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Life Calling Q 3&4 Flashcards

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_____: of, pertaining to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distncton between right and wrong

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Moral

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______: being in accordance with the accepted principles of right and wrong that govern conduct.

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Ethical

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______ : the moral and ethical quality of people demonstrated in the actons taken in life consistent with the mind- set they establish for their lives.

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Character

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______ he said “A man is but the product of his thoughts . . . what he thinks, he becomes.

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Ghandi

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When we don’t live in life congruence, we can end up in a conditon that psychologists refer to as _____. (which is just an elaborate way of saying “disagreement within our mind.”)

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Cognitive dissonance

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Our life is ______ when the values we claim to believe for our lives equal the way we actually live our lives.

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Congruent

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Our life is ______ when the values we claim to believe for our lives does NOT equal the way we actually live our lives.

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Incongruent

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If the values of our life do NOT equal the way we actually live our lives, what are our only two optons to make them equal?

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  • change our behavior

- change the values/principles of our life

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When our values and actons are incompatble or in disagreement in our minds the text warns that this “often leads to a strange conditon.” What is that conditon?

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Leads to great confusion when it comes to fnding directon. Because of this, the text states that “our minds often leads to a strange conditon. Quite often the two incompatble ways of thinking become a driving force that compels our minds to acquire or invent new thoughts or beliefs to minimize the amount of disagreement between our beliefs and actons.”

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How does James 1 describe the conditon in the above-mentoned queston?

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Being double-minded

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The text states that another manner in which people atempt to deal with the disagreements within their minds is to have “morals à la carte” - what does this mean?

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When you compartmentalize your morality. For instance, in one area of your life you will seek out God and His directon, while in another your feelings/emotons determine your directon. Or saying one thing and doing another.

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The first queston regarding the establishment of our faith was
“How did I come into existence?”

If you answered that God created the world and everything in it, and you make your choices regarding Character within that belief structure, this will lead to _____?

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Harmony

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If you answered that God created the world and everything in it, and you make your choices regarding Character contrary to that belief structure, this will lead to _____?

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Disharmony

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The second queston regarding the establishment of our faith was “Why do I exist?”

If we answer that we were Created by God, we would seek afer what our life calling is within this existence and find __________ within that role.

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Purpose

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If we answer that we exist for ourselves or that there isn’t an overall meaning to our existence, our actons would lead us down a path of ______

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Purposeless

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The third queston regarding the establishment of our faith was “Where does my existence lead to?”

If we believe that we have an eternal place in the universe, we pursue our life-calling in our relatonship with God and fnd our ______ in trying to contnually mature.

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Significant

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If we believe that this physical world is all that there is, than our life would seem to be totally ________ and live as though nothing really maters that much.

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Insignificant

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“What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if people claim to have faith but have no deeds? Can such faith save them?”

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James 2:14

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“Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.”

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Galatans 5:25

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“Does the LORD delight in burnt oferings and sacrifces as much as in obeying the LORD? To obey is beter than sacrifce, and to heed is beter than the fat of rams.”

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1 Samuel 15:22

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Give an example of “burnt oferings” that you may fall into the trap of doing in your life.

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Making over-hyped promises to God when you’re struggling, like “God if you help me I promise to never miss church again” or “never do that again”

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22
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What is the three-fold congruence that the text advises to live in?

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  • words
  • faith
  • action
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What does the text state will be the result if you choose NOT to live your life in the three-fold congruence?

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Confusion - because you won’t know what path to follow in your life

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The place in scripture that clearly describes the struggle related with the atempt for such life congruency.

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Romans 7:21-25

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25
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Our hope is in the deliverance from this struggle can come only through ______.

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The saving grace of Jesus

26
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Was commended by the prophet Samuel as being a man afer God’s own heart, despite his struggle with sin.

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David (found in scripture in 1 Samuel 13:14)

27
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The place in scripture that describes this person’s struggle with sin.

