Ministry skill seminar (15 minutes BCV)
MINISTRY UNDER PRESSURE
| ACTUALS What is happening? | OUGHTS What could be done? | OPTIONS Other possibilities? |
| I ‘can do’ mentality Harness resources Re-evaluate/Plan | Create margins Increase prayer* Prioritize/Realign | Jeremiah 12:5: Question perceptions See it as Preparation |
| Fear/Dread Paralysis Being Irrational | Rise to Challenge Balance/Refocus Alter expectations | Ask:HowDoIFeelAbout.? Know reaction formation Identify Goals/Desires |
| Control more Predict future Shrink Horizons | Rest/Sleep/Do less Exercise more Regain perspective | Isa 42: 1-9: Dependence Quietness Gentleness Weakness |
| Fight Blame others Justify self | Journal Change self talk Mentor/Seek counsel | Poetry- imagine/create Prayer– still quiet voice Praise– fill our minds |
| Anger Past hurts surface Flight > addictions | Restore perspective Self evaluate Contrition/Humility | God bears our burdens, We bear one another’s, Each must bear own. |
| Avoidance/Shut down Demandingness Despair/Blackness | Increase faith Righteous anger Fear of God | Read: 10 psalms a day, Stott’s Cross of Christ, Bible, Poetry, Books |
| Need/want more: Affirmation Appreciation Admiration Acknowledgment | Use mental foxholes Challenge assumptions Map Analyse Adjust | Favourite Recreation Darkness & Light alike Grace & Gratitude |
| *Prayer ideas: – Every moment lived for God’s glory: idea from Br Lawrence – 30 mins daily silence – 1 hour daily loitering – 2 questions daily: a. where has God been? b. what’s my response? – 4 hrs weekly/monthly – 1 day bi-monthly – 1 wk vacation with the Lord | Self emptying Suffer and serve Humility Meekness | Bent knees, Wet eyes, Broken heart = Leaders says Dr Stephen Olford |
| Enjoy life more Do hobbies Take holiday | Prov. 4:18 path of … Ps 126: 5-6 sow in … Ps 91 shelter… Ps 63:7wings…sing | |
| Face reality Assess resources Change environment | God’s agenda vs mine God’s glory vs mine Increasingly merciful Great precipice views Life tasks & stages Enneagram type |
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