Chapter 10 Notes

Question 1

“No one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the spirit gives birth to spirit.”

Answer 1

Jesus

Question 2

What is the primary context of our existence and Life Calling?

Answer 2

The desire and capacity to serve others

Question 3

What three ways do spiritual strengths transcend the other domains in discovering and carrying out our Life Calling?

Answer 3

1. by guiding our premises
2. setting the context
3. providing supernatural guidance for how we will use the other strengths domains

Question 4

Which domain of strengths is the greatest?

Answer 4

Spiritual

Question 5

Define spiritual strengths.

Answer 5

the capacity of our lives that enables us to discern and respond in service to the mysterious inner leading of God

Question 6

Name one of the 12 steps learned by persons working to overcome addictions.

Answer 6

Recognizing a greater power that can give you strength

Question 7

What are the two primary areas is spiritual interaction?

Answer 7

Discernment and responding

Question 8

What is receptive interaction where we listen and gain directions for our lives?

Answer 8

Discernment

Question 9

What is the active part of the spiritual domain where we carry out the directions we have gained through discernment?

Answer 9

Responding

Question 10

How do you address the problem of not feeling meaning, significance, or hope?

Answer 10

By taking the time in our life to develop spiritual well-being

Question 11

List the 8 spiritual disciplines that lead to spiritual discernment.

Answer 11

1. Solitude
2. Simplicity
3. Bible Study
4. Prayer
5. Confession
6. Fellowship
7. Worship
8. Service

Question 12

(Spiritual Discipline) Spend time by yourself so that you can listen to God’s voice in your spirit.

Answer 12

Meditational Solitude

Question 13

(Spiritual Discipline) Reduce the distractions in your life that keep you from hearing God.

Answer 13

Simplicity

Question 14

(Spiritual Discipline) Read passages in the Bible and seek to understand them and then apply the principles learned to your life.

Answer 14

Bible Study

Question 15

(Spiritual Discipline) Dialogue with God about both God’s concerns and yours.

Answer 15

Prayer

Question 16

(Spiritual Discipline) Admit it to other people and to God when you have done something wrong to them and seek forgiveness.

Answer 16

Confession

Question 17

(Spiritual Discipline) Join with other people in small groups and in large gatherings to pursue spiritual growth.

Answer 17

Fellowship

Question 18

(Spiritual Discipline) Offer reverent honor and homage to God.

Answer 18

Worship

Question 19

(Spiritual Discipline) Develop a decided pattern of engaging with others to solve problems or needs encountered by these others.

Answer 19

Service

Question 20

Where is a good place to start in assessing our spiritual wellness?

Answer 20

Our current spiritual well-being

Question 21

True foundation of servanthood?

Answer 21

Love

Question 22

List the eight spiritual qualities that will produce character development and maximize our spiritual strengths outlined in 2 Peter 1:5-7. (Progression to love)

Answer 22

1. Faith - God-centered, life is about God
2. Goodness - behavior of being God-centered
3. Knowledge - testimony grows, the experience you’ve had due to the behavior you chose and how it helped you grow
4. Self-control - EQ, knowing your past mistakes and having Biblical literacy, humanistic lit. says I need to be fixed
5. Perseverance - pure joy, which results in hope
6. Godliness - how others are drawn to you, because you don’t seem normal
7. Kindness - giving credit to God
8. Love - God and others

Question 23

What are the steps to obtain the Fruit of the Spirit?

Answer 23

1. Drawn
2. Invite
3. Live
4. Walk
5. Fruit

Question 24

Three levels of supernatural interactions

Answer 24

Phenomenal
Informational
Giftedness

Question 25

(Spiritual interaction) Involves miraculous events that guide or enable our path with no rational explanation.

Answer 25

Phenomenal

Question 26

(Spiritual interaction) Here we receive thoughts and impressions that clearly do not come from our own mind, but provide us with crucial guidance.

Answer 26

Informational

Question 27

(Spiritual interaction) At this level unique spiritual forces are placed in our lives as part of God’s calling.

Answer 27

Giftedness

Question 28

What is the primary purpose of these gifts?

