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26 Cards in this Set
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Five Principles We Must Teach Members
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1) Don’t Believe Everything You Think
2) Guard Your Minds from Garbage 3) Never Let Up on Learning 4) Feed Yourself Daily with God’s Word 5) Let God Stretch Your Imagination |
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2 Corinthians 10:3-5
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Though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
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Jeremiah 17:9
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The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
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1 John 1:8
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If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
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You’re not authentic until you
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can publicly admit how inauthentic you are most of the time.
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Reasons we can’t trust ourselves:
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1.We all have blind spots.
2.We don’t stop to really think. 3.We fail to notice important details. 4.We have background biases. 5.We jump to conclusions. 6.We get trapped by categories. 7.We miss the big picture. 8.We see what we want to see. |
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2) Guard Your Minds from Garbage
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A wise person is hungry for truth, while the fool feeds on trash. (Proverbs 15:14, NLT)
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Psalm 101:3, ESV
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I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless.
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How do you guard your mind against garbage?
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There are two ways from Philippians 4:6-8:
1.Conversational prayer (“pray about everything”) 2.Concentrated focusing (“fix your thoughts”) |
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Philippians 4:6-8, NLT
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Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. If you do this you will experience God’s peace, which is far more wonderful than the human mind can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.... Fix your thoughts on what is true and honorable and right. Think about things that are pure and lovely and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.
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One of the keys to overcoming temptation is not to resist it, but...
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to replace it. It’s “the expulsive power of a new affection” that helps us overcome temptation.
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3) Never Let Up on Learning
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The mind of a smart person is eager to get knowledge. The wise person listens to learn more. (Proverbs 18:15, ICB)
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Proverbs 10:14
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Wise men store up knowledge . . .
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Proverbs 19:8, NCV
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Those who get wisdom do themselves a favor, and those who love learning will succeed.
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The Five Levels of Learning
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1.Knowledge - “My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.” (Hosea 4:6, NIV)
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The Five Levels of Learning
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2.Perspective (Wisdom) - “I don’t think the way you think, and the way you work isn’t the way I work.” (Isaiah 55:8, MSG)
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The Five Levels of Learning
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3.Conviction - “Our gospel came to you not simply with words, but also with power with the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction.” (1 Thessalonians 1:5, NIV)
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The Five Levels of Learning
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4.Character - “As the Spirit of the Lord works within us, we become more and more like him and reflect his glory even more.” (2 Corinthians 3:18, NLT)
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The Five Levels of Learning
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5.Skills - “If the ax is dull and its edge unsharpened, more strength is needed. But skill will bring success.” (Ecclesiastes 10:10)
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4) Feed Yourself Daily with God’s Word
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People need more than bread for their life; they must feed on every Word of God. (Matthew 4:4, NLT)
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Isaiah 26:3, NLT
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You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, whose thoughts are fixed on you!
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5) Let God Stretch Your Imagination
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Nothing happens till somebody starts dreaming. What we need today are great dreamers.
Where there is no vision, the people perish. (Proverbs 29:8) In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams. (Acts 2:17, NIV) |
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Ephesians 3:20-21, LB
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Now glory be to God, who by his mighty power at work within us is able to do far more than we would ever dare to ask or even dream of—infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, or hopes. May he be given glory forever and ever through endless ages because of his master plan of salvation for the Church through Jesus Christ.
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Mental covenant for the mind:
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Test every thought.
Helmet your head. Imagine great things. Nourish a godly mind. Keep on learning |
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2 Corinthians 10:3-5
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Though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
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Galatians 5:22-23
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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
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