interested in my own career,
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but when my children
were babies I understood
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that it was a
selfish mindset and I gave
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my time to God
and the most important
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thing that any of
us has is our influence
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and our time and
I gave my time and
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my influence to
God and so therefore as
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I work with my
children, as I cook
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for my family,
as I worked in the
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garden, as we did
little chores together,
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whatever was that
we did, whether it
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was shopping or
just talking to them or
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reading stories
it became the most
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important thing in
my life and I have no
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regrets for the time,
it was not time wasted.
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I did not lose mental culture.
00:14:07.42\00:14:09.08
I did not lose my individuality.
00:14:09.11\00:14:11.72
I lost myself in the
lives of others for a
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good purpose and it
was a wonderful time.
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And you know
they tell me that moms
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they learn how to
work with their kids,
00:14:20.37\00:14:22.23
keep them all
motivated. They have the skills
00:14:22.26\00:14:24.56
of a corporate
executive. They actually know
00:14:24.59\00:14:27.50
how to keep things
going. You probably have
00:14:27.53\00:14:29.21
found that this is
the way you keep the
00:14:29.24\00:14:30.76
problem going.
You're just like little
00:14:30.79\00:14:32.16
kids and you
give them the projects
00:14:32.19\00:14:33.28
and then it goes
on down the road.
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I had a masters degree in public
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administration before I began my
00:14:36.22\00:14:39.55
family and I
wanted to go on and be a
00:14:39.58\00:14:41.71
city manager and get
into politics and that
00:14:41.74\00:14:43.89
kind of thing and
people would ask me
00:14:43.92\00:14:45.70
with the forlorn
look, a look of sympathy
00:14:45.73\00:14:47.76
what did you do with your degree
00:14:47.79\00:14:49.05
and I just tell them
I manage a very small
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city and it's
really interesting after my
00:14:51.22\00:14:55.34
children were
raised and left home.
00:14:55.37\00:14:57.76
I was hired into
a position, where
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I was a departmental head.
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Right so just going
from, and so the Lord
00:15:03.58\00:15:05.15
the Lord
prospered me because I felt
00:15:05.18\00:15:09.28
that his
priorities were the most
00:15:09.31\00:15:11.09
important thing
and so if we can adopt
00:15:11.12\00:15:12.98
that kind of an attitude toward
00:15:13.01\00:15:14.68
developing
relationships taking time
00:15:14.71\00:15:16.46
with one
another. And I have to say
00:15:16.49\00:15:18.11
sometimes it's
the men that really
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fall short on
this. They are married to
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their work. They
have a substitute
00:15:21.62\00:15:23.85
family. Watch if they are now.
00:15:23.88\00:15:24.85
They have a
substitute family at work and
00:15:24.86\00:15:26.64
they have lost a lot
of the joy of what it
00:15:26.67\00:15:29.77
really means to be involved.
00:15:29.80\00:15:30.88
At work they are
in control, everybody
00:15:30.91\00:15:32.51
does what they
say, they come home and
00:15:32.54\00:15:34.09
it's just they have
to rely on a different
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level on a more
intimate level and so
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I would just challenge the men
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and our viewing audience to
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rediscover the joy
of the intimacy that is
00:15:41.39\00:15:45.08
waiting in taking up
the challenge of a family.
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Now that all the
ladies are buying this
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tape to show to their husbands,
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I know that
you're gonna want to join
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us for the rest of the program.
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And we look forward to some
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more goals that
can really give us that
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Welcome back we are
talking with Vicki Griffin.
00:17:05.35\00:17:07.32
We are talking
about how to have a
00:17:07.35\00:17:08.38
designer
lifestyle. I know that sounds
00:17:08.41\00:17:10.31
exotic. If you miss
the first half of our
00:17:10.34\00:17:12.94
program, you can
get this information.
00:17:12.97\00:17:15.60
Vicki written a book about this.
00:17:15.63\00:17:17.12
What's name of that book.
00:17:17.15\00:17:18.12
It's called living
free, finding freedom
00:17:18.13\00:17:20.02
from habits that
hurt. Alright living free,
00:17:20.05\00:17:22.75
finding freedom
from habits that hurt
00:17:22.78\00:17:24.67
and having a designer lifestyle.
00:17:25.07\00:17:26.57
I mean these are
simple things but
00:17:26.60\00:17:27.95
they are very
powerful concepts and you
00:17:27.98\00:17:30.30
were just sharing
with me before the break.
