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The Basic Life principles
Seminar
Building successful Relationships
Oct. 22 to 25, 2014
Easter College,
Baguio City
Submitted by: Lito b. Ablos
Submitted to: CLCA Office
The Basic Life principles.docx
Introduction.
Knowing the main topic on character, I anticipate what principles to know and to learn wherein I look new things and ideas from the author. Throughout the session, the author emphasize on character principles that I see their importance and meaning and its significance.
at the beginning, he start defining wisdom, seeing life from God’s point of view, viewing life from our perspective and tracing problems to violations and understanding is gaining knowledge of God’s holiness, responding to human reason, and responding to situations from God’s principles.
Having this right perspective, we recognize and discern levels of conflicts; surface problems, surface causes, root problems, and root causes and how we respond to our enemies by doing the correct way. Doing correctly in God’s sight, it leads us to maturity using the principles, handling relationships, be responsible to our actions and use God’s words in the applications.
Principle of Life.
I. the Principle of Design
God made everything in His design. Because of sin, we recognize conflicts; surface problems, surface causes, root problems and root causes that we resist the desire of God. with the principle given, we should know the insights of God’s design; the balance of truth, god prescribe us before birth, God is not yet finished making us, causes of inferiority comparing, comparison of inward and inner beauty, God’s universal inward ideal, beauty to develop inward character, and God’s unique message through us. These insights give us deeper understanding how we look in his design and purpose.
further, he mentioned correct responses to defects are as follows; correct them to remove from inward character, exercise the prayer of faith, glory in unchanging defects, and the acceptance to God’s design.
APPLICATION. that I need to look how God design and works based on His design. knowing how He made and His ways will guide me to understand and do what He meant znd work in accordance to His design.
II. the Principle of Authority
God has ordained authorities and jurisdiction the four areas are; parents, government, church leaders, and employers. God gives direction, protection, and provision through human authorities. if we rebel against them, we expose ourselves to the destruction of evil principalities.
With this responsibility, we need character training; to develop, to prepare, to learn, not to repeat, and how to resolve arising conflicts. Conflicts occur and tensions with the structure of authority. the common conflicts are unfulfilled promises, pride, and anger.
as a leader, we need to be wise and do check-up in our character as a leader. know the social developments of human being with the responses of parents and teen’s visible signs, and what insights that we can learn from the scripture.
with the arising social issues and concerns, there are undeniable problems that are society face today; suicide and the types are; mental, moral, spiritual, and physical suicide that all these leads to death. there are also battleground and strongholds of bitterness that we need to be aware of and overcome.
practice drawing and explaining the diagram of bitterness, memorize the key verses, how to tore down, to conquer bitterness, help others, and the points of action to work out in overcoming bitterness using the weapons provided by God.
steps of Action in tearing down bitterness. Confess the sin of bitterness, asks God to regain surrendered ground, tear down strongholds with truth, and show mercy by forgiving your offender.
God uses authorities to develop character and there are required attitudes namely; a reverent spirit, a grateful spirit, a servant spirit, a quite spirit. the goal is to rise above. with the gaining of faith and wisdom and understanding authority, we need to know the commands of God and what are actions that we need to do; check our attitudes, clear our conscience, discern basic intentions, design a creative alternative, appeal to authority, give God time to change their minds, suffer if necessary for not doing wrong.
APPLICATION. Authorities are ordained by God and we need to follow and observe. knowing the right understanding of authorities, we love to follow and observe their rulership and leadership that provides good and beautiful life. We can use these authorities to solve arising challenges and concern and be productive and fruitful.
III. The principle of Responsibility.
we need to develop a good conscience and this is the ability to look every person in the eye and know. Steps in gaining a clear conscience; list their offences, list your offenses, purpose to ask for forgiveness, identify the basic offense, and work out them, and use appropriate method, understanding refusal to forgive, if it comes, and beware of misplaced conviction.
In a family, God’s ideal is harmony. In an order of a family, there are tendencies and distinctions.
APPLICATION. We are accountable to what was and is given to us. Gaining a clear and good conscience, we need to be responsible in all and use appropriate ways for harmony and contributing to the growth and development of character.
