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Chapter 10 Notes Flashcards

1
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“No one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the spirit gives birth to spirit.”

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Jesus

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What is the primary context of our existence and Life Calling?

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The desire and capacity to serve others

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What three ways do spiritual strengths transcend the other domains in discovering and carrying out our Life Calling?

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  1. by guiding our premises
  2. setting the context
  3. providing supernatural guidance for how we will use the other strengths domains
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4
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Which domain of strengths is the greatest?

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Spiritual

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5
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Define spiritual strengths.

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the capacity of our lives that enables us to discern and respond in service to the mysterious inner leading of God

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Name one of the 12 steps learned by persons working to overcome addictions.

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Recognizing a greater power that can give you strength

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What are the two primary areas is spiritual interaction?

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Discernment and responding

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8
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What is receptive interaction where we listen and gain directions for our lives?

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Discernment

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9
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What is the active part of the spiritual domain where we carry out the directions we have gained through discernment?

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Responding

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How do you address the problem of not feeling meaning, significance, or hope?

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By taking the time in our life to develop spiritual well-being

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List the 8 spiritual disciplines that lead to spiritual discernment.

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  1. Solitude
  2. Simplicity
  3. Bible Study
  4. Prayer
  5. Confession
  6. Fellowship
  7. Worship
  8. Service
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12
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(Spiritual Discipline) Spend time by yourself so that you can listen to God’s voice in your spirit.

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Meditational Solitude

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(Spiritual Discipline) Reduce the distractions in your life that keep you from hearing God.

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Simplicity

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(Spiritual Discipline) Read passages in the Bible and seek to understand them and then apply the principles learned to your life.

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Bible Study

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(Spiritual Discipline) Dialogue with God about both God’s concerns and yours.

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Prayer

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(Spiritual Discipline) Admit it to other people and to God when you have done something wrong to them and seek forgiveness.

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Confession

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(Spiritual Discipline) Join with other people in small groups and in large gatherings to pursue spiritual growth.

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Fellowship

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(Spiritual Discipline) Offer reverent honor and homage to God.

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Worship

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(Spiritual Discipline) Develop a decided pattern of engaging with others to solve problems or needs encountered by these others.

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Service

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Where is a good place to start in assessing our spiritual wellness?

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Our current spiritual well-being

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21
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True foundation of servanthood?

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Love

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List the eight spiritual qualities that will produce character development and maximize our spiritual strengths outlined in 2 Peter 1:5-7. (Progression to love)

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  1. Faith - God-centered, life is about God
  2. Goodness - behavior of being God-centered
  3. Knowledge - testimony grows, the experience you’ve had due to the behavior you chose and how it helped you grow
  4. Self-control - EQ, knowing your past mistakes and having Biblical literacy, humanistic lit. says I need to be fixed
  5. Perseverance - pure joy, which results in hope
  6. Godliness - how others are drawn to you, because you don’t seem normal
  7. Kindness - giving credit to God
  8. Love - God and others
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23
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What are the steps to obtain the Fruit of the Spirit?

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  1. Drawn
  2. Invite
  3. Live
  4. Walk
  5. Fruit
24
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Three levels of supernatural interactions

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Phenomenal
Informational
Giftedness

25
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(Spiritual interaction) Involves miraculous events that guide or enable our path with no rational explanation.

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Phenomenal

26
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(Spiritual interaction) Here we receive thoughts and impressions that clearly do not come from our own mind, but provide us with crucial guidance.

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Informational

27
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(Spiritual interaction) At this level unique spiritual forces are placed in our lives as part of God’s calling.

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Giftedness

28
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What is the primary purpose of these gifts?

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to build up God’s work among his followers

29
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Gifts in Romans 12:3-8

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Prophesying
Serving
Teaching
Exhorting
Giving
Governing
Mercy
(Known as gifts of grace)

30
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Gifts in 1 Corinthians 12:7-11

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Wisdom
Knowledge
Faith
Healing
Miracles
Prophecy
Discernment
Tongues
Interpretations
(Known as manifestations)

31
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Gifts in 1 Corinthians 12:28

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Apostles
Prophets
Teachers
Miracles
Healers
Helpers
Administrators
Tongues
(Known as service to the church)

32
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Gifts in Ephesians 4:11-13

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Apostles
Prophets
Evangelists
Pastors
Teachers

Known as preparing God’s people for service

33
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Four things to understand about spiritual gifts.

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  1. These operate in the spiritual domain of our lives as gifts brought into that domain by God.
  2. The primary (and possibly only) context of spiritual gifts in our lives is service to others.
  3. The power that operates spiritual gifts is directly from God.
  4. Spiritual gifts occur in all people at some level of God’s empowerment.
34
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What can we learn from spiritual gifts that we can apply to our search for a Life Calling?

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  • they are very important elements in the dimension of our spiritual strengths that help to prepare us to carry out a distinct Life Calling.
  • because of this distinctiveness, we will each find particular roles in our Life Calling that better suit us than other roles.
  • our Life Calling will best be discovered in the larger context of service to others rather than a career search.
35
Q

The inward motivation and capacity to:
• discern what is morally right and wrong in situations
• respond in service by publicly speaking out from internal convictions concerning what has been discerned

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Proclaiming

36
Q

The inward motivation and capacity to:
• discern legitimate needs or tasks others have
• respond in service by finding practical ways to provide physical assistance to help them fulfill these needs and tasks

A

Helping

37
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The inward motivation and capacity to:
• discern truth through careful research
• respond in service by clearly presenting this truth to others
in such a way that it will be easy to learn

A

Teaching

38
Q

The inward motivation and capacity to:
• discern encouragement and practical solutions needed for life problems
• respond in service by outlining practical steps of actions others should take to overcome problems

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Exhorting

39
Q

The inward motivation and capacity to:
• discern financial needs others have in their lives or efforts
• respond in service by financially investing in and supporting other worthwhile people and projects

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Giving

40
Q

The inward motivation and capacity to:
• discern the organizational needs others have when working
collectively together
• respond in service by organizing, coordinating and guiding their activities and setting goals for their endeavors

A

Managing

41
Q

The inward motivation and capacity to:
• discern the emotions of others
• respond in service by providing mercy to those who are in emotional distress

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Comforting

42
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“Jesus answered, ‘Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit. Flesh gives birth to Flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.’”

A

John 3:5-6

43
Q

There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death.

A

PROVERBS 14:12

44
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Acts 16 - Paul listens to the spirit of Jesus instead of himself

A

P

45
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But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

A

MATTHEW 6:33

46
Q

“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will nd; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; those who seek nd; and to those who knock, the door will be opened.”

A

Matthew 7:7-8

47
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What should we first seek?

A

God’s kingdom and his righteousness

48
Q

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.

A

PSALM 119:105

49
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What is God’s Word?

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  • a lamp for our feet: means that as we take each step of our lives, we can and should look to the Bible for enlightenment related to that individual step
  • a light for our path: means that as we make longer-term plans for our lives, we can and should again look to the Bible for guidance
50
Q

What is to teach you about how you are created and fit into God’s creation?

A

Spiritual literacy

51
Q

In Romans 12:1, when do you become a living sacrifice and how do you do it?

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When: renew your mind
How: not following the patterns of the world

52
Q

“Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.”

A

Psalm‬ ‭37:4‬ ‭

53
Q

What is the consequence of living without spiritual strengths?

A

Double-minded

54
Q

Who is the authority of loneliness?

A

Humanism

55
Q

What do lonely people believe?

A

Life is about their happiness

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