- Memorize and sign the Temperance Pledge. “Realizing the importance of healthy body and mind, I promise, with the help of God, to live a Christian life of true temperance in all things and to abstain from the use of tobacco, alcohol or any other narcotic.”
- Memorize three Bible verses and three Spirit of Prophecy quotations from the following:
- Bible Verses
- Romans 12:1, 2
- 1 Cor. 10:31
- 1 Cor. 6:19, 20
- Proverbs 20: 1
- Galatians 5:22, 23
- 3 John 2
- Spirit of Prophecy
- “True temperance teaches us to abstain entirely from that which is injurious, and to use judiciously only healthful and nutritious articles of food.” Temperance, p. 3.
- The only safe course is to touch not, taste not, handle not, tea, coffee, wines, tobacco, opium, and alcoholic drinks.” Counsels on Diet and Foods, p. 428.
- “…temperance alone is the foundation of all the graces that come from God, the foundation of all victories to be gained.” Temperance, p. 201.
- “A pure and noble life, a life of victory over appetite and lust, is possible to everyone who will unite his weak, wavering human will to the omnipotent, unwavering will of God.” Temperance, p.113.
- “Tobacco is a slow, insidious, but most malignant poison. In whatever form it is used, it tells upon the constitution; it is all the more dangerous because its effects are slow and at first hardly perceptible.” Ministry of Healing, pp. 327, 328.
- Bible Verses
- Do four of the following: You should refer to the AYBL (Adventist Youth for Better Living) Manual for details.
- Write and deliver a five- to eight-minute speech.
- Write an essay on alcohol, tobacco, drugs, or physical fitness of 150 to 200 words and your commitment to a healthy lifestyle.
- Write a four-line jingle on a Drug Prevention topic.
- Draw/make a poster 22” x 28” that tells about the harmful effects of drugs, tobacco, or alcohol.
- Make a substance abuse exhibit for a local shopping mall, library, or school.
- Make a scrapbook of at least 20 pages showing Drug Prevention advertisements.
- Share with at least five other persons what you have accomplished from the above list and obtain their signed Temperance Pledges (immediate relatives not included).
- Know and explain:
- The reason behind the warning on the cigarette packet: “Warning-smoking is a health hazard.”
- Seven ingredients of tobacco smoke:
- Nicotine
- Arsenic
- Formaldehyde
- Carbon monoxide
- Cyanide
- Phenolbenzophyrine
- Amonia
- Emphysema, cirrhosis, addiction
- The effects of tobacco, alcohol, and drugs on pregnancy
- Read the chapter “Stimulants and Narcotics” in Ministry of Healing. Be able to discuss briefly or provide a written summary approximately two or three paragraphs in length.
- After studying the following materials, list three things that contribute to temperance and good health. (Other than abstaining from that which is harmful.)
- Temperance p.139 paragraph I
- Counsels on Diet and Foods, p. 406 paragraph I
- Temperance, p.140 paragraph 2
- Temperance, p.143 paragraph 3
- Counsels on Health, p. 127 paragraph 4
- Temperance, p. 148 paragraph 2
- Discuss and role play. What would you do if…
- Your best friend asks you to try a cigarette?
- A classmate offers you money to sell marijuana?
- An older relative offers you a drink of beer?
- The smoke from a stranger’s cigarette is bothering you?
- A friend invites you to smoke marijuana?
- You are at a party with a friend, he gets drunk and insists on driving you home?
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