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My Health Stewardship Program (MHSP)
By Dr. Mark A. McCleary
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Publisher: Mark A. McCleary Ministries, Inc.
My Health Stewardship Program (MHSP) is a holistic, Bible-based, self-paced curriculum designed to empower individuals to overcome unhealthy habits—such as substance abuse, poor diet, and addictive behaviors—through structured modules covering temperance, self-reflection, recovery mechanics, and ongoing self-care. Each module includes readings, reflection questions, true/false assessments and surveys, and grants a completion certificate. Students may enroll in the full program or select individual modules, progressing at their own pace with built-in save-and-resume functionality.
Preface
The U. S. Declaration of Independence contains the following:
We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are
created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with
certain unalienable rights; among these are life, liberty,
and the pursuit of happiness.
The history of the USA’s implementation of this tenet is a work in progress, some 250 years after its authorship. Several other national documents include similar phraseology and underscore the enduring and potential benefits of their declaration. Human polity and governance promote a fundamental pursuit of survival and success in living.
The Judeo-Christian Bible is the primary source on which the USA government is based and promotes the values of life, liberty, happiness, and health.
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper andbe in health, even as thy soul prospereth (3 John 2, KJV).
The problem that MHSP addresses involves individual and institutional “disease.” The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) monitors and describes health concerns and conditions. The USA comprises individuals seeking life, liberty, and happiness; good health is the bottom line. Yet, the CDC reports that the USA is one of the most unhealthy nations among industrial and developed countries. According to its reports, US individuals smoke, abuse prescription medicines, use illegal drugs, drink alcohol, and practice poor dietary habits, so its population spends more on illness than on education and essential human services. The depth of this problem lies in the fact that it is a matter of lifestyle or being victims of chronically poor choices. In other words, individuals choose to smoke despite the package warning, “This could be hazardous to your health.”
Acknowledgement
The idea for developing this program was generated by my 46 years of pastoral ministry and what I observed during my almost three years of retirement. People are ill and addicted to self-abuse. They are victims of their vices. I want to thank God for motivating me and those who encouraged me to produce this program. I am also grateful to my longtime friend and pastoral peer, Joseph “Ronnie” Hobson, for his proofreading input, and to Mike Messenberg for making it electronically accessible. Tom Skinner was correct: “God is the great manager; He gets the job done through people.”
Introduction
The vision, mission, and objectives of Mark McCleary Ministries (3MMM, Inc.) is as follows: 1. Provide Bible-based education. 2. Help people discover and deploy their God-given gifts. 3. Participate in delivering relevant and meaningful human services.
Thus, 3MMM’s MHSP addresses the problems affecting the USA population through education, mentoring, and implementing a curriculum that promotes restoring poor health habits, leading to improved health management for personal and social benefit.
3MMM reflected on the harmful effects of the problem (above), researched ways others have sought to fix it, prayed, and prepared how 3MMM might deal with the situation as a bible-based nonprofit organization. Thus, MHSP is rooted in a vision for anyone to embrace it as a method for self-help. It is designed to help you learn how to live better than the destructive addictions that have made you a victim of guilt and “disease.”
3MMM’s mission is to promote, enlist, engage, and empower you to strengthen your sense of agency for your well-being. Its objective is to register interested individuals to participate in its curricula and then gather feedback from participants that may help make this program more relevant, meaningful, and significant and adapt its content and approach for best-practice application.
MHSP addresses self-abuse, poor health and dietary conditions, and general disease of individuals who are victims of addiction and poor health choices. If participants follow MHSP with their whole heart, mind, and energy, I am confident that their conditions will improve. Such individuals are interested in self-worth and self-esteem that liberates him or her from illegal drug use, poor dietary and nutritional practices, or using cigarettes and alcohol to cloak or avoid dealing with psycho-emotional and social issues.
Individual stewardship does not guarantee life, liberty, and happiness. The history of humankind is that access to opportunity and productivity might not be available by governmental policy or religious gatekeepers. Therefore, it is incumbent upon you to find an agency or organization that can help you become educated and empowered to lead a healthier lifestyle. 3MMM’s MHSP has been designed to facilitate self-determination and fulfill your search for education and discipline that fosters deliverance from unhealthy practices such as alcohol, smoking, drugs, and poor dietary behaviors.
MHSP is a holistic educational program that addresses psychological, emotional, physiological, and spiritual well-being. After completing it, you will receive a certificate that signifies that you have learned about yourself, others, your environment, and how to utilize your gifts for a life of liberty, happiness, and good health.
MHSP comprises learning modules. Individuals learn in different ways—auditory, visual, tactile (touch), and kinesthetic (feel, intuition). MHSP is designed to cater to your learning styles. You can go as fast as you can and as slow as you need. Each module guides the student in discovering their environmental factors, values, and principles for restoring health stewardship. The several modules make reading, reflection, and transparent, candid responses essential. Each module covers a specific area to help you learn how to live without illegal drugs, medicinal drug abuse, cigarettes, alcohol, and dietary and nutritional malpractice.
MHSP is rooted in a history of health education efforts. Such efforts have been exhibited as learning activities for expanding one’s knowledge and improving one’s self-care. Research in this area goes back to the Greek period, between the 6th and 9th centuries BCE. It has been determined through such research that the Greeks attempted to empower their people through education, which developed their health, intelligence, and skills. As recently as 1976, the Patient Education and Counseling Journal was founded to inform and inspire its readers to be better health stewards. These efforts were to inform and improve healthy lifestyles. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health education as a praxis of “Conscientiously constructed opportunities for learning designed to improve health literacy and practice.”
Disclaimer
3MMM disclaims being a certified health practitioner. However, observation and experience have driven the development of MHSP to help individuals make wiser health decisions and behavioral changes. Its curriculum is grounded in a vision for those who want to know and do better for themselves. Its competency is based on sound information and the impact said information has on program participants.
3MMM’s MHSP is for whoever needs and wants to do better by stopping smoking, drinking alcohol, using illicit drugs, or being a victim of poor dietary and nutritional habits. The students and participants in this program will be anyone who wants to enhance their intellectual, emotional, physical, and environmental well-being.
A post-program assessment of its benefits or outcomes is essential for completing this program. This means clear and early communication, timely response to queries, feedback on module postings, and rational evaluation and adaptation of its contents, which are paramount in student participant development.
Course Content
Temperance
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Temperance – Reflection Questions