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Title: ABLE- Teachable
Intr: 1. Teaching college students about ministry- 3 habits that made you who you are?
a. Being teachable- a lifelong learner
2. We are all teaching and learning throughout our lifetime
a. Spouses are trying to train us- clothes in closet
b.
Kids are trying to train us- going to bed, eating, manipulate (daddy)
c.
Even our pets train us- barking till they get what they want, up early
3. Four predictors of divorce
a.
A Spirit of criticism
b.
Defensiveness - not allowing your spouse the ability to complain/communicate
c.
Contempt - aged anger
d.
Stonewalling - shutting down and not talking
e. 2 of the 4 are an characteristics of an unteachable spirit
4. God has a way for us to live our lives so that He can work through us
a. Somewhere at the intersection of our values, gifts, and experiences we find our sweet spot
5. 2 Peter 1:3 His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness
6. Philippians 2:13 For God is working in you, giving you the desire to obey him and the power to do what pleases him
a. Francis Chan- Yes It is God who works in you and yes there is work for you to do.
Yes the Spirit empowers you to do the work.
And yes you do the work
7. Deuteronomy 30:19-20 This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses.
Now choose life, so that you and your children may live 20 and that you may love the Lord your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him.
For the Lord is your life, and he will give you many years in the land he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
a. Four qualities that enable us to live a life that God can work through
1) Teachable- listen to His voice
2) Blessable- blessings and curses, He swore to give to your fathers
3) Useable- love the Lord your God
4) Reliable- hold fast, he will give you many years
b.
These four qualities act as Guardrails or Margins in our lives so God can work in us and through us
8. Today we will look at being Teachable
9. Jimmie Evans - 5 signs of an unteachable spirit
a. Chronic failure- money, marriage, jobs
b.
Argumentative or defensive nature
c. Isolation and withdrawal in times of difficulty- The devil works in darkness.
An unteachable spirit would rather be alone
d.
Blame transfer- Never your fault, family, boss, devil
e. Reject those with a differing opinion (yes men)
10.
What does it mean to be teachable?
a. Being teachable is being willing to learn, unlearn and relearn
b.
Dollar Sunday- do you have cash, $100, cash burns a hole, texting to give?
New giving platform, reoccurring
TS: Three Characteristics of a Teachable Spirit
I. LEARN- ASKING QUESTIONS
A. Admitting I need help
1.
As kids we are constantly asking, “Why?”
a. Research says children ask 125 questions per day.
Adults, on the other hand, ask only a half dozen probing questions each day.
That means that somewhere between childhood and adulthood, we lose 119 questions per day
2. Keep asking questions
a. Asking questions builds relationships- staff sharing their stories, Senior adults
b.
Asking questions eliminates confusion- so what you’re saying is
c.
Asking questions makes others feel special/important
d.
Asking questions enables a person to discover answers for themselves
1) The disciples asked Jesus a lot of questions and he usually responded with questions
2) Jesus asked 300 questions in the three years of ministry, he only answered three
3. Half of counseling others is asking why (to get to the root)
4. A teachable spirit is not always a person’s aptitude, it’s more the person’s attitude
a. Humility- I don’t have all the answers
B. A willingness to listen
1.
We have 2 ears and 1 mouth
2. When we ask a question, truly listen instead of thinking about what we want to say
a. Too many people ask questions, because they want to give the answer
3. Albert Einstein- I have no special talent; I am only passionately curious
4. Teachable people approach life with an understanding that they can learn from anybody regardless of that person’s state, status, or station in life
a.
A Teachable Spirit has a posture about it, I can learn from anyone, anywhere
b.
I can learn from a 20 something even though I have more life experience than them
5.
We can’t always see everything from our perspective
a. Could never be on a jury- always believe the last lawyer
b.
Movie Vantage Point- assassination of the president from different points of view
c.
We can’t see the whole picture by ourselves so we need others input
* A teachable person asks questions
II.
UNLEARN- ACQUIRING WISDOM
A.
Not being a know-it-all
1.
The greatest enemy of learning is knowing
a. John Wooden- It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts
b.
Proverbs 26:12 Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes?
There is more hope for a fool than for him
2. If you’re the smartest person in the room, you might be in the wrong room
a. Try not to always be the first one to speak
3. Three people that talk too much
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