02 BRAVE HEARTS IN A SCARED WORLD!
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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QUESTIONS PEOPLE ARE ASKING
“I FEEL THE CRISIS – WHAT CAN I DO TO STAY EMOTIONALLY HEALTHY?”
“DID GOD CAUSE OR ALLOW THIS PANDEMIC?”
“SHOULD CHURCHES FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES TO NOT MEET TOGETHER?”
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WHAT HAPPENS IN THE PSYCHE DURING CRISIS?
THE BRAIN REGISTERS DISRUPTIONS AS ERRORS.
CRISIS IS AN ERROR TO THE BRAIN.
CRISIS ASSAULTS OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
YOU WILL HAVE TO NAME IT TO TAME IT!
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ANSWER THE QUESTION
“HOW HAS EVERYTHING CHANGED FOR YOU?”
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CRISIS ASSAULTS OUR INFRASTRUCTURE
RELATIONSHIPS
ROUTINES
REFLEXES
REIGNING
RESOLVE
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1. RELATIONSHIPS
EPHESIANS 4:16 NKJV … the whole body (Churches), joined and KNIT TOGETHER by what every joint (person) SUPPLIES, according to the EFFECTIVE WORKING (GR - Energia - Energy) by which every part does its share, causes GROWTH of the body for the edifying of itself in LOVE.
ANSWER: CONNECTION & PRESENCE
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2. ROUTINES
PROVERBS 4:26 NKJV Ponder the PATH of your feet, and let ALL YOUR WAYS be established.
ANSWER: INTENTIONAL STRUCTURES
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3. REFLEXES
PHILIPPIANS 4:6-7 NKJV Be ANXIOUS for nothing, but in everything by PRAYER and supplication, with THANKSGIVING, let your REQUESTS be made known to God; 7 and the PEACE OF GOD, which surpasses all understanding, will GUARD your HEARTS AND MINDS through Christ Jesus.
ANSWER: GRATITUDE, EMPATHY & COMPASSION
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4. REIGNING
BRAIN MODEL
DEUTERONOMY 30:19 NKJV [God says] I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, [that] I have set before you LIFE and DEATH, BLESSING and CURSING; therefore CHOOSE LIFE, that both you and your descendants may live.
ANSWER: SELF-CONTROL & “WHAT I CAN CHOOSE?”
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5. RESOLVE
PROVERBS 29:18 KJV Where [there is] NO VISION, the people PERISH: but he that KEEPETH THE LAW (of God), HAPPY [is] he.
ANSWER: HAVE A GOAL IN MIND & ADAPT TO NEW GOALS
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FLATTEN THE CURVE
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GOD’S GOT YOU!
ISAIAH 59:19 NKJV So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and His glory from the rising of the sun; When the ENEMY COMES IN like a FLOOD, the SPIRIT of the LORD will LIFT UP A STANDARD against him.
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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)