Session Three
How Do We Practically Grow Into Christ-Likeness?
God Will Supply What You Need In The MOMENT
“My God shall SUPPLY all your NEEDS in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:19
Discouraged Hopeless Dejected Unloved Helpless Worthless Rejected Miserable Inadequate Burdened Frustrated Angry Condemned Critical Unhappy Empty Inadequate Exploited Vindictive Guilty Confused Depressed Fearful Lonely
Paralyzed Troubled Perplexed Judged Unworthy Anxious Resentful Defeated
Overwhelmed Powerless Ashamed Insecure
Misunderstood Insignificant Vulnerable Incapable
As A Result of A NEGATIVE Relationship or Circumstance You FEEL:
Uncond. Love Victory Worth Acceptance Faith Freedom Patience Strength Peace Faithfulness Forgiveness Security
Understanding Fearlessness Wisdom Discernment Adequacy Humility Christ-confidence Kindness Rest Righteousness Selflessness Courage
Compassion Boldness Joy Gentleness Christ-control Power
What Is It That You NEED?
I am your:
Peace
Joy
Love
TRANSFORMATION Begins With A STEP OF FAITH
Is a moment in time where you TRUST God to PROVIDE or PRODUCE what you need and what He
PROMISES.
HOLD ONTO a false belief, a fleshly feeling or behavior. What will be the results?
Burning
Charcoal
ENTRUST GIVING OVER to God for Him to handle an
INTERNAL STRUGGLE, CIRCUMSTANCE or RELATIONSHIP
that is causing you to react in the FLESH.
RELATIONSHIPS
I struggle loving ______.
What Could Result If You Hold Onto Your STRUGGLE?
I struggle with loving ______.
They must change for me to love them.
If they don’t change, then I can’t love them.
HOLDING ON To Your Struggle
Why can’t________ love me the way I want to be loved.
Since they don’t….
I have the right to not love them in return.
HOLDING ON To Your Struggle
After all they have done to me….
…there is no way I can…
…possibly love them.
HOLDING ON To Your Struggle
Do You Contain
Enough of
Christ’s
Unconditional �Love
To Love
The
STINKERS
In Your Life?
ENTRUST I am giving my struggle to You.
UNCOND. LOVE Victory Worth Acceptance Faith Freedom Patience Strength Peace Faithfulness Forgiveness Security
Understanding Fearlessness Wisdom Discernment Adequacy Humility Christ-confidence Kindness Rest Righteousness Selflessness Courage
Compassion Boldness Joy Gentleness Christ-control Power
What Is It That You NEED?
I struggle with loving ______.
I am trusting You to love them through me…
…… with Your UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
TRUSTING GOD To Love Them
I struggle with loving ______
I am entrusting my struggle to You.
TRUSTING CHRIST To Meet Your Need
I am trusting You to BE my UNCONDITIONAL LOVE and love this person through me with Your unconditional love.
TIME
FAITH
Moving From FAITH To EXPERIENCE
“FAITHING IT” Christ-Likeness
“EXPERIENCE” Christ-Likeneness
TIME
“FAITHING IT”
means that up until you ACTUALLY EXPERIENCE a change, you CONTINUE to believe that God is working even though you are NOT feeling or experiencing His working in you.
“EXPERIENCE” Christ-Likeneness
“FAITHING IT” Christ-Likeness
TIME
FAITH
Moving From FAITH To EXPERIENCE
“FAITHING IT” Christ’s LOVE
“EXPERIENCE” Christ’s LOVE
I am stressed out at my job.
WORKPLACE
What Could Result If You Hold Onto Your STRUGGLE?
I am stressed out at my job.
I am taking ownership of my stress.
I am frustrated, angry, _________.
Fleshly Behaviors Flow Out Of Taking Ownership of Your Stress?
Uncond. Love Victory Worth Acceptance Faith Freedom Patience Strength PEACE Faithfulness Forgiveness Security
Understanding Fearlessness Wisdom Discernment Adequacy Humility Christ-confidence Kindness REST Righteousness Selflessness Courage
Compassion Boldness Joy Gentleness Christ-control Power
What Is It That You NEED?
