Motivation from Within
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Motivation - anything we want/need/have to do o
Internal
- comes from within us. An extreme example would be a person choosing to
build a house in the woods without any help. o
External
- comes from outside us. An extreme example would be having someone
micromanaging everything someone does. ·
Nothing more important than responding to our Creator o
Get
to know Him o
Respond
to His love o
Become
like Him o
When
this is in place, it becomes the foundation for everything we are and do ·
The results of internal and external motivation
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External
Motivation |
Internal
Motivation |
Outward
force pushing in Told
to do something good Do
I have to? Quit
when it becomes difficult Compelled
by obligation, duty, responsibility Religion
Behavior
changed Seeks
to please people Long
term produces tiredness and guilt A
life described as acting like slaves Only
lasts a while |
Inward
force pushing out Can’t
stop me from doing good Do
I get to? Doesn’t
quit no matter what Compelled
by thankfulness passion love Gospel Heart
changed Seeks
to please God Long
term produces joy and excitement A
life described as acting like sons Lasts
a lifetime |
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God’s heart is for the lost broken Ps
34:18 o
We
are to love as Jesus loved Jn 13:34 o
Most
if not all leaders who share with you do so in response to God's love. o
With
9/10 of you giving up, it seems that we love you more than you love yourself. We
hardly know you! ·
Many men find their value in what they do. ·
The truth is we’re valuable for who we are whether or not you’ve
accepted the gift of God’s love. ·
Don't believe in God or that Jesus died for you? o
What
do you believe? §
What
is the basis for what you believe? §
How
well is your belief system working out for you? o
Where
do you believe value comes from? §
Health,
good looks, intelligence, abilities. Most of those were given at birth. §
Discipline,
riches, popularity. Some of these are a result of upbringing. §
All
that you consider valuable outside of what value is given by God will you will
someday see turn to dust, valueless in your eyes. 1.
How
does it prove your value that God created you, giving you life, giving you
an opportunity to have eternal life? ____________________________
__________________________________________________ 2.
How does it prove your value that God, the God of the universe,
desires to have a relationship with you?
____________________________________
_________________________________________________ 3.
How does it prove your value that Jesus suffered and died for each
and every thing you have done wrong? ________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ 4.
How does it prove your value that God has adopted you into his
family calling you his son or daughter? __________________________________
____________________________________________________ 5.
How does it prove your value that God has prepared a place for you
to live for eternity that is beyond anything you can imagine? _________________ ____________________________________________________________ 6.
What more could God do for you to prove you are more valuable than
you now think you are?_____________________________________________
_________________________________________________ 7.
What could anyone do for you to prove you are more valuable than
you now think you are?_____________________________________________
___________________________________________________ 8.
What does it mean to you that each of the speakers and leaders
believe you are so valuable that they are willing to pour their hearts
into 20 people just to have one succeed? _________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ 9.
Seeing how valuable each person involved in ministry sees you, how
do you see yourself differently?_____________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ 10.
List the differences in your value if you would believe you are
called as a child of the King of the
universe.__________________________________
__________________________________________________ 11.
What would you be motivated to do differently if you were thinking
of being a child of the King of the universe. ________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ 12.
Consider a life on drugs/alcohol from the time you started until
you die. What deep inside you motivates you to want that
life?______________________ ____________________________________________________________ 13.
Consider a life without drugs/alcohol starting when you had your
last. What deep inside you motivates you to want that life?
______________________ __________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ 14.
Write out how substance abuse damages your life.
____________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________ 16.
List what worthwhile things would motivate you to abuse yourself
again.
_________________________________________________________________________________________ 17.
Considering all these truths, write a short letter to the you who
may be tempted to give in and abuse yourself again. _________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________
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TRUTHS One’s
relationship with God ·
God’s love through o
Creation:
o
Desire
for relationship Revelation 3:20 o
Suffered
and died to pay the price for our wrongdoing I John 4:9-10 o
If
saved, called child of God 2 Corinthians 6:18 o
If
saved, preparing a place for us I Corinthians 2:9 o
Each
of the above makes you valuable, not for what you do but who you are o
Is
that enough for God to do to show you are valuable? §
Yes,
well based on how many leave the program, it’s not enough for 9/10 of you! §
No,
then what God is supposed to do to show you that you are valuable. Substance
Abuse ·
God has called you as children, to a higher life. Not living
consistently o
Denies
God’s calling o
Prideful
believing one’s life doesn’t matter ·
Abuse is not pleasurable long term ·
Abuse is damaging to self ·
Abuse is damaging to others o
Is
very selfish o
Is
very unloving When
Eckhart Tolle woke up and realized that everything he had ever desired existed
right here in the present moment, he spent months sitting on a park bench,
basking in the bliss of his awakened state. He suddenly knew he was a valuable,
worthy child of God who didn’t have to do anything to earn that grace.
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Psalm 34:18 The
LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in
spirit. Jeremiah
20:9 But if I say, “I will not mention his word or
speak anymore in his name,” his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire
shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot. John
13:34 "A
new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must
love one another. 1
Corinthians 2:9 However, as it is written: “What no eye has seen, what
no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived” the things God
has prepared for those who love him 2
Corinthians 6:18 And, “I will be a Father to you, and you will be
my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.” 1
John 4:9-10 This is how God showed his love among us:
He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through
him. 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us
and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Revelation
3:20
Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice
and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with
me. |