SF - Napier - 2
HOLY SPIRIT + DISC
HOLY SPIRIT
INTEGRATION TAKES PLACE THROUGH LOVE
BOUND TO CHRIST
LOVE IS HIS CONCERN
SAME AS BETWEEN FATHER AND SON
INTEGRATES PERSON IN CHRIST
COMMUNICATION
NEW CAPACITIES
WHEN DONE CHARACTER IS CHANGED
MEDIATES JESUS' WORK
WHAT JESUS DOES AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER - SPIRIT DOES ON EARTH
MOVES US CLOSER TO JESUS
SOLITUDE & SILENCE
HOW?
4. LET GO!
DON'T TRY TO MAKE ANYTHING HAPPEN
3. ENTER INTO SOLITUDE BY INVITING GOD IN TO JOIN ME
2. LOCATION
NATURE IS BEST
1. PLAN
NEED SEVERAL HOURS TO START
DOES NOT HAPPEN ACCIDENTALY
BE ALONE WITH GOD, DO NOTHING, COMPLETED IN SILENCE, NOT PRODUCING SOUNDS
UNIFIES THE CHARACTER
BE ONE PERSON ALL THE TIME
PS 19
NEVER FINISH THE THOUGHT
PPL DON'T BELIEVE BECAUSE WE HIDE FROM GOD
STRATEGIES FOR HIDING
2. OVERSTIMULATION
1. SOCIAL REINFORCEMENT
BREAK OUT STRATEGIES FOR HIDING FROM GOD
CONSISTENT AND PERSISTENT DISCIPLINE
MEMORIZATION & MEDITATION
ON THOUGHTS
M&M ARE NOT OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE
WE ALL DO IT
ANY THOUGHT OVER TIME, WHATEVER PATTERN WE RETAIN WILL PREDICTABLY SHAPE US
NOT RIGHTEOUSNESS, BUT WISDOM
BOTH SMART THING TO DO IF I WANT TO GROW AND PARTNER WITH GOD IN MY TRANSFORMATION
MEDITATION
3 OBJECTS:
3. LIFE, PASSION AND RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST
2. SCRIPTURE IS ALSO AN EXPRESSIONS OF GOD'S MIND
1. CREATION AND NATURE ARE EXPRESSIONS OF GOD'S MIND
FOCUS AND TIME NEEDED
ALLOWING OF ONE'S MIND TO DWELL UPON SMTH WITH CERTAIN INTENSITY AND DURATION
MEMORIZATION
COMPLETED IN MEDITATION
HOW TO?
3. UNDERSTANDING
2. REPETITION
MEANING OF SCRIPTURE IS SCRIPTURE
REPEAT THE MEANING NOT THE WORDS
REPEAT SEVERAL TIMES
LARGER CHUNKS ARE EASIR
1. ATTENTION
JUST HAVE A PASSAGE IN FRONT
ENABLES ME TO FILL MY MIND WITH GOD'S THOUGHTS AND IMAGES AND THUS BE SHAPED BY HIM
BRING SMTH INTO THE MIND AND RETAIN IT THERE
WORSHIP & CELEBRATION
2. CELEBRATION
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IN TRUST THAT YHWH IS KING, I CELEBRATE, INVITE OTHERS
AFFIRMATION OF TRUST IN GOD
PARTY BEFORE GOD
IT'S A DISCIPLINE
HAS A TIME, NOT WHEN I FEEL LIKE IT
TITHE
ACT OF CELEBRATION
EXPRESSION OF GRATITUDE AND TRUST
INTENTIONALLY ENJOYING THE GOOD THINGS IN OUR OWN LIVES, AS GIFTS OF GOD
1. WORSHIP
MISSION FLOWS OUT OF REALITY, REFRAMING IN WORSHIP
IT'S PUBLIC AND PERSONAL
WE REALIGN WITH CREATION, JOIN IN WITH ANGELS, CREATION, EVERYONE
SOMETHING WE DO - ALREADY TAKING PLACE
REFRAME AND REFOCUS OUR EXPERIENCES WITHIN THE LARGER REALITY OF GOD
STRIPPING OF ILUSSIONS
REQUIRES OUR HEART AND MIND TO DWELL UPON THE GREATNESS AND GOODNESS OF GOD AND GOD'S WAYS
RECONNECT TO REALITY
NOT DENY IT
BREAKS THE BACK OF THE ILLUSION THAT THE WORLD REVOLVES AROUND ME
WE ARE NOT THE CENTER OF THINGS
GOD IS
BOTH DESIGNED TO ANCHOR US IN REALITY
WISE AND INTELLIGENT THINGS TO DO
ARE ACTS OF WISDOM NOT RIGHTEOUSNESS
CREATE SPACE FOR GOD TO DO SOMETHING NEW
DESIGNED TO CULTIVATE OPENESS TO GOD BY RUPTURING OLD HABITS AND PATTERNS
NOT BEHAVIOR MODIFICATIONS
ARE INDIRECT
DEF.
SOMETHING I CAN DO THAT ENABLES ME OVER TIME TO DO WHAT I CANNOT DO BY DIRECT EFFORT ALONE.
