Life Calling 5 and 6 & Humanist Manifesto Flashcards
Useful or valuable quality or thing that is an advantage or resource
Asset
Disposition or feeling a person adopts or has with regard to a person or thing
Attitude
To deteriorate, dwindle, fail in strength, vigor, character, power, value, etc.
Decline
Combination or plans, organization, details, features, and structure or an entity
Design
An area or range of personal distinctness characterized by specific qualities
Domain
Sensations experienced when one is stirred internally from non-physical sources
Feelings
A special ability or capacity, natural endowment, talent
Gift
Of or relating to holism ( a theory that the universe and especially living nature is correctly seen in terms of interacting wholes)
Holistic
Condition of being only ordinary or of moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate
Mediocrity
“To these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding of all kinds of literature and learning. And Daniel could understand visions and dreams of all kinds.”
Daniel 1:17
“I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.”
Matthew 11:25
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil. This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones.”
Proverbs 3:5-8
“Blessed are those who find wisdom, those who gain understanding, for she is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold.”
Proverbs 3:13-14
“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.”
Proverbs 1:7
The place in scripture that promises that we can have perfect peace in our lives if we have minds that are steadfast and that this steadfastness comes from trust in God
Isaiah 26:3
Capacity to respond to or be susceptible to sensory stimuli
Sensibility
Excellence in performing in an area in which a person has training, competence, expertise, and experience
Skill
Qualities or features that bring power, force, vigor, or sustenance
Strengths
Achievement of something desired, planned, or attempted
Success
To endure, live through, get by, or merely subsist
Survive
The person from the scripture that the text uses as an example of physical strength in the area of beauty
Esther
A special natural ability or aptitude that produces a capacity for achievements or success
Talent
To flourish, grow or develop vigorously. Achieve something desire, planned or attempted
Thrive
State of being the only one of the sole example; single; solitary type; having no like or equal
Uniqueness
Quality or feature that is inadequate or defective
Weakness
The power of control that the mind has over choosing one’s own actions
Will
Based perspective of strengths focuses upon improving areas of giftedness in our lives
Liabilities
Which above mentioned perspective leads to mediocrity and why ?
Liabilities because we never use our given abilities to become strong
Based perspective of strengths focuses upon an individual’s multiple areas of intelligence
Holistic
This perspective was promoted by _______ ________, a Harvard psychologist
Howard Gardner
List the seven areas of intelligence by the above mentioned professor
Linguistic Logical-mathematical Musical Body-kinesthetic Spiritual-visual Interpersonal Interpersonal
What are the three critical actions that the author identifies are necessary to develop our gifts and talents into strengths ?
Adopt a postive attitude about all five strengths domains
Learn about the gifts and talents we have
Practice the skills associated with a gift and talent
Who gave praise to God because they were “fearfully and wonderfully made” ?
David
What scriptural account is given to illustrate God’s expectations of how we use our strengthens ?
The parable of the talents
Entirely physical
Brute
Predominating attitudes, values, and behavior that characterize the functioning of a group of people
Culture
An area or range of personal distinctness characterized by specific qualities
Domain