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Review - The 7-Step Process. Step 1: Prepare – Proper heart Step 2: Ignite – Time with Christ, time with disciples; Power of God through Christ; Attributes of God Step 3: Fuel – “teachable moments” Step 4: Protect – heed warnings; pray Step 5: Use – look for opportunities
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Review - The 7-Step Process • Step 1: Prepare – Proper heart • Step 2: Ignite – Time with Christ, time with disciples; Power of God through Christ; Attributes of God • Step 3: Fuel – “teachable moments” • Step 4: Protect – heed warnings; pray • Step 5: Use – look for opportunities • Step 6: Spread – a way of life • Step 7: Tend – continuous, lifelong process
Finding Our Starting Point • Honest self-examination • 2 Cor. 13:5 • How can we know if we are “in the faith”? • How can we know if “Christ is in us”? • What is the fuel for our zeal? • What is necessary to have the proper zeal?
Finding Our Starting Point • What must be present before honest self-examination? • Lk. 5:1-11 • Does God want just “functional” Christians? • We must first be stripped down to our must humble state.
Finding Our Starting Point • What happens when we humble ourselves? • Lk. 5:10 • Jas. 4:6-10 • 1 Pet. 5:5-7 • How do we develop the humility that leads to proper self-examination? • 1 Cor. 6:9-11 • Lk. 17:7-10