FOUNDATIONS FOR OUR LIVES

A resource designed for group or individual study as well as a counseling aid.
 

Foundations is UNIQUE on many levels.

1. There is nothing else like this available at any cost.

2. All materials are provided in print-ready formats at no cost and no ads!

3. It is topical, truth and application-focused. It is NOT just another Bible Study or Discipleship Class. In fact, it does not replace either.

4. Assigning individual topics is very effective as a supplement to counseling.

5. The roughly 3-minute quick read of each main topic can result in life-changing paradigm shifts and includes

  • Foundational truth

  • Earthly Parallel

  • Application

  • Biblical Basis

6. Those who wish to pursue one or more of the Foundations further will find much more:

Digging Deeper

Audio Supplements (Transcription into text is included)

Study Guides
 

THE TOUR

The Audio and Digging Deeper Tours take a few minutes each.

For a quicker overview, please take the Quick TOUR..

  • In order to help you assess Foundations content quickly, other than the study guides, the pages linked below only include outlines and key phrases.

  • The Wide Angle Look includes the first two to three sentences introducing each Foundation. The numbers will take you to the full version.

  • Select below to view a specific topic or take the Audio Highlight TOUR to view all of them.

  • Select below to view a specific topic or take the Digging Deeper TOUR to view all of them.

  • Each of the Foundations include a Study Guide that can be accessed below by clicking on .

 
A Wide Angle Look at Foundations
 
CORE PRINCIPLES

1)       Knowledge without application is useless. One might even say it is counterproductive.  The more we know what is best for us and the less we put it into practice, the more conflicted we become and we can build a habit of ignoring truth.

2)       THE foundation for our life is God's love and God's power. All of our problems stem from our not trusting in these two attributes. Nothing in this world has both. People can love others, but without power it is useless.

 

3)       THE pathways Jesus gave us for our life are to love God and to love others.  Although difficult, it is simple. This word "love" is Agape love, which is doing what is best for the other person no matter how we feel.

    

 

4)       EVERYTHING in our lives is a gift including what we have worked for. Thankfulness, therefore, should be our primary response. As we embrace this truth, the result is humility. The most important gift anyone can receive is Salvation.  

VIEW OF OURSELVES AND GOD

5)       ALL good and all love is from God. ALL that we receive and all that we give is God's love passed through people. The result of living in these truths is that we are humbled, knowing that all the good we do for others, and all of our good accomplishments are a result of God using us as His vessel.   

LEARNING ABOUT GOD

6)       It is God's will that you get to know Him. J.I. Packer in Knowing God states: "Disregard the study of God... sentence yourself... no sense of direction and no understanding of what surrounds you."    

LIVING IN THE WORLD

7)       Learn from the past, Glorify God in the present and Trust God for the Future. God is pleased with our direction in this moment rather than after we've accomplished a goal or completed a future task. 

8)       It is not about us, and our desired way; it is about God. Jesus IS the way. It is not about our desired way. It is about God getting the glory through our lives.

9)       Difficulty in our lives comes from the fall. Adam's sin resulted in our sinfulness, others sinning, and the corruption of the physical world.  We should not have an expectation for an easy life.

10)     God often uses the consequences from the fall, to discipline us, to teach us about Him We must at that point remind ourselves that God is all loving and powerful so we can trust in His purpose. Knowing this changes our reaction to every difficult thing that comes into our lives.

11)     Motives Matter. The houses built on rock and sand look the same. When we do what we do for God, living our lives for Him, we have built our lives on rock.  When we live for ourselves or to please others, we have built on sand. The house built on sand WILL ultimately fail.    

OVERCOMING DECEPTION

12)     Our only source for guaranteed truth is the Bible. Nothing and nobody in the world are fully trustworthy. Our only source for guaranteed truth is the Bible..

13)     The deception in our lives most often comes from worldly thinking. God wants our primary focus to be on heaven, not this earth. This takes continual energy as virtually all of our experiences are related to this life. God provides us with many earthly parallels to teach us that long-term thinking is profitable. .

 

14)     We naturally forget. We forget both people's unfaithfulness and God's faithfulness.   We must put ongoing effort into remembering both God's attributes (like His love and power), and God's faithfulness in our lives.

  

 

Digging Deeper TOUR

Audio Highlight TOUR