Mid-Term

Question 1

The issue in our relationship with God is

Answer 1

Trust

Question 2

Salvation is a restoration of

Answer 2

Broken Faith

Question 3

Discipleship is

Answer 3

Increasing Our Faith

Question 4

Discipleship is about trusting

Answer 4

God with more and more of my life

Question 5

Discipleship is the __________ God uses to _____________ our faith in Him through _________ and __________ so that we become more like _________

Answer 5

process
increase
experience
education
Christ

Question 6

List the 5 things God uses to grow our faith

Answer 6

Practical Teaching
Providential Relationships
Private Disciplines
Personal Ministry
Pivotal Circumstances

Question 7

Teaching should emphasize ________ not just _______

Answer 7

doing

knowing

Question 8

Philippians 4:9 says that the God of peace is with us when we?

Answer 8

when we do what we know

Question 9

What demonstrates faith?

Answer 9

Doing

Question 10

Why does God honor obedience?

Answer 10

because it is is an act of trust

Question 11

What becomes more apparent to me as I obey God’s commands?

Answer 11

His Faithfulness

Question 12

What causes my faith in his commands to increase?

Answer 12

His Faithfulness

Question 13

Abandoning disciplines in our relationships with God leaves him at the _______ of our lives

Answer 13

periphery

Question 14

Regularly practicing them draws us into a ________ more ___________ relationship with our heavenly Father

Answer 14

closer

dependent

Question 15

They help us ____ with God

Answer 15

time

Question 16

They facilitate God ___________ to us

Answer 16

speaking

Question 17

They _______ our personal relationship with God

Answer 17

personalize

Question 18

These unseen disciplines communicate a ______ in god and what he says is _______

Answer 18

trust

important

Question 19

When God speaks to us _______ through His Word or answers a ______ prayer, our faith is strengthened

Answer 19

personally

specific

Question 20

Personal ministry demonstrates God’s ability to ___________ us

Answer 20

Use

Question 21

Personal Ministry Highlights our?

Answer 21

inadequacy

Question 22

Personal Ministry highlights Gods?

Answer 22

sufficiency

Question 23

Personal Ministry positions us to

Answer 23

experience God’s power through us

Question 24

Personal Ministry teaches us to

Answer 24

trusts God’s ability to use us if we will just bring what we have to him

Question 25

What is providential relationships

Answer 25

a relationship that appeared accidental or random but are eventually viewed as divine appointments

Question 26

What characterizes a providential relatioship

Answer 26

hearing God through someone or seeing God in someone causing our faith in God to grow

Question 27

What should we be doing in our ministry models in light of this?

Answer 27

intentionally develop ministry models that are conductive to relationships

Question 28

What is a pivotal circumstance?`

Answer 28

a defining moment when either good or bad that helps define/grow our faith

Question 29

What determines how we interpret them?

Answer 29

our worldview | who we are doing life with

Question 30

What can we do in ministry in light of this

Answer 30

help us stay connected to friends, family, mentors and teachers

Question 31

The truth of man's hopelessness of God's mercy and grace should be?

Answer 31

consistently and constantly emphasized an appreciated

Question 32

The standard of God's righteousness must be

Answer 32

exalted

Question 33

Transformational discipleship is possible as one further.......

Answer 33

understands the new identity they have been given in Christ

Question 34

The 6 key aspects of our new identity in Christ and ramifications

Answer 34

God's Child-adopted God's Priest-spend time with God God's Bride- intimacy An alien to this world- this is not our home God's ambassador- always representing the King God's slave- bondservant

Question 35

Disciplines are activities that...

Answer 35

give time and space for the Spirit to give understanding about the truth presented in the Bible

Question 36

God uses trials, pain and suffering to...

Answer 36

lovingly put His own into a posture of vulnerability resulting in deep transformation

Question 37

3 things God uses to bring us to a posture of weakness?

Answer 37

suffering opposition overwhelming circumstances

Question 38

Suffering causes believers to...

Answer 38

remember what really matters

Question 39

Opposition reminds us that...

Answer 39

that ultimate acceptance and approval come not from others but from God

Question 40

Overwhelming circumstances help us realize...

Answer 40

vulnerable posture that welcomes his Transformation

Question 41

In our own strength we have a tendency to drift towards...

Answer 41

marks of self-identification apart from Christ

Question 42

Without a posture of weakness disciplines can lead us to

Answer 42

prepare for people for pain | prepare the ministry culture for pain

Question 43

Attending an environment designed for interdependence will fail if we refuse?

Answer 43

unhealthy as the believer finds security and worth in another person rather than Christ

Question 44

Community is....

Answer 44

a group of people united around a common belief system, set of values and mission

Question 45

Strength of community is only as strong as......

Answer 45

of what brings people together

Question 46

What must we build community around?

Answer 46

truth of Jesus and his mission

Question 47

Groups with other uniting similarities face what difficulty?

Answer 47

easily drift to weaker community formed on issues other than the Gospel

Question 48

To disconnect form community is to...

Answer 48

betray what God declares your position in the family and body to be

Question 49

Why are healthy leaders important?

Answer 49

they are able to rightly apply the truth to others in a vulnerable position

Question 50

Discipleship is a journey of what and not what?

Answer 50

transformation not a destination

Question 51

Why is the long road important and healthy in discipleship?

Answer 51

they don't just behave differently they become different

Question 52

Success is not measured by what?

Answer 52

not by the number of followers we gather

Question 53

Success is measured by?

Answer 53

the number of leaders we unleash into God's mission

Question 54

Best way to move people into leadership

Answer 54

is put them in leadership