Mid-Term Flashcards

1
Q

The issue in our relationship with God is

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Trust

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2
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Salvation is a restoration of

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Broken Faith

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3
Q

Discipleship is

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Increasing Our Faith

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4
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Discipleship is about trusting

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God with more and more of my life

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5
Q

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

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process
increase
experience
education
Christ
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6
Q

List the 5 things God uses to grow our faith

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Practical Teaching
Providential Relationships
Private Disciplines
Personal Ministry
Pivotal Circumstances
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7
Q

Teaching should emphasize ________ not just _______

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doing

knowing

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8
Q

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

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when we do what we know

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9
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What demonstrates faith?

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Doing

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10
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Why does God honor obedience?

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because it is is an act of trust

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11
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What becomes more apparent to me as I obey God’s commands?

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His Faithfulness

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12
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What causes my faith in his commands to increase?

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His Faithfulness

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13
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Abandoning disciplines in our relationships with God leaves him at the _______ of our lives

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periphery

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14
Q

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

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closer

dependent

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15
Q

They help us ____ with God

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time

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16
Q

They facilitate God ___________ to us

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speaking

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17
Q

They _______ our personal relationship with God

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personalize

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18
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These unseen disciplines communicate a ______ in god and what he says is _______

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trust

important

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19
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When God speaks to us _______ through His Word or answers a ______ prayer, our faith is strengthened

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personally

specific

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20
Q

Personal ministry demonstrates God’s ability to ___________ us

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Use

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21
Q

Personal Ministry Highlights our?

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inadequacy

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22
Q

Personal Ministry highlights Gods?

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sufficiency

23
Q

Personal Ministry positions us to

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experience God’s power through us

24
Q

Personal Ministry teaches us to

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

25
Q

What is providential relationships

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

26
Q

What characterizes a providential relatioship

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

27
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What should we be doing in our ministry models in light of this?

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intentionally develop ministry models that are conductive to relationships

28
Q

What is a pivotal circumstance?`

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

29
Q

What determines how we interpret them?

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our worldview

who we are doing life with

30
Q

What can we do in ministry in light of this

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

31
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The truth of man’s hopelessness of God’s mercy and grace should be?

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consistently and constantly emphasized an appreciated

32
Q

The standard of God’s righteousness must be

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exalted

33
Q

Transformational discipleship is possible as one further…….

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understands the new identity they have been given in Christ

34
Q

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

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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

35
Q

Disciplines are activities that…

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

36
Q

God uses trials, pain and suffering to…

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

37
Q

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

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suffering
opposition
overwhelming circumstances

38
Q

Suffering causes believers to…

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remember what really matters

39
Q

Opposition reminds us that…

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

40
Q

Overwhelming circumstances help us realize…

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vulnerable posture that welcomes his Transformation

41
Q

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

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marks of self-identification apart from Christ

42
Q

Without a posture of weakness disciplines can lead us to

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prepare for people for pain

prepare the ministry culture for pain

43
Q

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

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

44
Q

Community is….

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

45
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Strength of community is only as strong as……

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of what brings people together

46
Q

What must we build community around?

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truth of Jesus and his mission

47
Q

Groups with other uniting similarities face what difficulty?

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

48
Q

To disconnect form community is to…

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

49
Q

Why are healthy leaders important?

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

50
Q

Discipleship is a journey of what and not what?

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transformation not a destination

51
Q

Why is the long road important and healthy in discipleship?

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they don’t just behave differently they become different

52
Q

Success is not measured by what?

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not by the number of followers we gather

53
Q

Success is measured by?

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the number of leaders we unleash into God’s mission

54
Q

Best way to move people into leadership

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is put them in leadership