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Solving World Problems Pt 2

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Solving World Problems Pt 1

Introduction

  • Where We Have Been (2021-2022: The Problem)
  • Where We Are Going (2023: The Solution)
  • What We Must Avoid: ___________

The Bible Describes The Problems

  • Sinful Nation
  • No Justice
  • No Leaders
  • Killing Children

The Bible Describes The Solution

The question we need to resolve in our minds is – Can we trust the Bible’s answer? The Bible says,

  • Man Is The Solution
  • Jesus Is The Example

This would mean that…

The Solution is You

Therefore, improve oneself, improves the world.

  • The Wheel – Where You Are
  • Personal Development – Where You Need To Go

Part 2: Part Problem Part Solution

I want to look into this further and see how God unfolded the answer to man’s problems.

The Problem

Hundred Thousand Billion Different Variants Of The Problem Exist

The solution could be…

A. Look at each variant and find a counter to it like in traditional medicine.

B. Grow healthy to resist all threats like in nature.

If we choose B then the question becomes how do we grow healthy?

We raised this question last time by looking at how the Bible described the problem. We saw that it read like today’s newspaper. It knows what it is talking about when it comes to describing our problems. It has credibility there. People 2000 years ago and people 2600 years ago dealt with problems we have today:

  • a sinful nation
  • no justice
  • no leaders
  • a desire to kill children

So, this leads to this question: Does the Bible have any credibility when it comes to talking about solutions? Can we trust its solutions to be accurate and helpful?

  • The Bible’s approach to solving the problem is not by looking at every individual problem and coming up with a solution to it but by a more natural approach. Be what you were meant to be and you will resolve many of the problems that plague us. God wants from us a healthy body, soul, and spirit.

1 Thessalonians 5:23 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

How To Grow Healthy

Genesis was revealed for the first time to Israel after God delivered them out of Egypt. Genesis contains information that God wanted them to know. He was forming a people into a nation and these people needed to know this for that nation to function properly.

What we find first in Genesis is this. This is foundational and very powerful as we shall see. They needed to…

Understand origins (Gen 1-2)
Understand how evil entered the world (Gen 3-4)

Genesis 4:6-7 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? 7 “If you do well, will not your countenance be lifted up? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door; and its desire is for you, but you must master it.”

Not every worldview separates evil from man like we see in Genesis. There is a difference between you being evil and evil being in you.

  • The cause of anger is not you but sin in you.
  • The cause of depression is not you but sin in you.
  • The force we need to contend with is not you but a force in you.

To separate the two allows you to elevate man above evil and care for him and help him. One important result of that is a stable society. A stable society is good for mankind.

Such knowledge (of our origins and the nature of evil) gives us wisdom to know what is important.
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What we see is not always what we think we see. I taught my children that a dime, even though it is smaller, is more valuable than a nickel, which is much bigger. This is the kind of knowledge we are talking about when we talk about growing to be healthy and wise.

2 Timothy 3:14-17 You, however, continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them, 15 and that from childhood you have known the sacred [not old, but sacred] writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation [deliverance from evil] through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; 17 so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.

So, every time you learn something new it is like adding new code to a computer that was designed to solve problems.

Every time you study Scripture you feed your brain with something it was designed to need in order for it to work and solve the problems of the world: namely, how to rule and subdue creation – this includes overcoming evil.

The Solution

So, I want to inject into your computer some code similar to what the nation of Israel heard on their way to the Promised Land. Not only is this foundational, but it is also vitally powerful as well.

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Personal Development Workbook

There is power in this foundational knowledge of who you are, where you come from, and thinking about where you are going.

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My Family

SOLVING WORLD PROBLEMS PT 1

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Introduction

Where We Have Been (2021-2022)

  1. We’ve picked up tips on how to decouple and shelter in place. 
    • Not so much are we trying to fix the problem as…
    • Try to build something in its place
  2. We’ve sought to understand problem better by looking at one perspective given by a video series: Communism By The Back Door
    • We learned about the existence of secret societies and their plans. 
    • We learned that maybe we don’t know everything we need to know about our history.

Where We Are Going (2023+)

We are moving on to solutions, and implementing the solutions, and launching solutions.  Our focus will be shifting toward solutions and what we can do.

To remain stationary or static or immovable will be suicide. 

What We Must Avoid: Idleness (we must go; we cannot stay)

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My Church

What You Get For Knowing God’s Name

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What does it mean to know God’s name?

To know one’s name in the Bible means to know one intimately, to know ones character. You may know the name Justin Bieber, but do you know Justin Bieber? Few do as is true of all of us. But God has made His Name known and we can learn of Him and come to know Him intimately. Have you?

What do you get for knowing God’s Name?

I will set him securely on high, because he has known My name. Psalm 91:14

Those that know God as they are known by God will agree that the writer of this Psalm reminds us of an impressive list of benefits. My NASB Bible titles this Psalm “Security of the One Who Trusts in the Lord.”

Psalms 91

Security of the One Who Trusts in the Lord.

1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High

Will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

2 I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress,

My God, in whom I trust!”

3 For it is He who delivers you from the snare of the trapper

And from the deadly pestilence.

4 He will cover you with His pinions,

And under His wings you may seek refuge;

His faithfulness is a shield and bulwark.

5 You will not be afraid of the terror by night,

Or of the arrow that flies by day;

6 Of the pestilence that stalks in darkness,

Or of the destruction that lays waste at noon.

7 A thousand may fall at your side

And ten thousand at your right hand,

But it shall not approach you.

