01 - BRAVE HEARTS IN A SCARED WORLD!
NOTES FOR: BRAVE HEARTS IN A SCARED WORLD!
HOW DO WE
GROW BRAVE HEARTS
IN A REALLY SCARED WORLD?
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1 JOHN 4:17-19 NKJV LOVE has been PERFECTED among us in this: that we may have BOLDNESS (explicit assurance; opaque confidence) in the day of JUDGMENT (krisis; “crisis”)…
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FIVE DEFINING CHARACTERISTICS OF A CRISIS
SPECIFIC
UNEXPECTED (NON-ROUTINE)
UNCERTIANTY
THREATENING
REQUIRES CHANGE
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A CRISIS IS WHEN WE EXPERIENCE
A STATE OF MENTAL DISEQUILIBRIUM
IN WHICH WE STRUGGLE TO BALANCE
BOTH THE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL DEMANDS!
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EPHESIANS 6:11, 14-17 NKJV Put on THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD, that you may be able to stand against the WILES OF THE DEVIL…. 14 Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, …16 above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the FIERY DARTS of the WICKED ONE.
GALATIANS 5:6 AMPC For [if we are] in Christ Jesus, neither CIRCUMCISION [“performance”] nor UNCIRCUMCISION [“non-performance”] counts for anything, but only FAITH activated and energized and expressed and WORKING [GR – energeo - energy] through LOVE.
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1 JOHN 4:17-19 NKJV LOVE has been PERFECTED among us in this: that we may have BOLDNESS in the day of JUDGMENT (krisis; “crisis”); because as He (Jesus) is, so are we in this world. 18 There is NO FEAR IN LOVE; but PERFECT LOVE CASTS OUT FEAR, because FEAR INVOLVES TORMENT. But HE WHO FEARS has NOT BEEN MADE PERFECT IN LOVE. 19 We love Him BECAUSE He first loved us.
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HANDLES FOR YOUR HEART
AFFIRM YOUR IDENTITY
ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT IS DIFFICULT
CHANGE “WHAT IF” TO “THEN WHAT”
SHIFT FOCUS TO THE CHOICES I HAVE NOW
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THE FOUNDATIONAL THINGS I CAN CHOOSE (CONTROL)
FAITH IN GOD [Teachings, Workshops, Declarations, Worship]
GOD’S AFFECTION [Empathy, Compassion, Gratitude]
SELF-COMPASSION [Kindness, Delight in Imperfection]
COMPASSION TO OTHERS [Serving, Calling, Connecting]
DECLARATIONS
FACING PRESSURE
I am of God and have overcome him (satan). For greater is He that is in me, than he that is in the world. (I John 4:4)
FACING PRESSURE
I am far from oppression and fear does not come near me. (Isaiah 54:14)
FACING PRESSURE
No weapon formed against me will prosper, for my righteousness is of the Lord. But whatever I do will prosper for I’m like a tree that’s planted by the rivers of water (Isaiah 54;17; Psalm 1:3)
PEACE
The peace of God which passes all understanding keeps my heart and my mind through Christ Jesus. And things which are good, and pure, and perfect, and lovely, and of good report, I think on these things. (Philippians 4:7-8)
REACH POTENTIAL
The Lord will perfect that which concerns me. (Psalm 138:8)
GAINING WISDOM
I am a new creation in Christ, I am His workmanship created in Christ Jesus. Therefore I have the mind of Christ and the wisdom of God is formed within me. (II Corinthians 5:17; Ephesians 2:10; I Corinthians 2:16)
FREEDOM/GUILT
And I, having received the gift of righteousness do reign as a king in life by Jesus Christ. (Romans 5:17)
FREEDOM DARK
I am delivered from the power of darkness and I am translated into the kingdom of His dear Son. (Colossians 1:13)
REDEEMED KIDS
Great is the peace of my children for they are taught of the Lord. (Isaiah 54:13)
PROTECTION
No evil will befall me neither shall any plague come near my dwelling. For the Lord has given His angels charge over me and they keep me in all my ways, and in my pathway is life and there is no death. (Psalm 91:10-11; Proverbs 12:28)
SECURE DECISIONS
I do follow the good shepherd and I know His voice and the voice of a stranger I will not follow. (John 10:4-5)
SECURE DECISIONS
The Lord enlarges my steps and establishes my thoughts. Therefore I will make healthy Holy Spirit-led decisions. (Psalm 18:36; Proverbs 16:3)
RESTORATION
The Lord redeems my life from destruction and crowns me with tender mercies. The Lord satisfies my mouth with good things. My steps are ordered by the Lord. Even if I were to fall down, He upholds me with his hand. (Ps 103:4; Ps 37:23-24)
SUCCESS AND PROSPERITY
The Lord makes my way prosperous and gives me good success. Jesus has redeemed me from the curse of sin and given me the grace (power in human weakness) to have unlimited available resources. (Joshua 1:8; Gal 3:13; 2 Cor 8:7)
GOD’S FAVOR
The Lord has given me favor with God and man. I execute authority over my calling and future. The free favors of God are profusely abounding in my life. I am at the right place at the right time with the right people. People of power are stirred and predisposed to give me special advantages and preferential treatment. I reek with, and am crowned with, the abundance of God’s free favors over my life. Incredible things happen to me every day that other people don’t have happen in a lifetime. (Pr 3:4; Luke 4:19; Pr 8:5)