Module 2
Module 2
Module 2
1. That God created you. 1Jn_3:5 And ye know that he was manifested
to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
Gen_1:27 So God created man in his own Mat_26:28 For this is my blood of the new
image, in the image of God created he him; testament, which is shed for many for the
male and female created he them. remission of sins.
2. That you are wonderfully made. 1Pe_2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his
own body on the tree, that we, being dead to
Psa_139:14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose
and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy stripes ye were healed.
works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
SELF-DEVELOPMENT
3. That God’s wonderful creation was destroyed
because of sin. Definition of SELF-DEVELOPMENT
Rom 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin - the state or process of improving or
entered into the world, and death by sin; and developing oneself.
so death passed upon all men, for that all have https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/
sinned: english/self-development
DEVELOPMENT OF THE BODY Jos 1:8 This book of the law shall not depart
out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate
1. Breathe therein day and night, that thou mayest
observe to do according to all that is written
Eze_37:9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy therein: for then thou shalt make thy way
unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say prosperous, and then thou shalt have good
to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come success.
from the four winds, O breath, and breathe
upon these slain, that they may live. 3. The sincere PRAYER unto God
2. Eat and Drink Jdg_18:5 And they said unto him, Ask counsel,
we pray thee, of God, that we may know
Gen_3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou whether our way which we go shall be
eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for prosperous.
out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and
unto dust shalt thou return. SPIRIT
Gen_24:54 And they did eat and drink,.. - is another invisible part of a human being
which is described as the human’s
3. Exercise consciousness to God. It is the Spirit that prays
and have interest on heavenly or spiritual
1Ti_4:8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but things.
godliness is profitable unto all things, having
promise of the life that now is, and of that 1Co 2:10 But God hath revealed them unto us
which is to come. by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things,
yea, the deep things of God.
SOUL
5. Personal Empowerment Once you are clear about where you want to
be, you can start planning how to get there.
Promoting a positive image and a creativity
within your daily life can speed up the time it
takes to achieve your goals and increase your 3. Starting the Improvement Process
personal empowerment.
Creativity thinking means continually looking for 4. Recording Your Personal Development
faster, better, easier, and cheaper ways to get
the job done. It is often a good idea to keep a record of your
personal development. By writing down key
developments in your learning and God’s work, and He will see it through to the
development as and when they occur, you will end (Philippians 1:6).
be able to reflect on your successes at a later
date. However, the fact that God will transform us
into Christlikeness doesn’t mean we can sit
5. Reviewing and Revising Personal back and be carried to heaven “on flow’ry beds
Development Plans of ease.” The process demands our willing
https://afriqueconsult.com/index.php/ cooperation with the Holy Spirit. Becoming
2017/08/01/why-personal-development-is- more Christlike requires both divine power and
important/ the fulfillment of human responsibility.
The difference between self-development There are three things which contribute to our
and personal development being more Christlike: our surrender to God,
our freedom from sin, and our spiritual growth.
SELF-DEVELOPMENT speaks about human 1) Becoming more Christlike is the result of
development while PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT surrender to God. Romans 12:1-2 says that
speaks about the development of a person. worship involves a total self-dedication to God.
We volunteer our bodies as “living sacrifices,”
• A human is a psychosomatic union of human and our minds are renewed and transformed.
flesh and human spirit. A person is an entity
that has been given legal and social rights. When Jesus said, “Follow me,” Levi left his
money tables immediately (Mark 2:14); so do
https://www.differencebetween.com we freely surrender all we have for the sake of
following the Lord. As John the Baptist said,
BIBILICAL POINT OF VIEW “He must become greater; I must become less”
OF PERSONAL (John 3:30), so we focus more and more on
DEVELOPMENT Jesus and His glory, losing ourselves in His will.
is the process of being changed into the image
of Christ, from glory to glory [2 Corinthians 2) Becoming more Christlike is the result of
3:18].Surely that means that Christians are freedom from sin. Since Jesus lived a sinless
making upward progress, that they are growing life, the more we consider ourselves “dead to
and developing? In fact, it does not. It means sin” (Romans 6:11) and live a life of purity, the
that we are being reduced, while He becomes more like Jesus we will be. As we offer
greater – as in the words of John the Baptist ourselves to God, sin is no longer our master,
[John 3:30] and we are more clearly identified with Christ
https://www.differentspirit.org/opinion/ (Romans 6:1-14).
christian-personal-growth.php
Jesus invites us to follow Him, and we have His
-it is the process of Christlikeness. example of obedience (John 15:10), sacrificial
love (John 15:12-13), and patient suffering (1
Peter 2:19-23). We also have the example of
How can I become more Christlike? the apostles, who modeled Christ (1 Corinthians
11:1).
Answer: Becoming more like Christ is the
desire of every believer, and it is encouraging When it comes to restraining sin in our lives, we
to know that God has the same desire for us. In have divine help: praise the Lord for the Word
fact, the Bible says that God “predestined of God (Psalm 119:11), the intercession of
[believers] to be conformed to the likeness of Christ (Romans 8:34; Hebrews 7:25), and the
his Son” (Romans 8:29). Making us Christlike is power of the Spirit who indwells us (Romans
8:4; Galatians 5:16)!