ENTRUST I am giving my struggle to You.
I am stressed out at my job.
I am entrusting that stress to You.
I am trusting You to BE my PEACE and REST.
WORKPLACE
LIFE
DEATH
“The mind set on the FLESH is DEATH and
The mind set
on the SPIRIT is LIFE and peace.” Romans 8:6
Anxious, angry, unworthy, inadequate, a perfectionist, demanding, guilty, insecure, defensive, inflexible, critical, people-pleaser, self-righteous, controlling, fearful, self-confident, defeated, judgmental, bondage
CHRIST-LIKENESS
Fleshly Behaviors
Uncond. Love Victory Worth Acceptance Faith Freedom Patience Strength Peace Faithfulness Forgiveness Security
Grace Power Wisdom Discernment Adequacy Humility Rest Kindness Christ-confidence Courage Compassion Joy
Righteousness Selflessness Boldness Christ-control
Rejecting Controlling Demanding Frustrated
Manipulative Unforgiving Angry Jealous
Self-Protective Judgmental Uncaring Insensitive Resentful Critical Guilting Shaming
Self-righteous Selfish Bitter Blaming
Overbearing Envious Deceitful Resisting Condemning Unloving People-pleasing
FLESHLY BEHAVIORS
I am anxious/worried.
ANXIETY-WORRY
HOLD ONTO a false belief, fleshly behavior, circumstance, etc.
Burning
Charcoal
ENTRUST Giving a struggle, fleshly attitude, expectation, etc. over to God for Him
to RENEW your mind and TRANSFORM you to believe the truth.
What Will Be The Result If You Hold Onto Your Anxiety/Worry?
I am getting more anxious/worried.
I can’t let go of it.
I am anxious/worried.
Holding On To Your Feelings
CHRIST’S
PEACE - REST
ANXIETY - WORRY
ENTRUST Your
Anxiety-Worry
To God
ANXIETY
WORRY
I am anxiety/worry.
I am trusting You to BE my peace-rest
I am entrusting my stress to You.
Christ IS Your PEACE/REST
TIME
FAITH
Moving From FAITH To EXPERIENCE
FAITH
PEACE
Experiential PEACE
(SUPERNATURAL)
I am controlling.
What If I Hold Onto My CONTROLLING?
CHRIST’S
FREEDOM
CONTROLLING
ENTRUST To God
CONTROLLING
ATTITUDE
I am controlling.
I am ENTRUSTING my controlling attitude to You
Being Set FREE
I am trusting you to RENEW my mind to the truth and set me FREE from my controlling.
I believe I am REJECTED
What Will Be The Result If You Hold Onto Your REJECTION?
When you reject me
I am taking ownership of your rejection so…
I will reject back.
FLESHLY Response To REJECTION
YOU ARE
“Therefore, accept one another, just as CHRIST also ACCEPTED us to the glory of God.” Romans 15:7
Don’t Take
OWNERSHIP
Of Someone
Else’s
Rejection
NO
I believe/feel REJECTED
I am ENTRUSTING my False Belief to You
Christ IS Your Acceptance
I am trusting you to BE my acceptance and renew my mind that I am totally accepted in You.
LOVE
PEACE
FREEDOM
ACCEPTANCE
HUMILITY
SELFLESSNESS
Look At
CHRIST-LIKENESS
Like Your
Armor
I Believe In
Christ As My
ACCEPTANCE
REJECTION
REJECTION
CHRIST’S
ACCEPTANCE
REJECTION
Growing Into Christ-Likeness
REJECTION
FAITH
FAITH
FLESH
FAITH
Rejection
Rejection
Acceptance
FLESH
ACCEPTANCE
FLESH
SPIRIT
ACCEPTANCE
UNFORGIVENESS
You take OWNERSHIP
of someone else’s OFFENSE towards you with the result that you engage your FLESH which says, “I don’t WANT to forgive or I have the right NOT to forgive that person.”