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Psalm 51

28
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When we choose to surrender to Christ in our Life-Calling, we will be able to ______ and _____ God’s will.

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  • test

- approve

29
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What are the three ways God’s Will is described:
________
________
________

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  • good
  • pleasing
  • perfect
30
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When we choose to follow the paterns of the world in pursuing our Life-Calling, what do we seek?

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Our selfish interest

31
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The place in scripture that contrasts the perspectve of pursuing God’s Will or the patern of the world.

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Romans 12

32
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When your PRESENT conditon is negative (sad, depressed, lonely, confused, etc.) what is the way to look at your PAST that leads toward maturity?

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They will see it as an opportunity to take responsibility, learn from it and grow

33
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When your PRESENT conditon is negative (sad, depressed, lonely, confused, etc.) what is the way to look at your PAST that leads toward immaturity?

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They will look back to place blame on why something caused them harm

34
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The individual hired by the NFL’s New England Patriots to be their character coac

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Jack Easterby

35
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This character coach puts a high emphasis on player_______because it is a sign that the player has an issue.

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Attendance

36
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This character coach made the observaton that a lack of character has caused failure in our society and in business, illustratng the reality that ______ ______

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Choices matter

37
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Players from the team commented that this character coach helped them through difcult situatons and brought them_______ when trying to balance the reality of being a professional player, a dad, a spouse, etc.

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peace

38
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New England player Ricky Jean Francois stated that this coach was diferent than the other “pretenders” - what does he mean?

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That the character coach was doing this NOT to get something from the players by being close to their fame

39
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When fnding a soluton to any issue, this character coach says that ______ wins above all other possible responses.

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Love

40
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This character coach sums up his role as being a ____

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Servant

41
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The Leadership curriculum states that Faith expresses our value of _____.

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Reality

42
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The Leadership curriculum states that Character expresses our value of ______

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Self

43
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The Leadership curriculum states that Service expresses our value of ______.

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Others

44
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When we Love God, we are expressing the foundational value of ______.

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Faith

45
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When we identify and sharpen our God-given gifts we are expressing the foundational value of ______.

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Character

46
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When we seek after the calling God has given to our lives we are expressing the foundational value of ______.

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Service

47
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Being able to understand all that is happening in a moment is recognizing what the ______ of the moment is

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Authority

48
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Who stated at the beginning of Chapter 4 “all men a caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny…… I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be, and you can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought to be.” ________

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

49
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When we have an attitude of service, we _____ others around us in a spirit of _______.

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  • value

- community

50
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Service implies that our actions of character are carried out with a sense of____to others

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Responsibility

51
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The concept of compassionate concern teaches us that service is_____-centered, rather than ______-centered.

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  • Other

- self

52
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What is the concept known as the “fabric of society” and explain how character and service function to support it.

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That each of us belong to one another in the Body of Christ. Our lives have been created by God to live in the service of Him (by identifying and sharpening of gifts and call) and the service of others (by applying the needs of the age)

53
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Having a self-centered perspective towards the needs of others will result in the _________ that “I know how to live their lives better than they do”.

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assumption and judgment

54
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Having a God-centered perspective towards the needs of others will allow you to have _________ and recognize that “but by the grace of God, there go I.”

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humility and empathy

55
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What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if people claim to have faith but have no deeds? Can such a faith save them?

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James 2:14

56
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Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others,as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.”

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1 Peter 4:10___

57
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“So in everything,do unto others what you would have them do to you,for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.”

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Matthew 7:12

58
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God created us with an intricate design in a fearful and wonderful manner that was part of his intent before we ever came into being. It follows, then, that this intricate design is directly related to our Life Calling. The greater we can live in harmony with our design, the greater will be the fulfillment of purpose in our lives.”

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Psalm 139

59
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G

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Religious leader

60
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Which individual avoided the responsibility even after first contact? _______

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political leader

61
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Which individual engaged in a spirit of respect,community, concern, responsibility,band action despite their differences with the one in need?

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Good Samaritan

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