chapter 11and 12 Flashcards
(30 cards)
exposure to hazard and the chance of injury or loss.
Risk
to steer you toward a course of action.
compel
something that precipitates or accelerates an event or change
catalyst
wish, crave, or long for as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment.
desir
to cause you actually start moving in the right direction.
impel
an attraction or curiosity about something.
intrest
to keep you moving forward in the right direction.
propel
energy or power to influence, affect, or control.
force
to surrender something for the sake of something else.
sacrifice
What is the primary reason individuals stop dreaming or having hope in their dreams?
fear of disappoiment
What Old Testament verse discussed young people having visions and old people dreaming?
joel 2:28
Why is it significance that old people have dreams?
they have HOPE despite’s the disappoints they have experienced in life
What does the story of Narcissus teach about misguided passions?
Drown in self-absorbed
What are the three levels in which our passions emerge?
Intrest
Desir
Sacrifice
What did the author identify as one of the “real problems with discovering our passions”?
Determining which interests to choose: Find what our interests are vs. the overwhelming outside interests that are influencing us
What are the three important conditions outlined in Psalm 37:3-6 about receiving the desires of our hearts?
A. When we trust in the Lord’s ways as being good, our desires will be for those “good” ways.
B. When we delight in the Lord, our desires will be for that in which we delight – The Lord and His ways.
C. When we commit our ways to the Lord, we will restrict our desires to only those ways that are of the Lord.
What does Proverbs 4:23 teach us about pursuing our passions?
That we need to guard what enters our heart, for it is where the passions come from.
What does Philippians 2:3-4 teach us about our interests?
We are always to HUMBLY consider the interests of others, and avoid pursuing our own interests in a VAIN or CONCEITED manner.
Who was credited in scripture as modeling the behavior outlined in Philippians 2:3-4?
Timothy
In the exercise on discovering one’s interests in the 90 descriptions on emotion, what did each letter in each characteristic represent:
(R) realistic (I) investigative (A) artistic (S) social (E) enterprising (C) conventional
existing conditions or surroundings.
circumstances
of essential and decisive importance.
critical
the degree of strength or severity.
intensity
persistent, irrational fear; resulting in avoidance.
phobia
