HEALTH VIRTUE GROUP

Because I value my body as Christ's temple, I choose to achieve and maintain optimum physical, mental, and spiritual health.

 

How To Be Healthy

Physical Fitness

God's ideal is for me to get regular and vigorous exercise. It keeps my body healthy and my mind clear to understand His Word.

 

I choose to be physically fit.

 

Definition

Physical Fitness means: regular, vigorous.

 
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I’m Pressing On, DSAH, 625
I will Follow Thee, SDAH, 623
Higher Ground, SDAH, 625
Father Lead Me, SDAH, 482
Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah, SDAH, 538
He Leadeth Me, SDAH, 537

Student Life Applications

Because my body is God's creation and His way of speaking to me, I will:

Keep my body in physical fitness by regular exercise.
Choose activities that use all my different muscles.
Work hard in home chores that will bless the family and keep me strong physically.

Look for practical ways to get exercise and do something productive at the same time like: work in the garden, do home chores, wash the car, bike; or play outside games with younger children to care for them while my parents are busy.
 

Bible, E.G. White

Genesis 2:15 (For Adams’ own benefit God gave him physical labor to do outdoors.)
I Corinthians 9:25-27 (I train my body and keep it under control because my goal is to be ready and not miss out on eternal life when Jesus returns.)
2 Thessalonians 3:10 If a person doesn't work he shouldn't eat.

“Not only will the organs of the body be strengthened by exercise, but the mind also will acquire strength and knowledge through the action of those organs.” 3T 78
“Such mental exercise as playing cards, chess, and checkers excites and wearies the brain and hinders recovery, while light and pleasant physical labor will occupy the time, improve the circulation, relieve and restore the brain, and prove a decided benefit to the health.” 1T 555
“They might have come from school with increased physical as well as mental strength, had they pursued their studies under proper conditions, with regular exercise in the sunlight and the open air.” ED 208
“Light employment in useful labor, while it does not tax mind or body, has a happy influence on both. It strengthens the muscles, improves circulation and gives . . Satisfaction.” Ed 212.

 

Reinforcing Stories

Tell about the astronauts who had to lie on their backs for 3 months as an experiment for space travel. They had to exercise everyday for several hours to keep healthy.
“Priscilla Ann Visits Aunt Sue”, Treasury of Devotional Aids for Home and School

Student Activities

1. Bring to class, foods that benefit muscle development and explain that cows and elephants are vegetarians so people don't need to eat meat to be stong.
2. Do several exercises for the various muscles, e.g. stretching, aerobic, lifting weights, running, balance bar. Ask who did them today. Point out that if the exercise is not done, the body will become weak and can't move at all.
3. Choose some physical labor to do during the week.
4. Accompany and help an older person with his exercises.
 

Links to the Curriculum
Biology: As exercise is indispensable to animals, so also it is indispensable to humans.
 

Resources


Treasury of Devotional Aids for Home and School by Department of Education of General Conference of SDA. 1951
Sawatsky, Dawna, Handy Guide for Teaching Kids About Health, Life Education, 3500 Treetop Lane, Willits CA 95490. 1998.
Stober, Iris Hayden and Barry H. Wecker, The Church Health Educator, Adventist Health Department, Wahroonga 2076 Australia. Copyright © The General Conference of SDA. 1989. (May be purchased from the SSD Health Department for $10.00US)
My Body Temple, Teacher’s Manual and Felt Set. (Available at SSD Health Department).

Evaluation

Primary:
Tell or write about a time when you saw someone with physical fitness.
Tell or write about when you saw the hurt and unhappiness when someone was not physically fit.
How do you think God feels when He sees people who are physically fit?
How do you feel when you are physically fit?
Tell two ways that you can show physically fitness.
What makes you want to be physically fit?
What is the opposite of physically fitness? Who makes us act that way?
Finish the sentence: We can be physically fit when we..........

Middle:
Why does God care if I am physically fit?
What difference does it make whether I am physically fit or not?
What effect would it have on my future if I did not choose to be physically fit?
How would people treat me differently if I did or didn’t choose to be physically fit?
How would I feel about myself if I did or did not choose to be physically fit?
Give some reasons why you think it is best to be physically fit. Why would someone do differently?
What makes choosing to be physically fit better than the opposite?
List some ways that a person might be physically fit without anyone noticing?
List 3 situations where a person could be physically fit in his work, home, or at the shopping mall.
Is it possible for a person to get better at being physically fit? Explain.
Can you think of someone who seems good at being physically fit? What makes them better at it?
How could you learn to be better at physically fitness?
How often do you show physically fitness? Think of the last three times and tell me.
Do you like to join in when people are physically fit? How have you joined in?

High school:
Would you practice physically fitness if no one was checking on you? Your parents, school, or the law?
What is the alternative to physically fitness and what do you see as the results of that choice?
Would you recognize it if someone was not fully physically fit? How?
Would you keep quiet if someone paid you a lot of money not to be physically fit?
Are you proud to be physically fit and willing to tell others how you feel?
If someone in a group spoke out against physically fitness would you speak up to give the other side?
Are you willing to put some money toward supporting physically fitness in your city, class, work?
Can you say that being physically fit has become a habit? How often are you that way?
What effect do you think physically fitness will have on your future life?
Do you see your family practicing physically fitness others? How about your church, city, or nation?
What do you think should be done to promote physically fitness in your family, friends, church, city, nation?
Does it make much difference if they are physically fit or not?