Know

I have been quite delinquent about keeping you all up to date on the Redemption Group process. We already completed our training on Tripp's four aspects of personal ministry: Love, Know, Speak, Do. And earlier this week we headed out to Seattle for a CinC conference on those same four things. So, here are some great concepts from the Know portion:

pg 185 Biblical personal ministry is more about perspective, identity, and calling than about fixing what is broken

186 Biblical personal ministry thrives when good exegesis of scripture leads to an accurate exegesis of a person's life. 

Knowing someone

1. We must not assume

2. We must confirm our conclusions

3. We must ask good questions...open-ended, survey and focused, progressive - always seek to find out what you don't know

How to organize information

1. Situation - what's going on?

2. Responses - what the person says/does

3. Thoughts - interpretation of their world

4. Motives - What is desired

A comment was made at the CinC this weekend that "the further you get in this process, the more humility you need." When you're getting down to the motive level, you must make sure you are not responding in a prideful way that you know what the person thinks or needs...I guess I would also say that you can cause the most hurt/damage as you are addressing motives.

"Responses arrive from thoughts and motives of the heart amidst the situation." Mike Wilkerson from CinC summed it up that way. 

Know is basically about gleaning good information...seeking to find the root behind the action. 

Pulled these pics from our trip to Mount Saint Helens 2 years ago