GUEST SPEAKER: JASON REGIER - RHYTHMS OF GRACE
RHYTHMS OF GRACE
FIXED MINDSET
“Believing that your qualities are carved in stone—the fixed mindset creates an urgency to prove yourself over and over.”
“I’ve seen so many people with this one consuming goal of proving themselves—in the classroom, in their careers, and in their relationships. Every situation calls for a confirmation of their intelligence, personality, or character. Every situation is evaluated: Will I succeed or fail? Will I look smart or dumb? Will I be accepted or rejected? Will I feel like a winner or a loser?”
MATTHEW 11:28-30 MSG “Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? COME TO ME. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. LEARN THE UNFORCED RHYTHMS OF GRACE. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.”
INVITATION OF JESUS
Come close to feel SAFE, be LOVED, and LEARN!
OUR BRAINS ARE ASKING 3 QUESTIONS: [In this order]
Am I SAFE? Brain Stem
Am I LOVED? Limbic System
What can I LEARN? Prefrontal Cortex
GROWTH MINDSET
“This growth mindset is based on the belief that your basic qualities are things you can cultivate through your efforts, your strategies, and help from others…everyone can change and grow through application, effort, and experience.”
OUR RESPONSE
Rhythms of Life
Effort Toward Learning
Dallas Willard: "The path of spiritual growth in the riches of Christ is not a passive one. Grace is not opposed to effort. It is opposed to earning. Effort is action. Earning is attitude. You have never seen people more active than those who have been set on fire by the grace of God. Paul, who perhaps understood grace better than any other mere human being, looked back at what had happened to him and said: "By the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me did not prove vain; but I labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me." (I Cor. 15:10)”