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Healthy Followership through Simplicity

Healthy Followership through Simplicity. Avenue Vineyard March 03 , 2013.

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Healthy Followership through Simplicity

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  1. Healthy Followership through Simplicity Avenue Vineyard March03, 2013

  2. “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” Luke 4:18,19

  3. Dictionary Definition – “poverty” • “insufficient in amount”, • “the state of being inferior in quality”

  4. “8Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.” James 4:8 “double-minded” – Greek “dipsychos” • it expresses the idea of the “divided person” as opposed to the “simple person”.

  5. “strive first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness…” Matthew 6:33

  6. “Double-minded” Using God to run from God

  7. “Double-minded” Approach to some emotions

  8. “(Some of our beliefs and expectations have) merely deadened our humanity, instead of setting it free to develop richly, in all its capacities, under the influence of grace.” Thomas Merton

  9. “Double-minded” Spiritualizing away Conflict

  10. “Double-minded” Covering over Brokenness

  11. “Double-minded” Living without Limits

  12. “Self-care is never a selfish act -- it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer others. Anytime we can listen to true self and give it the care it requires, we do it not only for ourselves, but for the many others whose lives we touch.” Parker Palmer

  13. “Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.” James 4:8

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