8 You will only look on with your eyes

And see the recompense of the wicked.

9 For you have made the Lord, my refuge,

Even the Most High, your dwelling place.

10 No evil will befall you,

Nor will any plague come near your tent.

11 For He will give His angels charge concerning you,

To guard you in all your ways.

12 They will bear you up in their hands,

That you do not strike your foot against a stone.

13 You will tread upon the lion and cobra,

The young lion and the serpent you will trample down.

14 “Because he has loved Me, therefore I will deliver him;

I will set him securely on high, because he has known My name.

15 “He will call upon Me, and I will answer him;

I will be with him in trouble;

I will rescue him and honor him.

16 “With a long life I will satisfy him

And let him see My salvation.”

My Me

Accelerate Toward Achieving Your Vision

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Q: Say my vision is established and my focus is steadily improving, what’s the next step to accelerate toward achieving my vision?

Clarity and focus together form the basis of execution. Though all three are important, the most significant is execution because execution is about doing. Clarity and focus provide a road map and form the basis for doing what you need to do, but execution is about actually doing it, and this is where you will spend the bulk of your time.

Regardless of your role or vision, you then need others’ assistance and cooperation to be successful, and your ability to persuade has a lot to do with others’ willingness not only to assist you, but also to exceed expectations. When you can persuade others to exceed expectations, you take execution to a higher level and really move the results needle. The most successful people can effectively convince and persuade other people to take action on their behalf. They do it by knowing what they want to say and how they want to say it. Then they can say it in a way that impacts others and spurs them to take action.

From Tony Jeary

Prov 25:15 Through patience a ruler can be persuaded,
and a gentle tongue can break a bone. NIV

James 2:20 But are you willing to recognize, you foolish fellow, that faith without works is useless? NASU

My Family, My Me

Achieving Your Vision

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Q: Say my vision is established and my focus is steadily improving, what’s the next step to accelerate toward achieving my vision?
Clarity and focus together form the basis of execution. Though all three are important, the most significant is execution because execution is about doing. Clarity and focus provide a road map and form the basis for doing what you need to do, but execution is about actually doing it, and this is where you will spend the bulk of your time.

Regardless of your role or vision, you then need others’ assistance and cooperation to be successful, and your ability to persuade has a lot to do with others’ willingness not only to assist you, but also to exceed expectations. When you can persuade others to exceed expectations, you take execution to a higher level and really move the results needle. The most successful people can effectively convince and persuade other people to take action on their behalf. They do it by knowing what they want to say and how they want to say it. Then they can say it in a way that impacts others and spurs them to take action.

How I Do It: Tony Jeary

“Leadership is the capacity and will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence.”

― Bernard Montgomery

My Me

Learning To Become More Focused

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Q: How can people learn to become more focused?

Focus is not something that comes naturally for most people. It’s a skill that must be learned, polished and practiced.

Focus is a thinking skill acquired as a result of mental discipline. To develop mental discipline concerning focus, you need to treat it the same way you would acquire any other skill.

Since distraction is the opposite of focus, your ability to focus is directly related to how well you’re able to consistently avoid and eliminate distractions.

  • Become aware of your need to improve your focus, and make a conscious decision to invest the time to improve your skills with practice and training.
  • Become acutely aware of distractions and avoid them.
  • Be more intimately aware of the activities—tied to your life’s vision—for which you need to allocate most of your time and effort.

Your ability to achieve objectives within established time frames will greatly increase as your skills of focus increase. And with fewer distractions, you will be able to get more done because you will have achieved more effective use of your time.

from How I Do It: Tony Jeary

1 Peter 1:13 Therefore, prepare your minds for action, keep sober in spirit…

Eph 5:16 making the most of your time, because the days are evil.

I have been noticing lately the items on my desk and how they cause my mind to be distracted. I’ve got this band that I attach to my glasses when I go running to keep my glasses from falling down my big nose. I’ve got this scratch paper that has a rough blueprint drawing I made of where I want to drop cat5 cable into various rooms in the house. Boy, now that I look at my desk I have a lot of stuff on it. Do you have a jar of Colloidal Silver Salve on yours?

I have looked at that band and thought, I have to go running. I’ve looked at that little blueprint and thought, when am I going to do that. I’ve been distracted right in the middle of thinking some profound thoughts or in the middle of writing an amazing letter to an inmate. Some of this stuff has to go.

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Signs That Indicate Lack of Clarity

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Q: What are some signs indicating a lack of clarity?

People who don’t believe they can do what they have to do. For example, when sports teams enter a championship game, a team that does not believe it can win will not win. In the same way, people must believe they can execute a vision, or they will not be able to do it. When you don’t believe you can do what you have to do, it means you don’t believe in yourself or your vision. This means you don’t have clarity about what you really want.

People who use planning to avoid action. Preparation and planning are important, but excessive preparation is nothing more than procrastination. It is only when you start doing what you need to do that you can begin to produce results. If you procrastinate, it means you are fearful of failure and may not be confident in your ability to succeed.

People who quit too easily or give up in the face of adversity. It is always easy to quit, and too many people prefer quitting to the discomfort they experience when the going gets tough. The reason is simple: Adversity is painful. When you quit in the face of adversity, it means you are deficient in the mental substance it takes to persevere and overcome. Clarity is the missing ingredient.

How I Do It: Tony Jeary | SUCCESS
Source: https://www.success.com/how-i-do-it-tony-jeary/

Jesus had clarity and fixed His purpose and goal in life on the best of goals.

John 4:34 Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to accomplish His work.