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CHANGE
Francis Madojemu
&
do something,
now is about trying to be
someone.
CHANGE OR DIE.
What if you were given that choice? Were talking actual life and death now. Your own life and death.
CHANGE OR DIE.
What if a wellinformed, trusted authority figure said you had to make difficult and enduring changes in the way you think, feel, and act?
CHANGE OR DIE.
If you didn't, your time would end soona lot sooner than it had to.
CHANGE OR DIE.
This is the question Alan Deutschman poses in Change
or Die, which
began as a sensational cover story by the same title for Fast Company
CHANGE OR DIE.
Deutschman concludes that although we all have the ability to change our behavior, we
CHANGE OR DIE.
In fact,
we wont.
Alan Deutschman
"From patients suffering from heart disease to repeat offenders in the criminal justice system to companies trapped in the mold of unsuccessful business practices, many
Alan Deutschman
A powerful book with universal appeal, Change or Die deconstructs and debunks age-old myths about change and empowers
Alan Deutschman
Facts
We like to think that the facts can convince people to change. We like to think that people are essentially rational
that is, theyll act in their self-interest if they have accurate information.
Facts
We believe that knowledge is power and that the truth will set you free.
( it's not the truth that sets you free it's the the truth you know and act on or do, that makes you free. Look at Scripture)
John 8:31-32 (KJV) Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed
in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; 32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
on him, If ye continue
Fear
Fear
We like to think that change is motivated
by fear and that the strongest force for change is crisis, which creates the greatest fear
Force
Finally, we often believe that people cant change or that they resist change
We think that this is simply human nature.
Force
Our most distinguished experts think that its naive and hopeless to expect the vast majority of people to change.
Force
Alan Deutschman
training.
Relate
(i.e. "Your form a new, emotional relationship with a person or community that inspires and sustains hope"),
We are not changing today because we have lost Hope in God and in ourselves. Our greatest need now is
Hebrews 12:2 (KJV) Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher
for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down
at the right hand of the throne of God.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
What did you do with the life I gave you? There are adulterers who fullled purpose like David and non adulterers who did not like Saul
Genesis 15:2-3 (KJV) And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing
I go
3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed:and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
Genesis 15:4-5 (KJV) And, behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
Genesis 15:4-5 (KJV) 5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look
now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them:and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
vision, the
Openly Stealing Since there no hope to get money legitimately If all all you see is hopelessness then you give up.
If we don't reconnect with our purpose and hope. We would simply return to being mere men!
Hebrews 6:19-20 KJV (19) Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which entereth into that within the veil; (20) Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
Hope Lost
Luke 24:19-21 KJV (19) And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people:
Hope Lost
Luke 24:19-21 KJV (20) And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have
But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is
crucified him. (21) the third day since these things were done.
John 21:1-2 (AMP) AFTER THIS, Jesus let Himself be seen and revealed [Himself] again to the disciples, at the Sea of Tiberias. And He did it in this way: 2 There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas, called the Twin, and Nathanael from Cana of Galilee, also the sons of Zebedee, and two others of His disciples.
John 21:3 (AMP) Simon Peter said to them, I am going fishing! They said to him, And we are coming with you! So they went out and got into the boat, and throughout that night they caught nothing.
John 21:17 (AMP) He said to him the third time, Simon, son of John, do you love Me [with a deep, instinctive, personal affection for Me, as for a close friend]? Peter was grieved (was saddened and hurt) that He should ask him the third time, Do you love Me?
John 21:17 (AMP) And he said to Him, Lord, You know everything; You know that I love You [that I have a deep, instinctive, personal affection for You, as for a close friend]. Jesus said to him, Feed My sheep.
Repeat
(i.e. "The new relationship helps you learn, practice, and master the new habits and skills that you need"),
That's why you join a church Attend weekly services Join in Prayer Meetings Everything your learn would be challenged after here
exhorting one
Reframe
(i.e. "The new relationship helps you learn new ways of thinking about your situation and your life").
These are the three keys to change: relate, repeat, and reframe.
Problems cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them.
Albert Einstein
Romans 12:1-2 (KJV) 1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Romans 12:1-2 (KJV) 2 And be not conformed to this world:but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Romans 12:2 (NLT) Dont copy the behavior and customs of this
let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know Gods will for
you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.
world, but
Pray
It's to help you overcome the barriers Without hope I won't change It drives me to change
Jeremiah 29:11
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans
1 Thessalonians 5:8-11
be self-controlled, putting
1 Thessalonians 5:8-11
For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. He died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him. Therefore
encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.
Romans 15:4
that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.