2.3 Flashcards
(29 cards)
___ tell what one ___ important; ___ tells ___ the person is.
Values, considers, character, who.
___ is based on what others ‘___’ you to be (public life); while ___ is not only what others see, but who you are when __ ___ __ ___ (private, hidden life)
Reputation, see, character, no one is looking
What character is not:
1. Character is not ___
2. Character is not ___
Reputation
Personality
___ constitutes the way we ___ our ___.
Personality, express, individuality.
God desires our ___ man be channeled into ___ for His glory so we can reach our ___ ___ in Him.
whole, strength, full potential
The dictionary defines ___ as the ___ ___ by which one ___ their lives.
character, moral principles, lives
A simple yet powerful definition of good character is this - character is the ___ ___ to do what is ___ at all times, even under ___.
inner strength, right, pressure.
Thus, God took him (Jacob) through a ___ by which he ___ character.
process, learned
…it all ‘___ for ___’ to bring him to a place of full ___ to God and ___ with his brother.
worked, good, surrender, reconciliation
Just like our mindsets (defaults) and values, our ___ must be ___ by and ___ on the truth of God’s ___ - His Word should ___ our character choices and ___ our character error.
character, instructed, built, Word, inform, correct
As Jacob’s story illustrates, no matter how good our values seem, our ___ ___ is what allows ___ to be lived out ___.
godly character, values, effectively
We should make every effort to add:
faith, goodness, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness, mutual affection, love
The ___ that ‘___ ___ ___ ___ ___’ is not a ___ one; we should ___ the ___ ___ to take us through the ___ of ___ ___ ___ ___ in ___ ___.
mentality, the end justifies the means, Biblical, allow, Holy Spirit, process, developing character principles found, God’s Word
___ comes when we properly ___ to His dealings that come to us because of His ___ ___, and then ___ with these dealings by His ___.
Traction, respond, merciful love, comply, grace
Few individuals and 4 mud holes
1. Peter- the ___ Mode
2. Saul- ___ Obedience
3. A Son- The ___ Yes
4. Peter- An ___ Self-Perception
override
partial
false
incorrect
___ modes are exposed when we find ourselves living ___; such as, when ___ appear in how we ___ and ___ in ___ ___with ___ ___; i.e., home, school, work, friends, church
Override, inconsistently, gaps, behave, talk, different situations, different people
When the ___ ___ comes to ___ us, we have ___ ___:
1. ___ __ __ __ _ ‘___ ___’ __
2. ___ __ ___ ___ ___ __ ___
3. ___ ___
4. ___ _ ___ ___ ___
5. ___ ___ __ ___ __ ___ ___ ___ ___
Holy Spirit, convict, five options
1. pass it on to a ‘more needy’ person
2. call it condemnation and block it out
3. Make Excuses
4. Select a suitable override mode
5. Respond correctly by accepting the correction, discipline and training
However, Saul ___ God’s instruction with his ___ plan, which made ___ ___ to ___ ___ of thinking
altered, own, more sense, his, way
Saul was trying to ___ his ___ reasoning- he was convinced he had done ‘just fine’; the ___ of his conversation was ___ and proud.
spiritualize, human, tone, defensive
God wants us to listen and obey ___, but Saul chose to believe that ___ obedience was ___ __ ___ as full obedience
fully, partial,just the same
Simply put, a ___ __ is saying ‘yes’ and then ___ ___ ___ with actions to whatever we said yes to.
false yes, not following through
We will find traction out of this mud-hole when we ___ and ___ our ‘__’ like the older son.
face, admit, no
___ ___ and ___, so that you ___ ___ ___ ___ to ___
Keep watch, pray, will not give in, temptation
Peter wanted to be loyal, brave, strong and true, yet he ___ estimated his ___ to handle temptation because he ___ estimated the ___ of his flesh.
over, ability, under, frailty
