DAY ONE — WORKBOOK

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DAY ONE

Kristene DiMarco
Waging War for the Song
“When you’re a spiritual orphan and you operate in something that is
good, it’s not good. But when you know you’re a son or daughter and
you operate out of the same thing, it’s fantastic and life-giving”

Today’s Agenda: For Fun:

1.  Watch the Video Lesson taught by
Kristene DiMarco
2.  Complete the questionnaire at the
bottom of today’s workbook.
3.  Engage with us in worship by listen-
ing to the Song of The Day and tak-
ing time to journal.
1.  Complete the quiz and submit your
answers to the community group on
the event page.
2.  Once you’ve finished, share some-
thing about the day on your social
media and tag @WorshipU so we
can celebrate what the Lord has
done with you!
Prophetic Words and Directional Dreams
God can speak to us through dreams and pro-
phetic words - directional dreams can help you
recognize your identity and callings - his reality.
Whose reality do you want to live in? Do you
want to live in God’s reality or in yours?
Repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand;
Change your mind, for the realm of eternity, is
in your reach.
The word repent is to change your mind and
change the way that you are thinking.
If you don’t change the way you are thinking
about yourself to line up with who God says
The Bible as Your Sword
The keys to every page of panic, every thought
prison, and every mind battle lie within the
pages of the Word of God.
The Bible is your sword - it will help you fight
every battle you come across and discover
your God-given identity.
“Though we live in the world, we do not wage
war as the world does. The weapons we fight
with are not the weapons of the world. On the
contrary, they have divine power to demol-
ish strongholds. We demolish arguments and
every pretension that sets itself up against
the knowledge of God and we take captive
every thought to make it obedient to Christ”
2 Corinthians 10:4-5
Heaven Just Needs Your Yes
At your darkest point, God is still with you.
As Christian songwriters, you don’t get the
just write about what happened and what you
saw with your eyes, you get to also write about
what you did not see through what the Holy
Spirit reveals.
you are and who he says he is, then you are
actually living outside the truth and will of God.
“Dream dreams that would require God to show
up on your behalf - pray over your life and say,
“God, do not let me confine myself to a life of
insignificance”.
It is your choice whether you are going to live
in obscurity or follow the hopes and dreams
that God has for your life. He dies on the cross
and rose again so that you could make that
choice.
During the hard times in your life, sometimes
all you can is “Yes, Jesus” and “Please, Jesus”.
When you are aligning your thoughts with what
God says about you, you are creating a whole
new thought process for yourself.
Sometimes we have an idea of where we will
end up but we have no idea the lives that hinge
upon our breakthrough - the breakthroughs
that come through our breakthroughs.
God wants to multiply our own personal victories.
When you get up to lead worship, it is not a
normal day. When you are on stage, things
change - chains will break.
Every word that you write in a song will not re-
turn to the Lord void, it will accomplish what it
is set out to do.
God is not okay with you laying down author- We either serve a limitless God who loves us
ity he gave you because you feel worried or and who is good, or we don’t
capable.

How many things are you putting on the shelf

because you are looking at faith limitations and
not his faithful limitlessness.

Overcoming Shame
Ammunition towards Accusation: “This is how
we know we belong to the truth and how we
set our hearts at rest in his presence. If our
hearts condemn us, we know God is greater
than our hearts.” 1 John 3:19-20
Jesus does not talk in an accusational tone.
A tactic of the enemy is to get you to hand over
some of your authority when you have leader-
ship.
If you have put limitations on your writing and
who you are, think to yourself, “did Jesus put
those limitations on me, or did I put them on
myself?”
Lies can create realities - but when you look
for the ruth, you can make those false realities
crumble and shift your direction.
“Submit to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee
from you.” James 4:7

The enemy only has the power you give him, Don’t settle for believing in lies.
and he needs your agreement to survive.

When you figure this out, you can take back

your yes to your reality and to what the accuser
is saying and say, “No, I join my yes and give
my yes to God and who He says I am and I am
at rest in his presence”.

1.  What is your biggest takeaway from this lesson?

2.  How can you apply that to your daily life?
3.  Take a moment to fully engage with the Holy Spirit as you watch This Worship Moment
by Kristene and write down anything He shares with you.
DAY ONE QUIZ

Kristene Dimarco
Waging War for the Song

1. True or False: Whether you live in God’s 4. What does Kristene say that lies create?
reality or your own is your choice, but
a.  Empowerment
sometimes this looks like a passive
surrender. b.  Realities
a.  False c.  Satisfaction
b.  True d.  Courage

2. Select the choice that shows BOTH Kris-
tene’s scripture reference and emphasis:
a.  2 Corinthians 10:4-5 | weapons and
warfare
b.  Colossians 4:17-18 | victory and suc-
cess
c.  2 Corinthians 5:10-11 | purpose and
calling
d.  Colossians 3:19 | prayer and hope
5. What significance does Kristene refer-
ence, and encourage students to step
into?
a.  Significance in Nashville
b.  Significance in Church
c.  Significance in Heaven
d.  Significance in Family

3. What advantage did Kristene say Christian

songwriters have, in comparison with
those of the world?
a.  Christian songwriters alone have the
favor of God that lands record deals,
in order to spread His Word world-
wide.
b.  Christian songwriters have the sup-
port of their churches, providing
context, resources, and publicity.
c.  Christian songwriters, with the Holy
Spirit, have access to what they can-
not physically see.
d.  None of the above.
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