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OBJECTIVES most-important-life-skill/
OVERVIEW
When you write down your thoughts and
In order for us to effectively serve our nation (NSTP) feelings, it gives you the opportunity to
by looking into the welfare of our community, communicate with your subconscious mind.
municipality or city (CWTS) that we may contribute
to its development, it is just right and proper for us
to know and be aware of who we are, why were we When you go back over what you’ve written
born, what is our mission in life (SELF-AWARENESS), over the past week or several weeks, you
be able to develop first ourselves (SELF- get to see patterns and trends in your
DEVELOPMENT), our personality (PERSONAL
thinking your conscious mind might
DEVELOPMENT) and our values (VALUES
overlook.
DEVELOPMENT).
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3. Monitor your most negative and
to-practice-self-awareness/
positive feelings.
Toward the end of your day, write down BIBLICAL POINT OF VIEW
your most positive feeling of the day and SELF-AWARENESS
your most negative one.
4. Pay attention to just one aspect of Psa_139:14 I will praise thee; for I am
your life you want to change. fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous
are thy works; and that my soul knoweth
If there is one area of your life you want to right well.
change, start by bringing awareness to the
habits that surround that aspect of your 3. That God’s wonderful creation was
life. destroyed because of sin.
Then state your goal for how you would like 4. That that destroyed God’s creation was
to eat. quickened and restored by the Lord Jesus
Christ.
Finally, assess the eating habits you need 1Co 15:45 And so it is written, The first
to start adjusting, so you can achieve your man Adam was made a living soul; the last
goal of healthy eating habits. Adam was made a quickening spirit.
1Co 15:47 The first man is of the earth,
earthy: the second man is the Lord from
heaven.
Mat 17:11 And Jesus answered and said https://
unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and www.selfawarenessdevelopmentsituations.c
restore all things. om/self-development.html
Mat 17:12 But I say unto you, That Elias is
come already, and they knew him not, but - is taking steps to better yourself, such as
have done unto him whatsoever they listed. by learning new skills or overcoming bad
Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of habits.
them https://www.yourdictionary.com/self-
development
5. That you will be quickened and restored
if you believe that Jesus washed all your The 7 'Senses' of Self-
sins by His blood at the cross Development
Act 10:43 To him give all the prophets Making a commitment to your own
witness, that through his name whosoever development is the first step on the path to
believeth in him shall receive remission of living your personal legend.
sins.
Act 10:44 While Peter yet spake these 1. Sense of self.
words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them
which heard the word. Self-improvement begins with a keen
awareness of who you are, your values,
1Jn_3:5 And ye know that he was beliefs and the larger purpose you wish to
manifested to take away our sins; and in pursue.
him is no sin.
Mat_26:28 For this is my blood of the new 2. Sense of curiosity.
testament, which is shed for many for the
remission of sins. To live successfully, be endlessly curious
about all the possibilities your future holds.
1Pe_2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in It is important to have an unquenchable
his own body on the tree, that we, being thirst for your advancement and for
dead to sins, should live unto adventure. Curiosity inspires you to push
righteousness: by whose stripes ye were through the unusually painful trials and
healed. errors in your life and business, leading.
Without a sense of curiosity it is impossible
SELF-DEVELOPMENT to grow.
3. Sense of direction.
Definition of SELF-DEVELOPMENT
The more you develop yourself the more
- the state or process of improving or pristine you become in achieving what you
developing oneself. want. This clarity makes decision-making
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/ easier because having a direction improves
dictionary/english/self-development your ability to prioritize.
Gen_24:54 And they did eat and drink,.. 3. The sincere PRAYER unto God
4. Feed the Spirit with the Word of - is the lifelong process for people to
God assess, analyze, and improve themselves,
their skills and qualities in order to make
Luk_4:4 And Jesus answered him, saying, the most of unused potential.
It is written, That man shall not live by https://www.toolshero.com/personal-
bread alone, but by every word of God. development/
5. Teach the Word of God.
- is the process of improving oneself 3. Personal Power
through such activities as enhancing
employment skills, increasing consciousness Personal power is supported by your
and building wealth. contacts and money. Developing an ever-
http://www.businessdictionary.com/ widening circle of contacts increases the
definition/personal-development.html number of open doors for you.
