THE SPIRIT OF AN ORPHAN |
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THE SPIRIT OF SONSHIP |
See God as Master |
IMAGE OF GOD |
See God as a loving Father |
Independent/Self-reliant |
DEPENDENCY |
Interdependent/Acknowledges Need |
Live by the Love of Law |
THEOLOGY |
Live by the Law of Love |
Insecure/Lack peace |
SECURITY |
Rest and Peace |
Strive for the praise, approval, and acceptance of man |
NEED FOR APPROVAL |
Totally accepted in God’s love and justified by grace |
A need for personal achievement as you seek to impress God and others, or no motivation to serve at all |
MOTIVE FOR SERVICE |
Service that is motivated by a deep gratitude for being unconditionally loved and accepted by God |
Duty and earning God’s favor or no motivation at all |
MOTIVE BEHIND CHRISTIAN DISCIPLINES |
Pleasure and delight |
“Must” be holy to have God’s favor, thus increasing a sense of shame and quilt |
MOTIVE FOR PURITY |
“Want to” be holy; do not want anything to hinder intimate relationship with God |
Self-rejection from comparing yourself to others |
SELF-IMAGE |
Positive and affirmed because you know you have such value to God |
See comfort in counterfeit affections: addictions, compulsions, escapism, busyness, hyper-religious activity |
SOURCE OF COMFORT |
Seek times of quietness and solitude to rest in the Father’s presence and love |
Competition, rivalry, and jealousy toward others’ success and position |
PEER RELATIONSHIPS |
Humility and unity as you value others and are able to rejoice in their blessings and success |
Accusation and exposure in order to make yourself look good by making others look bad |
HANDLING OTHERS’ FAULTS |
Love covers as you seek to restore others in a spirit of love and gentleness |
See authority as a source of pain; distrustful toward them and lack a heart attitude of submission |
VIEW OF AUTHORITY |
Respectful, honoring; you see them as ministers of God for good in your life |
Difficulty receiving admonition; you must be right so you easily get your feelings hurt and close your spirit to discipline |
VIEW OF ADMONITION |
See the receiving of admonition as a blessing and need in your life so that your faults and weaknesses are exposed and put to death |
Guarded and conditional; based upon others’ performance as you seek to get your own needs met |
EXPRESSION OF LOVE |
Open, patient, and affectionate as you lay your life and agendas down in order to meet the needs of others |
Conditional & Distant |
SENSE OF GOD’S PRESENCE |
Close & Intimate |
Bondage |
CONDITION |
Liberty |
Feel like a Servant/Slave |
POSITION |
Feel like a Son/Daughter |
Spiritual ambition; the earnest desire for some spiritual achievement and distinction and the willingness to strive for it; a desire to be seen and counted among the mature. |
VISION |
To daily experience the Father’s unconditional love and acceptance and then be sent as a representative of His love to family and others. |
Fight for what you can get! |
FUTURE |
Sonship releases your inheritance! |