- the principles that help you to decide what is
3) Becoming more Christlike is the result of right and wrong, and how to act in various
Christian growth. When we are first saved, we situations.
are immature in wisdom and knowledge and
inexperienced in grace and love. But then we https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/engl
grow. In each of these things, our charge is to ish/values
become stronger—and more Christlike. “Grow
in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and - Personal values provide an internal reference
Savior Jesus Christ” (2 Peter 3:18). “May the for what is good, beneficial, important, useful,
Lord make your love increase and overflow for beautiful, desirable and constructive. Values are
each other and for everyone else” (1 one of the factors that generate behaviour
Thessalonians 3:12). (besides needs, interests and habits) and
influence the choices made by an individual.
Right now, God works in us: “We, who with
unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_(ethics)
being transformed into his likeness with ever-
increasing glory, which comes from the Lord” (2 4.2 Values Development
Corinthians 3:18). One day, however, the
process will be complete: “When he appears, We are not born with values, so how do people
we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he develop their values? There are three periods
is” (1 John 3:2). The promise of being fully during which values are developed as we grow.
Christlike in the future is in itself motivation for
becoming more Christlike now: “Everyone who Periods of development
has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he Sociologist Morris Massey has described three
is pure” (1 John 3:3). major periods during which values are
https://www.gotquestions.org/Christ-like.html developed.
1. Pre-moral http://changingminds.org/explanations/values/v
alues_development.htm
In the pre-moral state, we have no real values
(we are thus 'amoral'). Young children are TWELVE CHARACTER TRAITS OF
premoral. So also are psychopaths. Our basic URDANETA CITY UNIVERTSITY
nature tells us to be Machiavellian, doing
whatever it takes to achieve our goals, even if it The character program of UCU echoes its vision
means hurting other people. of bringing transformative education in the
academe. This was reinforced by its declaration
2. Conventional as the First Character in Region 1 on January
13, 2004.
Most people have conventional values, as
learned from their parents, teachers and Month Character Description
peers. These basically say 'here are the rules to Trait
live in reasonable harmony with other people.' January Resourcefulness Finding
The bottom line of this state is that we will practical uses
follow them just so long as we think we need for that which
to. We will break our values occasionally, and others would
especially if our needs are threatened or we are overlook or
pretty sure we can get away with breaking discard.
values with nobody else knowing about it. February Responsibility Knowing and
doing what is
3. Principled expected of me.
March Thriftiness Allowing myself
When we are truly principled, we believe in and others to
our values to the point where they are an spend only
integral and subconscious part of our what is
person. Right and wrong are absolute things necessary.
beyond the person, for example as defined by a April Truthfulness Earning future
religion. trust by
The test of a principled person is that they will accurately
stick to their values through thick and reporting past
thin, and even will sacrifice themselves facts.
rather than break their principles. Many May Wisdom Making practical
great leaders were principled (Martin Luther applications of
King, Gandhi, etc.). truth in daily
decisions.
So what?
June Enthusiasm Expressing joy
in each task as BIBLICAL POINT VIEW OF VALUES
I give it my DEVELOPMENT
best effrort.
July Gratefulness Letting other Php_4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things
know by my are true, whatsoever things are honest,
words and whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things
actions how are pure, whatsoever things are lovely,
they have whatsoever things are of good report; if there
benefited my be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think
life. on these things.
August Initiative Recognizing
and doing what THINK ON THESE THINGS:
needs to be Sunday Whatsoever things are true,
done before I Monday Whatsoever things are honest,
asked to do it. Tuesday Whatsoever things are just,
September Justice Taking personal Wednesday Whatsoever things are pure,
responsibility to Thursday Whatsoever things are lovely,
uphold what is Friday Whatsoever things are of
pure, right and good report;
true. Sunday If there be any virtue, and if
October Loyalty Using difficult there be any praise.
times to
demonstrate
my 2Pe 1:5 And beside this, giving all diligence,
commitment to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue
those I serve. knowledge;
November Obedience Quickly and 6 And to knowledge temperance; and to
cheerfully temperance patience; and to patience
carrying out the godliness;
wise direction 7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to
of those who brotherly kindness charity.
are responsible 8 For if these things be in you, and abound,
for me. they make you that ye shall neither be barren
December Orderliness Arranging nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord
myself and my Jesus Christ.
surroundings to 9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and
achieve greater cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he
efficiency. was purged from his old sins.
10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give
diligence to make your calling and election
UCU CORE VALUES sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never
fall:
1. Integrity
2. Competence ADD THESE THINGS IN YOU WITH
3. Teamwork DILIGENCE:
4. Transcendence Sunday Faith
Monday Virtue
Tuesday Knowledge
Wednesday Temperance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_(ethics)
Thursday Patience http://changingminds.org/explanations/values/
Friday Godliness values_development.htm
Saturday Brotherly kindness and
Charity
Prepared by:
BECAUSE IF THESE THINGS BE IN YOU
AND ABOUND:
1. You are not barren
2. You arel not unfruitful
3. You are not blind
4. You can see afar off
5. You have not forgotten that you are
purged from your sins.
6. You shall never fail.
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