Gospel Care

Question 1

3 types of intentional, discipleship oriented conversations?
- 3 C’s
- Which is reactive?
- Which is proactive?

Answer 1

1- Care (reactive)
2- Consulting
3- Coaching (proactive)

Question 2

Gospel Care
- Focus
- Def

Answer 2

• Brokenness & sin
• Conversations which show compassion and sympathy as well as confronting gently as needed

Question 3

Gospel Consulting
- Focus

Answer 3

• Wisdom & advice

Question 4

Gospel Coaching
- Focus
- Def

Answer 4

• Accountability & encouragement
• Conversations focused on a personal, relational, missional, and spiritual life

Question 5

God’s story
1-
2-
3-
4-

Answer 5

1- Creation = Who are we and why are we are here?
2- Fall = What’s our problem?
3- Redemption = What’s the solution?
4- Restoration = What’s our ultimate hope?

Question 6

The essence and driving power of all sin is…?

Answer 6

Unbelief

Question 7

The battleground of unbelief is …?

Answer 7

Our hearts

Question 8

Out of our hearts come
1-
2-
3-

Answer 8

1- thoughts (and beliefs)
2- desires (and emotions/affections)
3- will (and actions)

Question 9

Def: functional gods (or idols)

Answer 9

those things that give our lives temporal meaning, purpose, or worth

Question 10

our sin reveals…?

Answer 10

what we treasure

Question 11

levels of repentance

Answer 11

1- behavior (will/do) - confess disobedience
2- thinking (thoughts) - confess unbelief
3- desire - confess what your heart craves
4- relationship - confess rebellion and blasphemy

Question 12

Repentance results when…?

Answer 12

conviction of sin leads to confession of sin that compels us to turn and submit to Christ, living a life of faith

Question 13

3 skills of gospel care

Answer 13

1- Gospel Listening = welcoming and listening well in order to love and know a person better
2- Gospel Exploring = asking good questions in order to draw out the heart
3- Gospel Proclaiming = speaking gospel truths in personal, particular, and compelling ways

Question 14

Do’s of gospel listening
1-
2-
Don’ts of gospel listening
1-
2-

Answer 14

Do’s
1- Maintain eye contact, even when taking notes
2- Acknowledge what they are saying, especially if it’s something significant or even if you disagree

Don’ts
1- Interrupt when people are speaking… don’t try to finish their sentences
2- Change the focus to you by talking about yourself

Question 15

5 “Identify” questions to help people interpret their own stories

Answer 15

1- Who or what most shaped your life?
2- What do you assume the world should look like?
3- What kind of a person would you like to be?
4- Who are your heroes?
5- What would have to be in place for you to feel happy?

Question 16

5 “Problem” questions to help people interpret their own stories

Answer 16

1- What’s the problem in your relationship with others (or God)?
2- Describe your struggles and battles?
3- What do you lack?
4- What do is your most pressing problem?
5- Who or what is responsible?

Question 17

5 “Solution” questions to help people interpret their own stories

Answer 17

1- What will make life better?
2- What gives you a sense of escape or release?
3- Who or what will deliver your hopes?
4- What are your functional saviors?
5- How do you view Jesus as a possible solution to your problem?

Question 18

5 “Hope” questions to help people interpret their own stories

Answer 18

1- What are your hopes?
2- Who or what is the focus of your life?
3- What is a long-term project you’re working on?
4- What are the dreams for which you make sacrifices?
5- Have you given up so much that your hope has shrunk to simply getting through the day?

Question 19

What am I listening and searching for? (4 ea)

Answer 19

How they interpret life according to God’s story:
1- Identity = Who do they think they are?
2- Problem = What do they think their problem is?
3- Solution = What do they think the solution to their problem is?
4- Hope = What are they hoping in regarding their situation?

Question 20

Entry Gates
1- Are…
2- Are not…
3- Focus on…

Answer 20

1- Are: The struggles they’re confessing, not what you think they’re struggling with (fear, anger, guilt, anxiety, hopelessness, envy…)
2- Are not: The problem, another person, or the issue
3- Focus on: the person, not the problem

Question 21

How do I explore the heart?

Answer 21

1- Entry gates
2- Explore wide: open-ended questions (uncover themes & patterns)
3- Explore deep: focused questions (uncover roots & causes)

Question 22

Organize what you’re hearing
(Share & Care Notes)

Answer 22

1- Situation = What’s going on?
2- Do = What do they do (will) in response to the situation?
3- Thoughts = What do they think (beliefs) in response to the situation?
4- Desires = What do they want (desires) out of the situation?

Question 23

1- Love without truth is…?
2- Truth without love is…?
3- Gospel love (God’s saving love in Christ) is marked by…?

Answer 23

1- Love without truth is sentimentality
2- Truth without love is harshness
3- Gospel love is marked by our identity in Christ and his unconditional commitment to us

Question 24

How do I envision the gospel in a compelling way?

Answer 24

Outflow of our hearts:
1- Our thoughts must be convinced of Christ’s sacrificial death and supernatural resurrection
2- Our desires/affections must be compelled by Christ’s love
3- Our will must choose to live for Christ and to no longer live for ourselves.

Question 25

Galatians 2:20

Answer 25

Galatians 2:20, I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. (ESV)

Question 26

1 Thessalonians 5:14

Answer 26

1 Thessalonians 5:14, And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all. (ESV)

Question 27

Keep this in mind about sin and suffering (3 ea)

Answer 27

1- Some are not sinning in their suffering. Some are.
2- Some are sinning that leads to their suffering.
3- Some are suffering from the sins of another.

Question 28

1 Corinthians 13:4–7

Answer 28

1 Corinthians 13:4–7, Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant [5] or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; [6] it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. [7] Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. (ESV)