Internship Training

9-5-10
Skill set building will be the focus - Equipping

God's Word----->Convictions------->Values------->Priorities------>Living Life (Rythms)
Genesis One
Focus: "God Said" -----> Effect
The Cultural Mandate
Have Dominion over the World
Create Legacy
Have fruitful multiplication
Create Culture
Be a Steward
All of this is a blessing from God for my good
Breakout Discussion - How do I want to make an impact? DREAM BIG

Genesis Three
Two ways to see this temptation:
Tempted by Evil
Tempted by a godly motive (It is a good thing to be like God)
Godly motives can lead to wickedness and rebellion - Stealing food to feed starving family
Results of the Fall
Broken Legacy
Corrupted Culture
Distorted Dominion
Death
What happens if we don't dream God's Dream?
I dream a perverted dream
Tension
In the struggle - Innovation occurs
Satan - seed of rebellion - the roten fruit in the fight against God - The tree of lying to the Man and Woman
Satan's Dream
I deserve More
God isn't enough
The nightmare leads to hell and is rooted in Pride
PRIDE
Taking a godly motive and twisting it into crap
God blesses us by convicting and systematicly opposing it
Defiles a person
Sin beneath the Sin
Leads to:
Self Deception - I know what is best
Rejecting of God's Word and Pastors/Shepherds
Rejecting God
Hopelessness - more hope for a fool than for a man who is wise in his own eyes
God Hates Pride
Pure HATRED
God Opposes the proud
God will destroy what I do in Pride
DANGERS:
Drifting from God's Dream and Goal and Purpose
Evidences of Pride
Shame - disgrace and humiliation - God's Grace and Discipline
Distruction - God will tear you down to expose pride, he is not affraid to
What does PRIDE look like during an internship?
I am very important - Self Desception
Distorted idetity - Entitlement
Maybe some of you have been called by God to plant a church TO FAIL?
Selfishness - using the church as a stepping stone
Self-Centeredness - Distorted shepherding, playing politics
Secret Life - double standard when you are away from Mars
Practically how can the threat of Pride be handled?
The Holy Spirit
Confession
God's Word
Prayer - acknowledge that God is God and I am not
Genuine Community -