Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 18 views

    Keys For An Effective Life: Powerful Concepts in Personal Change

    Uploaded by

    saltchurch
    The document discusses how paradigms or maps, made up of beliefs, values, and rules, shape our behavior. Paradigms are built from our experiences, information, and feelings. Changing paradigms is difficult but possible when we allow ourselves to be transformed by accepting a new identity in Christ and remembering God's mercy and faithfulness. Effective life change comes through understanding our paradigms and allowing God to write his law on our hearts and minds.

    Copyright:

    Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
    Download as PPT, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Keys For An Effective Life: Powerful Concepts in Personal Change

    Uploaded by

    saltchurch
    18 views18 pages
    The document discusses how paradigms or maps, made up of beliefs, values, and rules, shape our behavior. Paradigms are built from our experiences, information, and feelings. Changing paradigms is difficult but possible when we allow ourselves to be transformed by accepting a new identity in Christ and remembering God's mercy and faithfulness. Effective life change comes through understanding our paradigms and allowing God to write his law on our hearts and minds.

    Original Title

    050102 - Introduction

    Copyright

    © Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)

    Available Formats

    PPT, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    The document discusses how paradigms or maps, made up of beliefs, values, and rules, shape our behavior. Paradigms are built from our experiences, information, and feelings. Changing paradigms is difficult but possible when we allow ourselves to be transformed by accepting a new identity in Christ and remembering God's mercy and faithfulness. Effective life change comes through understanding our paradigms and allowing God to write his law on our hearts and minds.

    Copyright:

    Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
    Download as PPT, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as ppt, pdf, or txt
    18 views18 pages

    Keys For An Effective Life: Powerful Concepts in Personal Change

    Uploaded by

    saltchurch
    The document discusses how paradigms or maps, made up of beliefs, values, and rules, shape our behavior. Paradigms are built from our experiences, information, and feelings. Changing paradigms is difficult but possible when we allow ourselves to be transformed by accepting a new identity in Christ and remembering God's mercy and faithfulness. Effective life change comes through understanding our paradigms and allowing God to write his law on our hearts and minds.

    Copyright:

    Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
    Download as PPT, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as ppt, pdf, or txt
    You are on page 1of 18

    Keys for an Effective Life

    Powerful Concepts in Personal


    Change

    Introduction
    “I’m busy – really busy. But
    sometimes I wonder if what I’m
    doing will make any difference in the
    long run. I’d really like to think there
    was meaning in my life, that
    somehow things were different
    because I was there.”
    “I’ve started a new diet – for the fifth time
    this year. I know I’m overweight, and I
    really want to change. I read all the new
    information, I set goals, I get myself all
    psyched up with a positive mental attitude
    and tell myself I can do it. But I don’t.
    After a few weeks, I fail. I just can’t seem
    to keep a promise I make to myself.”
    “My teenage son is rebellious and on
    drugs. No matter what I try, he won’t
    listen to me. What can I do?”
    “My marriage has gone flat. We don’t
    fight or anything; we just don’t love
    each other anymore. We’ve gone to
    counselling; we’ve tried a number of
    things, but we just can’t seem to
    rekindle the feeling we used to have.”
    Why is it so hard to change?

    The Power of a Paradigm:


    Understanding why we behave
    the way we behave
    "Just thinking of my troubles and my
    lonely wandering makes me
    miserable. That's all I ever think
    about, and I am depressed."
    Lam 3:19,20 (CEV)
    Paradigms (or “maps”) – made of
    • Beliefs
    • Values
    • Rules
    Beliefs
    • “I am always …”
    • “In general, people are…”
    • “God is …”
    • “Life is …”
    • “…”
    Values – “For me, it’s important
    to…”
    • Feel happy
    • Be loved
    • Eat well
    • …
    Rules
    • “In order to feel happy, I have to feel that
    other people love me”
    • “People love me when I do what they want me
    to do”
    • “God will approve me if I do everything right”
    Paradigms (or “maps”) – made of
    • Beliefs
    • Values
    • Rules
    Paradigms (or “maps”) – built by
    • Experiences
    • Information
    • Feelings
    "This is the covenant I will make
    with the house of Israel after that
    time," declares the LORD . "I will put
    my law in their minds and write it on
    their hearts. I will be their God, and
    they will be my people.
    Jer 31:33 (NIV)
    “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he
    is a new creation; the old has gone,
    the new has come!”
    2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV)
    "Just thinking of my troubles and my
    lonely wandering makes me
    miserable. That's all I ever think
    about, and I am depressed.
    Then I remember something that fills
    me with hope."
    Lam 3:19-21 (CEV)
    The LORD's kindness never fails!
       If he had not been merciful,
       we would have been destroyed.
    The LORD can always be trusted
       to show mercy each morning.
    Deep in my heart I say,
       "The LORD is all I need;
       I can depend on him!"
    Lam 3:22-24 (CEV)

    You might also like