Forgiving my offender makes me look weak.
If I were to forgive, I might lose control.
I can’t forgive because that is overlooking or condoning their sin.
I don’t feel like forgiving.
Reasons We Don’t Forgive
Forgiving my offender makes me look weak.
If I were to forgive, I might
lose control.
I can’t forgive because that is overlooking or condoning their sin.
I don’t feel like forgiving.
Why We Feel We Have The Right NOT To Forgive
* Because of my woundedness, this person has to pay for it. They need to be punished.
Unforgiveness Imprisons You
I struggle with forgiving ___________.
FORGIVENESS
What Will Be The Result If You Hold Onto Your UNFORGIVENESS?
Anger, Bitterness, Continuing UNFORGIVENESS
I struggle with forgiving ___________.
As a result of what this person did to me….
I will never be able to forgive them.
Holding On To Unforgiveness
I struggle with forgiving ___________.
UNFORGIVENESS
What Is
The Truth?
“Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, FORGIVING each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.” Ephesians 4:32
FORGIVEN/ING Victory Worth Acceptance Faith Freedom Patience Strength Peace Faithfulness Security Loving
Understanding Fearlessness Wisdom Discernment Adequacy Humility Christ-confidence Kindness Rest Righteousness Selflessness Courage
Compassion Boldness Joy Gentleness Christ-control Power
In My Christ-Likeness I AM:
I
ENTRUST MY UNFORVING ATITUDE TO
YOU
UNFORGIVENESS
I am ENTRUSTING my UNFORGIVENESS to You
I am trusting You RENEW my mind to the truth You are my forgiveness and You have forgiven me.
I struggle with forgiving ___________.
I am unwilling forgive that person for what they did.
I entrust my unwillingness to You.
I am trusting You to transform me so that I will be willing to forgive.
What If You Are Unwilling?
I am ENTRUSTING my FALSE BELIEF to You
I am trusting You RENEW my mind to the truth that in my true identity I am forgiven and forgiving.
I struggle with forgiving ___________.
I am unwilling forgive that person for what they did.
I entrust my unwillingness to You.
I am trusting You to transform me so that I will be willing to forgive.
What If You Are Unwilling?
LOVE
PEACE
FREEDOM
ACCEPTANCE
HUMILITY
SELFLESSNESS
Look At
CHRIST-LIKENESS
Like Your
Armor
I Believe Christ
Is My
FORGIVENESS
OFFENSE
OFFENSE
Growing Into Christ-Likeness
UNFORGIVENESS
FAITH
FAITH
FLESH
FAITH
Unforgiveness
Unforgiveness
Forgiveness
FLESH
FORGIVENESS
FLESH
SPIRIT
FORGIVENESS
TIME
FAITH
I Have The Right Not To Forgive
I Am Willing To Forgive
UNFORGIVING
UNFORGIVING
UNFORGIVING
FORGIVING
FORGIVING
He Will REPLACE Your False Beliefs With The Truth
FORGIVING
FORGIVING
Unforgiveness
FORGIVENESS
HOLY
DISPLACEMENT
Displacing Your
False Beliefs and
Fleshly Behaviors
With Your
True Identity and
Christ-like Behaviors
FORGIVENESS
UNFORGIVENESS
OVERFLOW
OF
CHRIST-LIKENESS
We will love the unlovable people in our lives from Christ’s unconditional love
We will live from Christ’s acceptance which means we no longer have
to live from the rejection of others
We no longer have to live in fear because we are living from Christ’s courage.
We no longer have to try and be in control because we are living from Christ’s control.
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We can forgive those who have hurt or abused us because we are living from Christ’s forgiveness.
We can live from Christ’s peace when everything around us is falling apart.
We can live from Christ’s confidence in spite of all that is going on in the world.
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The Lord Is TRANSFORMING My Life and Setting Me FREE From:
MY INADEQUACY
MY REJECTION
MY UNWORTHINESS
MY FEAR
MY ANXIETY