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Choices: by Health Ministries Department General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists
Choices: by Health Ministries Department General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists
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Roald Amundsen
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He carefully considered every detail
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Robert Falcon Scott chose to use ponies
and modern motorized sleds
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Amundsen and Scott represented choices
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Choices –the cradle of destiny
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Our lives are patterned in a similar way
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Intentionality is key
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Decisions made in youth…
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Choice and freedom
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We have “free will” to choose
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Basis for informed choices
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Cultural belief that a woman should not bathe for
a month after childbirth?
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“Health reformers”
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Lifestyle habits that influence longevity
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• Beware of wishful
thinking
• Trust in intelligence
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Adventists see good health as a gift from our Creator
God. Even the best maintenance cannot guarantee
a disease-free life.
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People choose their attitude
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Faith
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LIFE APPLICATION
QUESTIONS
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What choices am I
making, consciously or
unconsciously, that are
not based on evidence?
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How do these choices
affect my use of time;
my health; my
relationships at work,
at home, or with God?
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What are my
reasons for
making these
choices?
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In what ways are they
influenced by my
culture or my
emotions?
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In what ways are they
influenced by my
culture or my
emotions?
Is it because I wish
to please myself or am I
being careless?
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Do I accept as
evidence anything
and everything I read
on the internet?
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Do I accept as
evidence anything
and everything I read
on the internet?
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What negative
choices have other
people made that
influenced the
trajectory of my life?
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What negative
choices have other
people made that
influenced the
trajectory of my life?
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What freedoms do I
enjoy that allow me to
choose to change the
direction in which I am
heading?
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What freedoms do I
enjoy that allow me to
choose to change the
direction in which I am
heading?
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How many of the seven habits that influence
longevity am I practicing regularly?
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Am I getting sufficient
sleep, exercising
regularly, avoiding
tobacco and alcohol,
eating a good breakfast
and not eating between
meals?
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Is my Body Mass
Index (BMI)
or weight to height
ratio within
recommended limits?
www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi for a
handy calculator.
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Which ones will I
choose to introduce
into my lifestyle
today?
Could I improve on
any of the seven?
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Chris went out to a
business dinner after a
long day at work. Before
leaving he was accused
of something he had not
done.
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He later tells a friend
that after a few drinks
he relaxed and decided
to resign his job, move
to a different city, and
look for work there.
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What influenced his
hasty decision?
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What influenced his
hasty decision?
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What influenced his
hasty decision?
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Remembering the
most recent poor
choices I’ve made and
considering the
pressures I was under
at the time,
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Remembering the
most recent poor
choices I’ve made and
considering the
pressures I was under
at the time,
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Did I make the
decision late at night
or after a heavy meal
or after a long day of
work?
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How can I remind
myself to avoid
making choices
when in those type of
emotional states?
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How can I remind
myself to avoid
making choices
when in those type of
emotional states?
Did I remember to
ask for divine
guidance?
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What time of day suits
me best for decision-
making?
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What time of day suits
me best for decision-
making?
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What time of day suits me
best for decision-making?
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What choices do I have to
make regarding my
relationship with my
Creator, who graciously
gives me the freedom to
choose?
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What choices do I have to
make regarding my
relationship with my
Creator, who graciously
gives me the freedom to
choose?
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Do I need to spend more
time learning about Him
in His Word or in nature?
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Do I need to spend more
time learning about Him
in His Word or in nature?
Do I have to cultivate my
conversation with Him in
prayer?
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Do I need to spend more
time learning about Him
in His Word or in nature?
Do I have to cultivate my
conversation with Him in
prayer?
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