GYC 2016: When All Has Been Heard

<p>When people know that we are sound in our health teachings they will trust that we are sound in other biblical doctrines. In this session, we will explore the basic principles of sound health and theology of suffering. Learn the difference between health education and health communication, and why both are essential. Learn how to educate, motivate, and inspire your team and participants.</p>

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Generation. Youth. Christ. (GYC)

Living Free: Building a Better Brain, Body, and Habits – for Good!

Vicki Griffin

1. How Urgent is This Message?

2. God’s Peace Plan

4. Making Health Practical

5. Leaders Lighting The Way

3. Mindset Matters

Zeno Charles-Marcel

6. Principles of Health – A Call to Balance

This message was presented at the GYC 2016 conference, When All Has Been Heard, in Houston, Texas.

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I already found out how most of you are doing, and I don't see anybody falling asleep yet.

But it's, I guess it's an hour or so since you had lunch, so maybe you're not going to fall asleep.

I'll just ask you a question and I'll wake you up.

We're going to talk about the principles of health in a different kind of way today as a call to balance.

We have to, however, frame everything in this reality.

Now, it's just a picture, but you know what it represents.

So this is the context in which we're framing what we're going to be doing today.

You have 15 seconds to come up with an answer.

The person next to you, you need to talk.

Uh-huh, that's a lady there, and that's her dress, that's her skirt, uh-huh.

And there's a man over there, that's his hat, that's his beard, that's his right elbow, right, those are his legs.

And this, this is the entrance to a building, right?

But there was a problem with your perception, right?

Once you see something a different way, it changes the way you see it, right?

As a matter of fact, for some things like this, this particular drawing, you can see it and unsee it.

So there are some of them, once you see it, you can't unsee it.

But our thoughts actually are what are important if we're going to have change in our lives.

And what's going on in our heads, This is very, very important.

And 1 little drop can make a whole big difference.

And hopefully, today we'll have a few drops that will come from the throne of God.

I have 3 sons, and they have been GYC-ers for quite a while.

How many of you feel that you're on a mountaintop experience here at GYC?

You go back home, you go back to real life, and somehow or another things may fade away a little bit.

So my question to you is, after you've heard all of the things that you have heard, you've participated in all of the things that you have participated, what is it that we're going to be doing today that's going to make a difference to you for when you get home?

What are we called to do as Seventh-day Adventists, as young and not so young Seventh-day Adventist Christians, right, going back home.

Now, Matthew 28, 19 and 20 says, can someone read that out loud?

But do we see any application of this to us today?

Are all the commands given to the disciples individually and collectively things that we have to do today?

So we have to understand what it is that Jesus is saying.

Because if we don't, we might look at this 1, Matthew 10, 1 and 7 to 10, where he says, if you start with verse 7, and as you go, preach saying, the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons.

Get no gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses.

Don't take any money with you, all right?

No wallet for your journey, neither 2 coats nor shoes nor staff.

It can be figurative, It can be figurative, right?

And when he had called unto him his 12 disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits to cast them out and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.

Does that sound like something that is specific to an event that he did or does it sound like this is what he did for all of his disciples, that this is what we have.

But later on it says that, whenever there was a political, that some argue the power of, that some argue the power of.

I think that's the technical term that is used.

But the issue is, if this is not for us, all of it, Some of it should be for us.

Because we are disciples too, are we not?

Okay, so now with this in mind, here's what we have.

Jesus says in Matthew 7, 21 to 23, not everyone that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.

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6. Principles of Health – A Call to Balance