Answer 28

to build up God’s work among his followers

Question 29

Gifts in Romans 12:3-8

Answer 29

Prophesying Serving Teaching Exhorting Giving Governing Mercy (Known as gifts of grace)

Question 30

Gifts in 1 Corinthians 12:7-11

Answer 30

Wisdom Knowledge Faith Healing Miracles Prophecy Discernment Tongues Interpretations (Known as manifestations)

Question 31

Gifts in 1 Corinthians 12:28

Answer 31

Apostles Prophets Teachers Miracles Healers Helpers Administrators Tongues (Known as service to the church)

Question 32

Gifts in Ephesians 4:11-13

Answer 32

Apostles Prophets Evangelists Pastors Teachers | Known as preparing God's people for service

Question 33

Four things to understand about spiritual gifts.

Answer 33

1. These operate in the spiritual domain of our lives as gifts brought into that domain by God. 2. The primary (and possibly only) context of spiritual gifts in our lives is service to others. 3. The power that operates spiritual gifts is directly from God. 4. Spiritual gifts occur in all people at some level of God’s empowerment.

Question 34

What can we learn from spiritual gifts that we can apply to our search for a Life Calling?

Answer 34

- they are very important elements in the dimension of our spiritual strengths that help to prepare us to carry out a distinct Life Calling. - because of this distinctiveness, we will each find particular roles in our Life Calling that better suit us than other roles. - our Life Calling will best be discovered in the larger context of service to others rather than a career search.

Question 35

The inward motivation and capacity to: • discern what is morally right and wrong in situations • respond in service by publicly speaking out from internal convictions concerning what has been discerned

Answer 35

Proclaiming

Question 36

The inward motivation and capacity to: • discern legitimate needs or tasks others have • respond in service by finding practical ways to provide physical assistance to help them fulfill these needs and tasks

Answer 36

Helping

Question 37

The inward motivation and capacity to: • discern truth through careful research • respond in service by clearly presenting this truth to others in such a way that it will be easy to learn

Answer 37

Teaching

Question 38

The inward motivation and capacity to: • discern encouragement and practical solutions needed for life problems • respond in service by outlining practical steps of actions others should take to overcome problems

Answer 38

Exhorting

Question 39

The inward motivation and capacity to: • discern financial needs others have in their lives or efforts • respond in service by financially investing in and supporting other worthwhile people and projects

Answer 39

Giving

Question 40

The inward motivation and capacity to: • discern the organizational needs others have when working collectively together • respond in service by organizing, coordinating and guiding their activities and setting goals for their endeavors

Answer 40

Managing

Question 41

The inward motivation and capacity to: • discern the emotions of others • respond in service by providing mercy to those who are in emotional distress

Answer 41

Comforting

Question 42

“Jesus answered, ‘Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit. Flesh gives birth to Flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.’”

Answer 42

John 3:5-6

Question 43

There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death.

Answer 43

PROVERBS 14:12

Question 44

Acts 16 - Paul listens to the spirit of Jesus instead of himself

Answer 44

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Question 45

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

Answer 45

MATTHEW 6:33

Question 46

“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will nd; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; those who seek nd; and to those who knock, the door will be opened.”

Answer 46

Matthew 7:7-8

Question 47

What should we first seek?

Answer 47

God's kingdom and his righteousness

Question 48

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.

Answer 48

PSALM 119:105

Question 49

What is God's Word?

Answer 49

- a lamp for our feet: means that as we take each step of our lives, we can and should look to the Bible for enlightenment related to that individual step - a light for our path: means that as we make longer-term plans for our lives, we can and should again look to the Bible for guidance

Question 50

What is to teach you about how you are created and fit into God's creation?

Answer 50

Spiritual literacy

Question 51

In Romans 12:1, when do you become a living sacrifice and how do you do it?

Answer 51

When: renew your mind How: not following the patterns of the world

Question 52

“Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.”

Answer 52

Psalm‬ ‭37:4‬ ‭

Question 53

What is the consequence of living without spiritual strengths?

Answer 53

Double-minded

Question 54

Who is the authority of loneliness?

Answer 54

Humanism

Question 55

What do lonely people believe?

Answer 55

Life is about their happiness