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Study Guide for Hawkins Pastoral Assessment Model

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The Hawkins Pastoral Assessment Model: Comprehensively Thinking about Ourselves and the Challenges Attached to Personal Growth Introduction Paul on our Challenges as the People of God Be Adding To Your Faith: II Peter 1:1-8 Be Examining Yourselves: II Cor. 13:5 Our Heritage A United Vision of Our Identity and Our Goal Created In Gods Image: Genesis 1:27 Re-Created For Imitation: Ephesians 5:1 Called To Be Imitative Image Bearers In Community: Ephesians 5:1; 1 Corinthians 11:1 Our Resources Available and Required For the Accomplishment of the Goal The Holy Spirit/His Power/His Fruit: Acts 1:8; Galatians 5:22-25; Eph. 5:18 The Word Of God: II Timothy 2: 15; 3:15-17; Psalm 119 The Community/Church/Family Of God Engaged In Ministry: Ephesians 4:15-16; Hebrews 10:24, 25; Ephesians 5:17-21; Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 Our Challenge Self Control: Galatians 5:22 An Overview of the Self in Scripture Ignorance of the Self Misleads and Deceives: Isaiah 44:20. We Are To Search The Self: Lamentation 3:40. We Are To Be Honest About Ourselves: Matthew 7:5. We Are To Examine Ourselves: Acts 24:16; 2 Corinthians 13:5. There Is A Limit To What The Self Can Do: Jeremiah 10:23; John 5:30. An Overview of Control in Scripture So Fight I: I Cor. 9:24-27 We Are To Control the Self: Prov. 16:32 Self Control/Fruit of the Spirit: Gal. 5:22 Our Culture A Unified Set of Shared Characteristics That Defines the Self There Is A Crisis Of Character. There Is No Right Or Wrong People Are Feeling Driven How Does This Feel To Me? People Are Pluralistic And Tolerant People Are Stressed Out Our Privilege Understanding Our Whole Self and Bringing Each Part into Line with a Resolve to Become Imitative Image-Bearers A Pastoral Assessment Requires Giving: Attention To The Core Self o Nurturing Conscience In the Core o Disempowering Sin In the Core o Restoring the Image of God In the Core o Establishing an Inside-Out Dynamic

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Attention To The Thinking Self (Cognition) o Establishing Truth On The High Ground (in the mind) o Behaving As If My Perception Is Reality o Renewing the Mind Through Disciplined Encounters With the Word of God o Morphing Through Word and Spirit Attention To the Choosing Self (Volition) o Choosing Commitment o Choosing Convictions o Choosing Service What Is Tragic Is That People So Often Die With Commitments Undefined, Convictions Undeclared And Service Unfulfilled. (Boyer) Attention To The Feeling Self (Emotion) o Feelings Are Important o Feelings As Indicators o Feelings As Motivators Attention To The Body Self o Body As A Part Of the Larger Person o Body As Channel o Body Appetites and the Issue of Stewardship Attention To The Self In Temporal o Importance Of Past Systems o Importance Of Present Systems o Importance Of Personal Responsibility In And For Systems Confession Repentance Forgiveness Accountability Attention To The Self In Supernatural Systems o Importance Of The Supernatural/ Good-Evil o Involvement With The Supernatural/ Good-Evil o Engagement Of The Supernatural/Good-Evil Application: I choose to pursue the overarching goal of imitating Jesus Christ in my life. I refuse to invest my energies and resources in the pursuit of a lesser goal. I know this will draw me into conflict with the Flesh and Satan, and I expect to be involved in Spiritual warfare. I will heed my feelings, renew my mind, discipline my body, confess my sins of omission and commission, repent of my sinful choices and behaviors, honor and serve others in my world, seek always to fully restore the Image of God at my core and provision the Holy Spirit through a disciplined interaction with the Word of God and the God of the Word while joining other colaborers in the active pursuit of common goals and responsible church membership. Since I am profoundly fallen, I will seek out fellowship with others who will hold me accountable for my choices and behaviors; I will secure their correction and encouragement and practice behaviors in accord with their Biblical counsel.