Encarnacao Alliance

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Encarnacao Alliance

• What beliefs motivate your ministry?

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What beliefs motivate your ministry?

• Searching for significance in our ministry for God

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A new creature in Christ?

• God has assured us that He loves us and has
  called us into His kingdom as His sons, friends
  and servants.
• Our worth/value is based on what His word says
  about our new relationship with Him, not on our
  performance.
• We are members of His family and valued, chosen
  and esteemed by Him.

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Why do you seek the approval of men?

• Separated from God and His Word, people only have
  their abilities and opinions of others on which
  to base their worth
• People who dont know God compare themselves with
  others to decide on their worth/value in our
  society

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Self-worth Performance the opinions of others

• When we hold this view of our worth we are driven
  by performance to gain acceptance. This is
  Satans trap!
• Gods plan is for each of His children to bear
  His image and they are accepted in His family by
  the mark of His image, Christ indwelling in us!

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The contrast of the two value systems!

• Satans value system slavery to the performance
  for acceptance trap. This concept creates the I
  have to mentality for acceptance/value and
  worth.
• Gods value system Christ has set us free. Even
  if no one else accepts you, He loves and accepts
  you. Christ is the source of our security. Even
  when we fail He accepts us. Christ in us is the
  basis of our worth. Being is more important than
  doing.

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The Old Testament stories teach us about these
two value systems..

• Cain
• Esau
• Joseph
• Joshua and Caleb
• King David

• Abel
• Jacob
• Josephs brothers
• The 10 other spies
• King Saul

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What about our motives and values?

• Are we too mechanical in our relationship with
  God and others?
• Are we too mystical?
• Are too superficial?
• Are we ignorant lacking in knowledge?
• Are we too demanding, dominating?

• Are we driven by fear
• Fear of failure?
• Fear of rejection?
• Fear of punishment?
• Fear of shame?
• Where did we go wrong?
• How can we remedy these fears and experience
  freedom?

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The fear of failure test?

• Use the questionnaire provided.
• Answer the 10 questions rating your answer from
  1-7
• 1 is always. 4 is sometimes. 7 is never.
• Add up the 10 scores.
• If you scored 56 to 47 fear of failure controls
  your responses occasionally. It is a weakness you
  can remedy with more assurance of Gods love for
  you and His acceptance of you.
• If you scored 46 or below you will be susceptible
  to criticism and relate to past experiences of
  failure and this will affect your decision
  making.
• If you scored 36 or below fear of failure will be
  a stronghold in your life that you will need to
  seek help for.

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Gods specific solution for your fears?

• Fear of failure.
• Because of justification you are completely
  forgiven and fully pleasing to God. You no longer
  have to fear failure.
• The result of Gods solution!
• Increasing freedom, a desire to pursue right
  things, and a greater love for Christ.

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Fear of rejection test?

• Use the questionnaire provided.
• Answer the 10 questions rating you answer from
  1-7
• 1 is always. 4 is sometimes. 7 is never.
• Add up the 10 scores.
• If you scored 56 to 47 fear of rejection controls
  your responses occasionally. It is a weakness you
  can remedy with more assurance of Gods love for
  you and His acceptance of you.
• If you scored 46 or below you will be susceptible
  to rejection and relate to past experiences of
  rejection and this will affect your relationships
  making them unhealthy.
• If you scored 36 or below fear of rejection will
  be a stronghold in your life that you will need
  to seek help for. Your relationships will mostly
  based on fear and dependency.

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Gods specific solution for your fears?

• Fear of rejection.
• Because of reconciliation you are totally
  accepted by God. You no longer have to fear of
  rejection.
• The result of Gods solution!
• Increasing freedom, a willingness to be open and
  vulnerable, able to relax around others and a
  willingness to take criticism.
• A desire to please God no matter what others
  think.

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The fear of punishment test?

• Use the questionnaire provided.
• Answer the 10 questions rating you answer from
  1-7
• 1 is always. 4 is sometimes. 7 is never.
• Add up the 10 scores.
• If you scored 56 to 47 fear of punishment
  controls your responses occasionally. It is a
  weakness you can remedy with more assurance of
  Gods love for you and His acceptance of you.
• If you scored 46 or below you will be susceptible
  to the fear of punishment and will seek to punish
  others because of your past experiences of
  punishment and this will affect your
  relationships making them unhealthy and affected
  by guilt.
• If you scored 36 or below fear of punishment will
  be a stronghold in your life that you will need
  to seek help for.
• This unhealthy fear will rob you of your joy and
  peace and you will probably suffer from guilt
  about those you have punished unjustly.

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Gods specific solution for your fears?

• Fear of punishment.
• Because of propitiation you are deeply by God.
  You no longer have to punishment or punish
  others.
• The result of Gods solution!
• Increasing freedom, patience and kindness towards
  others being quick to offer and apply
  forgiveness. A deep love for Christ.

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The shame Test?

• Use the questionnaire provided.
• Answer the 10 questions rating you answer from
  1-7
• 1 is always. 4 is sometimes. 7 is never.
• Add up the 10 scores.
• If you scored 56 to 47 fear of shame controls
  your responses occasionally. It is a weakness you
  can remedy with more assurance of Gods love for
  you and His acceptance of you.
• If you scored 46 or below you will be susceptible
  to shame and you will struggle with feelings of
  worthlessness and this will affect your
  relationship especially with God and can lead to
  a feeling of rejection as well. You will be
  reluctant to make decisions because you fell that
  you will probably make a wrong decision. Often
  people in this situation let others decide for
  them.
• If you scored 36 or below shame will be a
  stronghold in your life that you will need to
  seek help for.
• This unhealthy fear will
  rob you of your joy and peace.
• God can heal this wrong
  concept you have of yourself.

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Gods specific solution for your fears?

• Fear of shame.
• Because of regeneration you are a brand new
  person complete in Christ. You no longer
  experience the pain of shame.
• The result of Gods solution!
• Christ-centred self-confidence joy, courage,
  peace, and a desire to know Christ more deeply.

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How did we get into these wrong motives?

• Bondage in these areas is possible when we
• A) Entertain false beliefs
• B) Allow those beliefs to create
• destructive thoughts
• C) They will then develop destructive emotions
• D) And that will result in destructive behavior.
• So what is the remedy? It is a two phase
• process.

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The two phase remedy!

• Obedience is first.
• We identify the false beliefs, acknowledge
  destructive thoughts and behaviour and repent of
  them and follow repentance with obedience

• Freedom is second.
• As we replace false beliefs with Gods truth we
  think healthy thoughts, resulting in healthy
  emotions and healthy behaviour. Another step
  towards holistic living is taken.

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Lets pray!

• Heavenly Father we have looked at ourselves and
  we see areas in our motives that need your help.
  We confess our need of your forgiveness and power
  if we are going to change. Thank you Lord for
  your unconditional acceptance of us as your
  children. Please speak into our hearts and minds
  now as we wait in your presence!
• ..Lets take time to hear the
  voice of the Spirit of God speaking to us. May we
  cooperate with Him in obedience. Change my heart
• O God! Thank you Lord!

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Acknowledgements

• The producer of this presentation is indebted to
  the following persons and their publishers
• Neil Anderson, Zeulke and Zeulke. Christ Centred
  Therapy. Baker. USA.
• Larry Crabb and Dan Allender. Encouragement the
  Key to Caring. Zondervan. USA.
• Robert S Mc Gee. The Search for Significance.
  Word. USA.
• Kathi Mills, Broken Members, Mended Body
  Building a Ministry with Love and Restoration.
  Regal. USA.