Remodel Class Introduction

Access your History

Mission:

Today to make quick notes, then work on this during the week,

We will start the work today, but i ask that you continue to pray for the Fullness of the answers to lead you

We are going to look at your HOUSE today.

*** We need to discover YOUR HOUSE

we need to work on the Present, so that we can know the possibilities in the Future

Who are you?

Write a paragraph on Who you are?

do it quickly —— we will analyze it later

now we are going to do another exercise

Draw a line horizontally on your paper

Now make short vertical lines to divide it in to equal segments

These segments represent segments of your life in 10 year periods

Now take a few minutes and list three major wins or achievements in that decade

next we will make two major negatives during that period.

Most of us have 8 or 9 decades on this earth

We likely met God in the Christ

after the first one decade

and almost certain higher level of maturity much after that

Our Lives have a Story

and it is likely that the decades would be your chapters

the following is cited from LIFEn —- Antioch program - Jeff Reed article written and referenced by another—- citation is noted in the plan notes and will need to be reference here.

Greek Tradition

In the 7th century B.C., Solon, a Greek poet and lawmaker, set forth a life development example built around a model of ten stages, each seven years in length.

0–7A boy at first is the man; unripe; then he casts his teeth; milk-teeth befitting the child he sheds in his seventh year.

7–14 Then to his seven years God adding another seven, signs of approaching manhood show in the bud.

14–21 Still, in the third of the sevens his limbs are growing; his chin touched with a fleecy down, the bloom of the cheek gone.

21–28 Now, in the fourth of the sevens ripen to greatest complete-ness the powers of the man, and his worth becomes plain to see.

28–35I n the fifth he bethinks him that this is the season for court-ing, bethinks him that sons will preserve and continue his line.

35–42 Now in the sixth his mind, ever open to virtue, broadens, and never inspires him to profitless deeds.

42–56 Seven times seven, and eight; the tongue and the mind for fourteen years together are now at their best.

56–63 Still in the ninth is he able, but never so nimble in speech and in wit as he was in the days of his prime.

63–70 Who to the tenth has attained, and has lived to complete it, has come to the time to depart on the ebb-tide of Death.

Chinese Tradition

The Master said,

at 15 I set my heart upon learning.

At 30, I had planted my feet firmly upon the ground.

At 40, I no longer suffered from perplexities.

At 50, I knew what were the biddings of heaven.

At 60, I heard them with docile ear.

At 70, I could follow the dictates of my own heart; for what I desired no longer overstepped the boundaries of right.

Hebrew Tradition

From the Talmud, finalized around 400 A.D., in “The Sayings of the Fathers,”

it talks of

“the ages of man.”

5 years is the age for reading (Scripture);

10 for Misnah (the laws);

13 for the Commandments (Bar Mitzvah, moral responsibility);

15 for Gemara (Talmudic discussions; abstract reasoning);

18 for Hupa (wedding canopy);

20 for seeking a livelihood (pursuing an occupation);

30 for attaining full strength (“Koah”);

40 for understanding;

50 for giving counsel;

60 for becoming an elder (wisdom, old age);

70 for white hair;

80 for Gevurah (new, special strength of age);

90 for being bent under the weight of the years;

100 for being as if already dead and passed away from the world.

My Story:

Work on your time line —- Think through the major events

Examples: marriage, children, education, tragedy, victories, careers, adventures

YOUR PURPOSE:

Why did God put you here?

You should concentrate on your inner voice, allow the Holy Spirit instead of your “ past voices”

This is not about what you were told, but in what you hear inside.

YOUR ABILITIES:

What we have

What others think we have

What God gave us and designed us for

Your God Abilities with a purpose and passion will design your Legacy

YOUR LEGACY

What will you be know for?

How does that look to you today.

YOUR STRATEGY

How are you going to get there?

New York to California

Walk, Bike, Drive, Train, or FLY

What is your process

YOUR HABITS

That do you do daily, weekly, and yearly

Examples: Retreats, Personal Vision Weekends, Reading, Classes

What would you do if you know nothing was stopping you?

What do you deeply feel that God is calling you to do?

YOUR HOUSE

We are discovering YOUR story today

We are discovering YOU

whether five Fifty or Eighty

God has a purpose for you.