IV. the Principle of Suffering
Suffering can be God’s loving reminder that we violate His ways, motivation for spiritual growth, and preparations for future leadership and forces us to stop sinning. Knowing some lessons; how can we turn bitterness to forgiveness, correct understanding on forgiveness, causes of persistent bitterness, consequences of bitterness and steps turning bitterness to forgiveness, and learn God’s purposes for suffering.
APPLICATION. with the insights and lessons that we learn through suffering, we come with good views and understanding and uses this understanding and purposes into its positive way to be more committed and dedicated, if we lack for wisdom and understanding, we need to ask God’s wisdom and grace in knowing how to invest in the practical treasures in our lives.
V. the Principle of Ownership
ownership is based on the understanding of the purposes for which God designed specific items and relationship. we are placing them under His control and that we will use them according to His design purposes. with ownership, we must also give our rights and expectations to God and we will be able to conquer the causes of anger, worry, and irritations.
transforming irritations. Defend (dedicate to God), Blame (did I cause it), Hold your anger (what fruit). we need to always have this character to correct it, ask forgiveness, and make restitution.
Removing the causes of Anger. Identify anger, list personal rights, transfer rights, fulfill responsibilities, balance expectations, recognize privileges, and use further anger to detect unyielded rights.
AAPLICATION. God owns everything and whatever He in trust to us we need to use them in accordance to His design and purposes. there are expectations and knowing our rights and privileges with Him, we can conquer some challenges and be victories using the right ownership.
VI. the Principle of Freedom
freedom is availing the power to do what we ought to do. we are servants of righteousness to God is to be free from the bondage of sin. the key to freedom is learning how to walk in the Spirit and appropriate the victory that has already won through His death, burial, and resurrection. the ultimate goal of God’s law is to bring us to genuine love that is pure in heart, clear conscience, and genuine faith.
we need to be aware of the development of reprobation that leads to a disastrous life. know the basic steps to walk in God’s Spirit are as follows; get under God ordained authority, get into God’s word daily, become alert to scriptural promptings, learn to hate evil, make no provision for the flesh, be sincere in seeking God with our whole heart.
we need also to know and identify right music and use them appropriately.
further, we need to understand the cycles of life, stages, causes, levels, and our relationship with God.
APPLICATION. I’ve been set free and have power to do what is right and Godly. He gives me power through the presence of the Holy Spirit to be useful for His purposes. I need to understanding the cycles that surrounds the condition of man and knowing the causes and other reasons, I can come up with proper approaches to turn these problems into solutions, turn this things into good ways using the bible as a tool to freeing them from their condition.
VI. The Principle of success
there are genuine purpose in our life. success involves building God’s wisdom into in every aspect of our being so we can receive His direction for every decision.
Basis of success are; Identify, memorize, visualize, personalize,
the ways of God. Faith – is discerning what God wants us to be
Hope – fulfilling God’s design to our life
Love – to harvest what God’s best and see for you
the Purpose of a Life. Aptitude, Interest, Capacities.
Priorities in Life. Personal Growth, Family, Message of God, Ministry (God widens his work)
Goal for a life. be a whole person growing in spirit, fills the soul, and controls he body.
Insights into finding God’s Will. Gods’ will involves people, fear of people must be overcome, god’s special concern is Christians (need for demonstration), finding God’s will (dedication to God’s reputation), God’s will is full maturity (to equip Christians with the principle of God’s word so that the Holy Spirit can guide us to Godly character and wise decisions), and God will (become a living message)
Insights into finding God’s will; Faith, virtue, knowledge, self-control, endurance, Godliness, brotherly, and love.
How to overcome the power of sin. Learn why past efforts have failed, learn to be what it means to be in Christ, position in Christ, reckon ourselves to sin, learn how to yield to God, Expect God to confirm (love).
Developing friendship, total understanding of marriage, and the requirements that we need to develop for a genuine love and the principle of discipline to undergo and to make as He commanded, To go and make disciple.
APPLICATION. I want success in all areas and this is my prayer. With the lessons the author mentioned, I recognize my failures even up to today. If I want to be successful in walks of life; marriage, ministry, career, friendship and others, I need to be committed to follow this principles he enumerated and put them into practice.
Prayer. With the ideas and insights that the author mentioned on the said seminar, I need to keep sustain and keep reviewing to internalize, personalize and to apply those principles. I know it’s hard, but with the help of the Holy Spirit, it’s my commitment to uphold and to grow in character, mature up to its fullness.
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