00:17:30.33\00:17:31.48
How your
relationships with your family
00:17:32.39\00:17:34.19
really equipped you
for the next part of
00:17:34.22\00:17:36.53
the life, where
you are now working
00:17:36.56\00:17:38.44
with hundreds of
people around the country.
00:17:38.47\00:17:40.46
That's right. And
just because you put
00:17:40.74\00:17:42.31
these little simple
things into practice
00:17:42.34\00:17:44.93
not knowingly maybe but as you
00:17:44.96\00:17:46.64
look back and
you know seeing the
00:17:46.67\00:17:48.89
Lords blessing.
Let's just review them
00:17:48.92\00:17:50.52
and then we will go forward.
00:17:51.13\00:17:52.65
Let's look at
our graphic and we'll
00:17:52.78\00:17:54.11
review what we
were been for those,
00:17:54.14\00:17:55.65
who just joining
us, we've noticed and
00:17:55.68\00:17:57.62
the first thing was
to lay a foundation with
00:17:57.65\00:18:00.12
nutrition and then
exercise, rest, work,
00:18:00.98\00:18:04.50
and then relationships.
But, our new thing to
00:18:04.53\00:18:07.95
consider is mental fitness.
00:18:07.98\00:18:10.77
That's right and
this is an area that
00:18:12.12\00:18:15.01
believe it or not is
really slipping in our
00:18:15.04\00:18:18.18
country and
really worldwide as we
00:18:18.21\00:18:20.30
become plugged
into the ipods and the
00:18:20.33\00:18:24.05
video games and
internet and all of
00:18:24.08\00:18:26.34
the television,
young kids are watching
00:18:26.37\00:18:28.70
about 28 hours
of television a week
00:18:28.73\00:18:30.72
and it's causing
some real changes in the
00:18:30.75\00:18:34.05
brain and in the same way
00:18:34.08\00:18:35.57
that physical fitness requires
00:18:36.20\00:18:38.09
determination
and perseverance and
00:18:38.12\00:18:40.52
practice, so do
the mental fitness,
00:18:40.55\00:18:42.34
it's a decision
and choosing to engage
00:18:42.37\00:18:46.19
in activities that
are going to challenge us
00:18:46.22\00:18:49.25
mentally whether
it's reading a book
00:18:49.28\00:18:50.94
whether its'
trying a new positive
00:18:50.97\00:18:52.55
behavior that
you know is going to
00:18:52.58\00:18:54.59
be better, whether
it's learning how to
00:18:54.62\00:18:57.06
adapt and meet new
challenges which all
00:18:57.09\00:18:59.55
the other things
we've talked about
00:18:59.58\00:19:00.90
will help a person
to learn to do, to meet
00:19:01.20\00:19:04.29
obstacles
better, developing mental
00:19:04.32\00:19:07.26
fitness is a
decision that we have to make
00:19:07.29\00:19:09.32
in our life. So how
does mental fitness work?
00:19:09.35\00:19:12.02
It means that we
are going to choose
00:19:12.07\00:19:13.73
things to read
that are uplifting,
00:19:14.12\00:19:16.21
edifying and
mentally challenging.
00:19:16.38\00:19:18.32
You told me like
a book on physics
00:19:18.35\00:19:20.00
that's what you
wanted me to read next.
00:19:20.03\00:19:21.06
Well I was just
saying in another
00:19:21.24\00:19:22.96
conversation that
we had there is a new
00:19:22.99\00:19:25.95
book out on understanding the
00:19:25.98\00:19:28.06
basic principles of physics.
00:19:28.09\00:19:29.45
Physics is something
that I don't understand
00:19:29.48\00:19:31.48
and I would like to get
an understanding, a basic
00:19:32.03\00:19:34.06
understanding
of some concepts in
00:19:34.09\00:19:35.49
physics and so this
is something I want to
00:19:35.52\00:19:36.97
do on my
vacation. On your vacation
00:19:37.00\00:19:39.05
with physics book.
Well, like earlier you
00:19:39.08\00:19:41.45
were saying you
want to visit the
00:19:41.48\00:19:43.30
library of your
choice. I mean a lots of
00:19:43.33\00:19:47.29
people out there
can identify that,
00:19:47.32\00:19:48.65
even I can
identify that, but you know
00:19:48.68\00:19:50.28
may be, you
know, you have to find
00:19:50.73\00:19:52.95
mental fitness for
you maybe it's taking
00:19:52.98\00:19:55.05
a part of tractor
and then actually putting
00:19:55.08\00:19:57.24
it back together or
Let me give you an example,
00:19:57.27\00:19:58.95
mental fitness.
oh that is such a
00:19:58.98\00:20:00.25
wonderful example.
