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Think Win-Win or No Deal Francis Madojemu

Saturday, April 20, 13

Review of The HabitsThe Maturity Continuum

Adopting the first three of the Seven Habits takes the individual from dependence to

independence, thus achieving a private

victory.


Review of The HabitsThe Maturity Continuum

Moving further along, one by one, the next four habits moves the individual

into a state of interdependence

and continued self-improvement.


Ideas Into Action

' Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.

' Accept full responsibility for your own character and behavior.

' Understand that very often the way you see the problem is the problem.


Ideas Into Action

' Use the “inside-out” approach to effectiveness, advancing from private

victories to public success.

' Remember that effectiveness is a function of both what is produced

and the capacity to produce. Saturday, April 20, 13

Ideas Into Action

' Do not apply pressure for short-term results at the expense

of long-term capability.

' Replace quick fixes with continuous self-improvement


Critical Habit!

I regard as this as one critical habit we need in our country and culture, where

we have been taught to think that if I succeed someone

else has to fail.


Win-Win is inspired by scripture's The Golden Rule,

Mathew 7: 12

“Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you. This is the essence of all that is taught

in the law and the prophets.


The BLENHEIM BIBLE STUDY

Explains that the content and message of the first

thirteen books of the Bible as listed by the Rabbis of the Talmud.

These books are known in Jewish

tradition as “the Law and the Prophets.”


The Rabbis list them in the following order

THE LAW

Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy

AND THE PROPHETS

Joshua, Jeremiah, Judges, Ezekiel, Samuel, Isaiah,Kings And the Book of the Twelve.


In other wordsThe essence of the

bible and this is significant as we

seem to focus on the minor things in the bible instead of the major and glaringly

obvious crucial things


In his article, "This Is the Law and the Prophets" Eric Lyons wrote:

"Most people who are familiar with the Bible would agree that

Matthew chapters 5-7, often referred to as the Sermon on the Mount, contain some of the most memorable sayings in the world.



Jesus’ list of beatitudes (5:3-12), His instruction to “do to others what you

would have them do to you” (7:12, NIV), and His parable of the wise man and the foolish man (7:24-27) often are recalled even by those who rarely (if ever) read

the Bible.



When people implement these principles and rules that Jesus taught

nearly 2,000 years ago, individuals grow stronger, families become more united, and society becomes a better

place in which to live."


The Most Important Commandment

I hope this challenges us to give

these principles a place in our lives.

Scripture teaches about 'The Most

Important Commandment"


Jesus reduces the Ten Commandments

Matthew 22:34-39

34 But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered

together. 35 Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying, 36 “Teacher, which is the great

commandment in the law?”



Matthew 22:34-39

37 Jesus said to him, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. ’ 38 This

is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘You shall love

your neighbor as yourself. ’



Matthew 22:40 (NKJV)

On these two commandments hang all

the Law and the Prophets.”


Key phrase “hang!” In other words remove it and everything falls down.


Another Example

1 Timothy 1:3-7

3 As I urged you when I went into Macedonia—remain in Ephesus that you

may charge some that they teach no other doctrine, 4 nor give heed to fables and

endless genealogies, which cause disputes rather than godly edification which is in faith.


Another Example

1 Timothy 1:3-7

5 Now the purpose of the commandment is love from a pure heart, from a good

conscience, and from sincere faith, 6 from which some, having strayed, have turned

aside to idle talk, 7 desiring to be teachers of the law, understanding neither what they say

nor the things which they affirm.Saturday, April 20, 13

Another Example

1 Timothy 1:5

5 Now the end of the commandment is charity out

of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:


Another Example

1 Timothy 1:5

5 The purpose of my instruction is that all the Christians there would be

filled with love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and

sincere faith.Saturday, April 20, 13

Key phrases END or PURPOSE of the commandment.

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The Commandment Again

Mark 12:28-31

28 Then one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, perceiving that He had answered them well, asked Him, “Which is the

first commandment of all?” 29 Jesus answered him, “The first of all the commandments is: ‘Hear,

O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.


The Commandment Again

Mark 12:28-31

30 ‘And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment.31 “And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your

neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”


This is Meant to Be Our Culture & Plumb-line

If you put good people in bad

systems you get bad results. You

have to water the flowers you want to grow - Stephen R.

Covey


What is Culture?

Simply stated, culture is the

way people think and act.

Culture is the anthropologist’s label for the sum of the

distinctive characteristics of a people’s way of life.


What is Culture?

1: way of looking at the world

2: filter through which we perceive what is around us

and what happens

3: a set of assumptions and attitudes that are shared by a

vast majority

4: shared assumptions that enable us to know who we are and how we fit into the world.