BEYOND REPUTATION
SYMPTOMS OF LIVING FOR APPEARENCES
5. RESENTMENT
FEEL POWERLESS BCS I AM AT THE MERCY OF WHAT THEY THINK
RESENT THE PPL I AM TRYING TO IMPRESS
4. DECEPTION
VERBAL MANIPULATION AND COMPULSIVE EXPLAINING
DECEIVE SOMEONE TO THINK I AM SMTH
3. WITHDRAWAL
2. COMPULSIVE EXPLAINING OR TALKING
1. COMPARISON WITH OTHERS
IMPULSE FOR THAT
ABOUT REPUTATION
WHEN LIVING FOR REPUTATION I AM NOT LIVING IN LOVE
GREATNESS
LOVE HAS A WAY OF FORGETTING ITSELF
IS SELF-GIVING LOVE IN SERVICE
NATURE OF GREATNESS IS NOT IN APPEARENCES, BUT IN REALITY
DISCOVER INTRINSIC REWARD
IT HELPS US GROW TO BE MORE LIKE HIM
DISCOVER GOD'S WHY OF DOING THINGS
INNER CONTRADICTION OF LIVING FOR APPEARANCES
PRIMARY TEMPTATION IN HUMAN LIFE
JESUS HELPS US MOVE BEYOND
WANT TO BE GOOD, BUT MORE TO BE THOUGHT OF AS GOOD
DISCIPLINES
THEY ALL RUPTURE
3. CONFESSION
PROCESS:
3. FIND A TRUTH-TELLER
AS POWER INCREASES -- LESS TRUTH-TELLERS
WHO CAN SPEAK TRUTH IN LOVE
2.. ACKNOWLEDGE THE WRONG AND ASK FOR GRACE
NO RATIONAL EXPLANATION FOR SIN
DO NOT EXPLAIN THE EXCUSE
1. SELF-EXAMINATION
CHECK
FEEL SUPERIOR/ENGAGED IN PRIDE
VERBAL MANIPULATION/DECEIT
DISTORTED DESIRES
ANGER/CONTEMPT
15MIN
DELIBERATE TRANSPARENCY ABOUT WHAT I HAVE DONE AND WHY I DID IT
2. SIMPLICITY IN SPEECH
ASK
SPEAK ONLY FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE
WHAT IS GOOD FOR THIS PERSON BEFORE GOD?
WHAT IS TRUE?
PAUSE A SECOND BEFORE RESPONDING
USING AS FEW WORDS AS POSSIBLE TO SPEAK WITHOUT MANIPULATION, MANUEVERING OR MANAGING IMPRESSION
1. SECRECY
DO GOOD WITHOUT ATTENTION, BUT IF THERE IS, DO GOOD TO THE PERSON
SERVING OTHERS AND DRAWING NEAR TO GOD WITHOUT LETTING ANYONE KNOW, WITHOUT DRAWING ATTENTION
CHRISTOCENTRIC WORLDVIEW
BECOME GOOD PERSON?
ENTER INTO APPRENTECISHIP OF JESUS WITHING THE PARTNERSHIP OF THE INVITED
4. GOOD PERSON?
IN THE PROCESS I FORGET MYSELF
DOING GOOD FOR GOD AND OTHERS
PERSON WHO ACTS OUT OF LOVE AS A LIMB OF CHRIST
3. GOOD LIFE?
HOW TO SUFFER WELL?
3. WORK WITH GOD FOR OTHERS
2. FOR HIS BODY, FOR OTHER LIMBS
1. REJOICE IN SUFFERING FOR CHRIST
SUFFERING IS PAIN INTERPRETED AS MEANINGLESS AND DESTRUCTIVE
WITHOUT ATTACHING OUR PAIN, FAILURES TO THE CROSS, THEY REMAIN MEANINGLESS
WE OPEN UP THE DARK MOMENTS FOR GOD TO WORK IN THEM
WE LET GOD TURN OUR SUFFERING, PAIN AND FAILURES IN PURPOSEFUL REDEMPTIVE MOMENT OF WAITING FOR GOD TO ACT
AS A LIMB OF CHRIST, I SUFFER WITH HIM
ALLOWS ME TO LIVE WITH CLEAR, FULL REALITY BEFORE GOD
SUFFERING, DYING AND RISING WITH CHRIST
ANY KIND OF LIFE LIVED WITH GOD
LIMB OF CHRIST
2. HOW DO YOU KNOW?
C. ENTER INTO COOPERATIVE WORK WITH GOD AND GOD WILL TELL YOU MORE
B. IN SO FAR AS I YIELD TO WHAT I CANNOT NOT KNOW OF GOD (SENSUS DIVINITATIS)
A. CREATION
KNOW HIM BY ACQUINTANCE - DIRECT INTERACTION
IN THERE I WILL KNOW THAT GOD IS THERE
SEARCH, THINK HONESTLY AND YOU'LL COME TO KNOW
DESIGNED TO TELL YOU WHAT IT IS
1. WHAT'S REAL?
THIS IS TRUE REALITY, CENTRE OF THINGS
WHAT GOD IS DOING THROUGH JESUS BY THE SPIRIT
TRI-PERSONAL GOD