Having people with like-minded goals and
- is the process of improving oneself are willing to help you can directly affect
through conscious habits and activities. It is how successful you are.
the pursuit of personal growth to enhance Money in the bank provides freedom and
the quality of life and to achieve one’s the ability to take full advantage of certain
dreams and aspirations opportunities when they present
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success/personal-development-plan
4. Personal Improvement
However, the fact that God will transform When it comes to restraining sin in our
us into Christlikeness doesn’t mean we can lives, we have divine help: praise the Lord
sit back and be carried to heaven “on for the Word of God (Psalm 119:11), the
flow’ry beds of ease.” The process demands intercession of Christ (Romans 8:34;
our willing cooperation with the Holy Spirit. Hebrews 7:25), and the power of the Spirit
Becoming more Christlike requires both who indwells us (Romans 8:4; Galatians
divine power and the fulfillment of human 5:16)!
responsibility.
3) Becoming more Christlike is the result of
There are three things which contribute to Christian growth. When we are first saved,
our being more Christlike: our surrender to we are immature in wisdom and knowledge
God, our freedom from sin, and our and inexperienced in grace and love. But
spiritual growth. then we grow. In each of these things, our
1) Becoming more Christlike is the result of charge is to become stronger—and more
surrender to God. Romans 12:1-2 says that Christlike. “Grow in the grace and
worship involves a total self-dedication to knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus
God. We volunteer our bodies as “living Christ” (2 Peter 3:18). “May the Lord make
sacrifices,” and our minds are renewed and your love increase and overflow for each
transformed. other and for everyone else” (1
Thessalonians 3:12).
When Jesus said, “Follow me,” Levi left his
money tables immediately (Mark 2:14); so Right now, God works in us: “We, who with
do we freely surrender all we have for the unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory,
sake of following the Lord. As John the are being transformed into his likeness with
Baptist said, “He must become greater; I ever-increasing glory, which comes from
must become less” (John 3:30), so we the Lord” (2 Corinthians 3:18). One day,
focus more and more on Jesus and His however, the process will be complete:
glory, losing ourselves in His will. “When he appears, we shall be like him, for
we shall see him as he is” (1 John 3:2). The
2) Becoming more Christlike is the result of promise of being fully Christlike in the
future is in itself motivation for becoming
more Christlike now: “Everyone who has https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_(ethics)
this hope in him purifies himself, just as he
is pure” (1 John 3:3). 4.2 Values Development
https://www.gotquestions.org/Christ-
like.html We are not born with values, so how do
people develop their values? There are
It is important to realize that becoming three periods during which values are
more like Christ starts by receiving Him as developed as we grow.
Savior from our sins. Then we grow in our
knowledge of God by reading the Bible Periods of development
daily, studying it, and being obedient to Sociologist Morris Massey has described
what it says. This process causes us to three major periods during which values are
grow and occurs over an entire lifetime in developed.
Christ. Only when we have entered Heaven
for eternity with God does this process 1. The Imprint Period
reach its culmination.
https://www.gotquestions.org/more-like- Up to the age of seven, we are like
Christ.html sponges, absorbing everything around us
and accepting much of it as true, especially
VALUES DEVELOPMENT when it comes from our parents. The
confusion and blind belief of this period can
Definition of VALUES also lead to the early formation of trauma
and other deep problems.
- Important and lasting beliefs or ideals
shared by the members of a culture about 2. The Modeling Period
what is good or bad and desirable or
undesirable. Between the ages of eight and thirteen, we
copy people, often our parents, but also
http://www.businessdictionary.com/definiti others. Rather than blind acceptance of
on/values.html their values, we are trying them on like a
suit of clothes, to see how they feel.
- the principles that help you to decide At this age we may be much impressed
what is right and wrong, and how to act in with religion or our teachers. You may
various situations. remember being particularly influenced by
junior school teachers who seemed so
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/ knowledgeable--maybe even more so than
english/values your parents.
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