Culture is the Solution

It's not hard to make decisions when you know

what your values are. -Roy Disney

Nigeria and Culture etc

Commitment requires values

Japanese Culture during the tsunami


Culture"Culture—not vision or strategy—is the most powerful factor in any nation, organization, establishment etc.

It determines the receptivity of staff and volunteers to new ideas,

unleashes or dampens creativity, builds or erodes enthusiasm, and creates a sense of pride or deep discouragement bbbb working or

being involved there.


The Lord's Plumb Lineby Wayne Blank

A plumb line is a simple but accurate tool used for

determining whether or not something is perfectly vertical

i.e. upright.

Used since very ancient times, a plumb line consists merely of a line and a weight of some sort, at first just a stone, but later a weight

made from lead.



The Latin word for lead is plumbum, from which the weight

came to be called a plummet (hence also the origin of

plumber, originally a worker of lead - including lead pipes).

Plumb lines were known to many people throughout Bible History, including Jesus Christ

who would have owned a set of various weights of them for His

use in the building trade.



The Lord also used, and uses, a "plumbline," His Word, to determine how

upright His people truly are in His sight.

How upright they think they are, or how upright

they proclaim themselves to be, means nothing to

God.


A Vision of a Plumb Line

Amos 7:7-8 (NLT)

7 Then he showed me another vision. I saw the Lord standing beside a wall

that had been built using a plumb line. He was using a plumb line to see

if it was still straight.Saturday, April 20, 13

A Vision of a Plumb Line

Amos 7:7-8 (NLT)

8 And the Lord said to me, “Amos, what do you see?” I answered, “A

plumb line.” And the Lord replied, “I will test my people with this plumb

line. I will no longer ignore all their sins.


DEFINITIONS

In Christianity we seem to have

capitalized on Means and not on what we

should have, Ends, we seem to have majored

on the minors and minored on the

majors.


END

Goal: a goal, object, or purpose

· For purely political ends

Ends- to set out on a definite Goal, the

point aimed at as a limit.


MEANS

something enabling somebody to do something: something that is available and makes it possible for somebody to do something (takes a singular or

plural verb)

· You can’t live out there alone with no means of transportation

Means on the other hand is the method used to getting to that

goal


WE NEED TO DISTINGUISH IN OUR CHRISTIAN WALK WHAT ARE GOALS OR ENDS AND WHAT ARE MEANS.

There are General or Common Goals for all of us and there are specific and

individual goals.

From what we have read so far is The Goal of His commandment is Love

towards God and Men.


Which leads to two of the most important desires and purposes in the Heart of God.

FELLOWSHIP and WORSHIP

If we have not been trying to achieve this in our preaching and teaching we

are missing Gods Goals. God has goals for individuals, churches and

Nations [Acts17:26-27]Saturday, April 20, 13

Poor horizontal relationships with people will harm our

vertical relationship with God (we need to be forgiving, merciful, non-judgmental,

loving etc.

A poor vertical relationship with God

will harm our horizontal relationship with people (Case studies: Adam &

Eve; Cain & Abel)


The Cross

The Holy Spirit at the center of the cross . . . at the center

of our hearts . . . at the center of our relationships.

The cross is all about heart-centered, soul-centered,

vertical and horizontal relationships.

The cross is all about Joint Operations!


The Cross

Before we begin our work . . . before we connect with our friends,

family, colleagues, clients, and prospective clients, let’s remember to do what David was advised in Psalm 46:10: “Be still, and know

that I am God.”

We must connect to our Power Source.

We must connect to the Divine.

Only then are we ready to connect with one another.


Outstanding life and service to God, transforming our world

Amazingly our vision statement is outstanding life and service to

God - love The Lord with all your heart soul and might &

transforming our world - your Neighbour as yourself


Outstanding life and service to God, transforming our world

You transform and live your neighbor as yourself when you obey lay paws but also when you produce goods

and services products that make life better and your rights come from

enjoying the reward of your invention or labour


Sinfulness, Repentance and the Dignity of Man

A reform movement is built on the assumption that

man - including the insignificant and enslaved man - is worth fighting for.

How does the Christian view that man is a sinner

provide the basis for a fight for the dignity of man?



Man became human - a creature endowed with free will and moral choice - only

when he was given the command, ‘Thou shalt not'.

The concepts of responsibility and dignity

have no meaning without a real choice being given to

man.



The command gives man the opportunity to exercise

his free will. Instead of obeying his instincts alone,

he can make real moral choices too.

Instead of obeying instructions as a robot, he can choose to obey out of

love and gratitude


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