You know little kids
00:20:00.28\00:20:02.36
having helping them
to instead of playing
00:20:02.39\00:20:04.40
with game boys get
them in a vector set.
00:20:04.43\00:20:06.36
You know
building things with that,
00:20:06.39\00:20:08.20
it used to be on Sundays or on
00:20:08.23\00:20:10.96
weekends dad would
go out and open the
00:20:10.99\00:20:13.27
hood of the car and
just tinker under the
00:20:13.30\00:20:15.07
hood of the car.
These are all things
00:20:15.10\00:20:16.67
not only foster
a good relationship
00:20:16.70\00:20:19.45
emotionally, but
just help to meet
00:20:19.48\00:20:22.45
challenges, to
learn how to solve
00:20:22.48\00:20:23.91
problems, to
learn how to persevere.
00:20:23.94\00:20:25.46
Getting out and organizing the
00:20:25.82\00:20:27.93
garage, cleaning it
out or just doing all
00:20:27.96\00:20:30.77
kinds of things like
this. These are things that
00:20:30.80\00:20:32.85
are mentally challenging
rather than sitting in
00:20:32.88\00:20:34.73
front of a
television or rather than just
00:20:34.76\00:20:36.45
being
entertained. There are very
00:20:36.48\00:20:38.98
significant changes
that take place in the
00:20:39.01\00:20:40.68
brain as a matter
of fact just 14 minutes
00:20:40.71\00:20:42.66
of negative news
elevates the levels of
00:20:42.69\00:20:45.11
three different
stress hormones and the
00:20:45.14\00:20:47.54
people that watch a
lot of television are
00:20:47.57\00:20:49.25
more prone to
catastrophizing four
00:20:49.28\00:20:51.60
hours a day
television exposure leads to
00:20:51.63\00:20:54.37
increase risk for
dementia and causes
00:20:54.40\00:20:56.88
significant
increase in tension and
00:20:56.91\00:20:58.87
depression and
so, except for 3ABN,
00:20:58.90\00:21:02.05
oh yes I'm
sorry except for 3ABN,
00:21:02.08\00:21:04.54
but we need to
remember even with
00:21:04.57\00:21:07.00
inspiring
television. We've got to get out
00:21:07.03\00:21:09.26
and do the things
that we are learning
00:21:09.29\00:21:10.52
about, we've got
to interact with other
00:21:10.55\00:21:12.12
people, we've got
to give those Bible
00:21:12.15\00:21:13.57
studies, we've got
to do the reading for
00:21:13.60\00:21:15.11
ourselves and so
that is different.
00:21:15.14\00:21:18.69
Watching television
is a passive activity,
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listening to lecture
is a passive activity,
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when you adopt it
as your own, when you
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study at, when
you look at yourself,
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learn about it
then you are ready to
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teach and it actually
becomes a part of you.
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I hope you are making a list,
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maybe you're
doing, running in place at
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home, doing something to keep
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yourself active because just
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watching this is not enough.
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So get all those
pens and those papers and
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write down this
list. Hey by the way
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Vicki has done a
lot of work in this area
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and she you know has
written a book about this.
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There is a website
you can go to as well
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and it's called
lifestylematters.com
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and when you go
there is all the kinds
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of resources that
can help you in many
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different areas
of life and this is,
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you know, one of
these new books that
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your teams were
working, they are
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putting out excellent material.
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I mean they got nice art work.
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I mean you know you
just like to look at it.
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We are very grateful and we put
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those positive
images there because we
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know that as
people look through that
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book they can actually do some
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modeling and
patterning just after
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the images that they
are gonna see in the book,
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but this is one
thing I wanted the folks to
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understand about the process of
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developing mental
agility. Developing mental
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agility is about
more than just learning
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facts and figures.
In other words, when
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you force your brain
to switch gears learn
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new things, our brains want some
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novelty, so
learning new things is a
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wonderful way to
experience the thrill
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of novel
situations, novel experiences,
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learning to ride
horses or ride bikes so.
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New language go to different
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country take a trip.
All of those kinds of
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things it
actually increases mental
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agility in other
areas. So, the brain becomes
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more adapt at switching gears,
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so when you face
with challenges you
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just have the
mental balance, exactly you
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have more ability more neuronal
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connections to
be able to meet the
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tough challenges
that come in life.
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Now you know your
kids probably were
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very mentally challenged by you.
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You didn't let
them a break, did you?
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Well I think I was a
little on the drill side
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to tell you the truth, but
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they equip me
that. You'll like this
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typical Italian mother, who was
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saying you're
gonna do what you're
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gonna do the best,
you're gonna do it today.
