Week 4

1. Who am I?
2. Understanding Myself
3. Staying in the Race
4. Of Rules and Gardens (mini-sermon)
1 Kings 16:23-28
23 
In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri became king
of Israel, and he reigned twelve years, six of them in Tirzah.
• HeMorality
24 
bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of
silver and built a city on the hill, calling it Samaria, after
Shemer, the name of the former owner of the hill.
• ButCompetence
25 
Omri did evil in the eyes of the LORD and sinned more
than all those before him. 26 He followed completely the ways
• Jeroboam
of Necessary son ofand
Nebat, committing the same sin Jeroboam
Sufficient
had caused Israel to commit, so that they aroused the anger of
the LORD, the God of Israel, by their worthless idols.
27 
As for the other events of Omri’s reign, what he did and the
things he achieved, are they not written in the book of the
annals of the kings of Israel? 28 Omri rested with his ancestors
and was buried in Samaria. And Ahab his son succeeded him as
king.
Who am I?
 Matthew
3:14-17

What did the voice

from heaven say?
 Understand Yourself
• Personality – are you more ‘people’ or ‘task?’ Are
you more outgoing or reserved?
• Gifts – what are your spiritual gifts?
My DISC Personality Test results (150-200 words). An explanation of the test can be found
at https://www.discprofiles4u.com/files/handouts/DiSC-Profile-Worksheet.pdf. Read this
first.
Then click on this link for the test. https://discpersonalitytesting.com/free-disc-test/
Describe and discuss your ‘scores’ and whether you agree with the assessment. Show that
you have actually completed the Disc Personality Test.

My Spiritual Gifts (150-200 words). An explanation of the gifts measured by the test can be
found at https://giftstest.com/allgifts . Read this document before taking the test.
Click on this link for the test. https://giftstest.com/
Describe and discuss your ‘scores’ and whether you agree with the assessment. Show that
you have actually completed the Spiritual Gifts assessment (200-250 words)
Spiritual Gifts

• Apostleship • Giving
• Prophecy • Mercy
• Evangelism • Teaching
• Administration • Pastoring
• Helping • Tongues
• Exhortation • Interpretation of Tongues
• Wisdom • Knowledge
• Discernment • Miracles
• Faith • Healing
http://moraldna.org/
Understand
Yourself
Self-Leadership

“The core of leadership

is to be able to lead yourself.”

To know who you are

• Your personality and gifts
• Your strengths and weaknesses
• Your mission/calling/goals
• Your values (and to practice them)
Leading from Inside Out
• Character

• “one decision away from destruction…”

• Watermelon integrity

• Not about knowledge, it is about habits

• 6 guidelines – see next slide…

Rust’s Six Guidelines
1. Take time for consistent reflection and restoration
of body and soul.
2. When faced with an ethical choice or a
temptation, consider the example you set for
others.
3. Make yourself accountable to a small group of
trusted friends.
4. Focus on integrity, not image.
5. Grow deep in your faith.
6. Deal firmly and uncompromisingly with character
flaws and hidden sin.
Developing Spiritual Fitness
• Understand yourself (gifts, personality, ethics)

• Construct a personal values statement

• Find a role model and mentor – next class

• Develop strong/good habits (= virtue)

• Learn from hardship/failure

Personal Mission and Values
• MISSION
• What am I here to do? What is my purpose?

• VALUES
• What sort of person do I want to become?
Personal Values Statement
• Begin writing down your
personal values
• Write in your own words
• Only write what you
believe. Don’t write what
you think you ‘should’
write.
• This is for you – no one else
An Example of Personal Values
I want to…
• make a difference
• enable people to fulfill their God-given potential
• listen with discernment more and speak less

I don’t need…
• to have my own way
• the approval of others for my actions

I will not…
• complain
Pastor Ted Haggard - I
1. The fall of Ted Haggard
2. The restoration of Ted Haggard
Pastor Ted Haggard - II
• FALLesire is King”
• How can you protect yourself?

• RESTORATION
• What should Christian love look like?
• How much grace to show?
• When to forgive?
• Matthew 7:1-5 – Do not judge, log in your own eye
• Biblical examples?
John 8:1-11

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 Luggage – Rob Bell
Bell, Rob. Luggage. NOOMA 07. YouTube, September 22, 2016. Accessed January 13, 2020.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7Xvp9SsTwY. 14 mins.
the medium
is
the message
From: 7 Habits – Stephen Covey

Urgent Not Urgent

Important 1 2

Not
Important 3 4
of gardens and rules
Romans 7:7,10
 James 1:14-15

Proverbs 4:14-15
Galatians 5:16

John 6:60-67
Finally…
• Get started on Assignment 2

• Prepare for Zoom Discussion on this topic

• Here ends the lesson