Stigmattitude - h2

1.  We live in the __________________ age.

2.  There are people at times who see life and even faith through some very _____________________

3.  In this state of mind we tend to make some bad _______________ and ask some bad _____________.

Ø      Everything is _________________________ - v. 2

Ø      What does man _______________ from all his labor - v. 3

Ø      I’m ________________________ – v. 8

Ø      There’s _______________________ new. – v. 9b

Ø      Nothing is ever going to __________________ – v. 9a

Ø      _______________________________________ – v.11

4.  The net effect of a cynical _________ outlook is to render us _____________________.  “15  What is twisted cannot be straightened; what is lacking cannot be counted.”  What does it truly mean to be powerless?

1.  We live in the ______________________age.

2.  There are people at times who see life and even faith through some very _____________________.

3.  In this state of mind we tend to make some bad ______________ and ask some bad ______________.

Ø      Everything is _____________________________ - v. 2

Ø      What does man ________________ from all his labor - v. 3

Ø      I’m ___________________________ – v. 8

Ø      There’s __________________________ new. – v. 9b

Ø      Nothing is ever going to ____________________ – v. 9a

Ø      _________________________________________ – v.11

4.  The net effect of a cynical _________ outlook is to render us _____________________.  “15  What is twisted cannot be straightened; what is lacking cannot be counted.”  What does it truly mean to be powerless?

5.  Once we consciously or unconsciously, ______the notion that we cannot make a difference, we become people who no longer _______________________ to problems, merely the problems.

6.  This _______________ cripples many individuals and churches today.  We withdraw from society many times and cloister together not so much because we want to be pure as much as we are _____________ because we are _________.

7.  How do we ____________________ in order to be redemptive agents in the world in which we live?

Ø      Life “under the sun” is not life as God originally created or intended it to be.  It is life infected by the _____________ _________________________________

Ø      Our knowledge of the injustices of life and the problems that plague this world are not meant to lead us to ______ but to _____________________.

Ø      Our attitudes and our approach will be transformed as we see this world through the ________________________.

5.  Once we consciously or unconsciously, ______ the notion that we cannot make a difference, we become people who no longer _______________________ to problems, merely the problems..

6.  This _______________ cripples many individuals and churches today.  We withdraw from society many times and cloister together not so much because we want to be pure as much as we are _____________ because we are _________.

7.  How do we ____________________ in order to be redemptive agents in the world in which we live?

Ø      Life “under the sun” is not life as God originally created or intended it to be.  It is life infected by the _____________ _________________________________

Ø      Our knowledge of the injustices of life and the problems that plague this world are not meant to lead us to ______ but to _____________________..

Ø      Our attitudes and our approach will be transformed as we see this world through the ________________________.