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I just, yeah we did
all kinds of things.
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We were busy in
the garden and I had
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a friend correct
me one time and this
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was an important correction.
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We were to go on
a trail, a height
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together and I
was getting binoculars
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and notebooks and we were gonna
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check boards out
and then we brought our
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field guides and my
friend look at me she
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said, hey why don't
we just, take a walk,
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take a walk. You
know and just enjoy
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what's here now
right around us and
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I took that as a
wonderful correction
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from my friend,
because it is possible
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to over structure
and we do need time for
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relaxation and just
doing nothing for a change.
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Okay, kids will go
to Wal-Mart, they are
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gonna chart the
market trends and all
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the report, right
you wanna just kind
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maybe relax little bit sometimes
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but that's the rest part.
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That is part of the
rest. I mean all those
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things are kind
of. Yes. You know you
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can over do any
of these and I'm glad
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you brought that up
because part of rest
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that we discuss in
our book is learning
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to relax and enjoy versus being
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entertained that
is not relaxation,
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but true relaxation
really does refresh.
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In our last
three minutes here we
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want to focus on
perhaps one of the
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most important
things on your list
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and we review
first and then talk about
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this last one and
that is a spiritual health.
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Yes spiritual health
is at the centre of a
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healthy lifestyle.
There is no question
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about it and our
connection with God
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and our walk with
God and the spiritual
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disciplines that
we have in our life
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actually are
what give us the power
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and the vision
and the wisdom to keep
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those other
priorities in there proper place
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because those
are Gods priorities.
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The priorities that
we have been talking
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about today are
God's priorities and
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all of the other
things that we do in
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our life are to fit
into those priorities,
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but they are not
an end in themselves.
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Our
relationship with God is what
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defines every other
activity in our life.
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And it is pretty
interesting here,
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you look at that
and you know I always
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when someone says
this is God's priorities.
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You know, I have
read the Bible from
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time to time and
you know the Book of
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Genesis has all these in it.
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It has
nutrition number one or in
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that first
chapter, it has exercise in
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second chapter,
it has rest in second
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chapter, it has
work right there in the
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second chapter,
it has relationship
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right there in the
first chapter, it has
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mental fitness
right there in the first
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chapter and spiritual health.
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I mean this is like Genesis one.
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So it's also like Daniel one.
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Yes and as we
look at a comparison
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with the end of time
you see that the Lord
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said after the
sin came the Lord went
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to Adam and he said
by the sweat of your
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brow you will eat
so He linked exercise,
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work and nutrition
as part of the saving
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health components.
For redeeming mankind,
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for redeeming the
man from the pit of
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self destruction
and you go to the end of
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time you look at
Ezekiel 16: it says
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what is the sin of Sodom it was
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fullness of bread and idleness.
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So the very things
that we neglect and
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don't take care of
his priorities in our life
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are the very things
that God gave us that
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he said were so
vital and important to our
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walk with him.
So you have a little
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routine every
morning, you're reading a
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devotional book. You study your
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sample school
lesson what you'll do?
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Yes I have, I get up and I have
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my prayer time in the morning,
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I go to the gym
with my husband several
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times a week and
in the morning I will
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have my
devotions and prayer time,
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but in the evening
is when I like to put
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everything away
and really have my sit
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down study time. I
just really enjoy it.
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In the evening.
Yes, I do both, but my
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heavier time is
actually in the early
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evening not before
it gets too late then
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and I'm really
tired, but that's the little
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space of time I've curved out.
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You'll do scripture
memory. I do several things.
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I have memorization,
I do what I call deep
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bible study, but
then I also do devotional
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work because I don't
want to just learn truth.
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I want the truth to
be engrafted in my own
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heart so I look for my personal
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instruction that
I know that I need
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in my life. So
what's the text you are
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memorizing this
week. What is the text that
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I memorizing,
well this week I have
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been reviewing second Timothy 3
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in light of the
events that are going on in
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the world, this know
also that in the last
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days perilous
time shall come for men
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shall be lovers
of their own selves,
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covetous,
boasters, proud, blasphemers,
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disobedient to
parents, unthankful,
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unholy etcetera,
etcetera. Okay you pass the
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test, well the important thing
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about that
scripture is it creates the
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picture of a highly
hedonic self posses,
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self absorb busy
society as we need to
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break away from that
in that God priorities
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to be our own.
Vicki Griffin practices
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what she
preaches, she has put the
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designer lifestyle
to work in her life you
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can too and if you
do you have health and
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prosperity that
last for a lifetime.
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