Stepping Stones

1
Stepping Stones

• Welcome to the SEAPC Stepping Stones
• Seminar
• In our time together you will learn
• How to Abide in Christ.
• Success at home and at work.
• Staying Power.
• Makrothunetic Living.

2
Stepping Stones

• As you go forth from this place there are three
  institutions you must uphold to be successful.
  Dr. Roger Knapp
• 1. Your Church
• 2. Your Family
• 3. Your Country

3
Stepping Stones

• The First Stepping Stone
• Hupotasso A voluntary attitude of giving in,
  cooperating, assuming responsibility for, and
  carrying a burden.
• 1 Cor 1615-16
• I urge you, brothers, 16 to submit to such as
  these and to everyone who joins in the work, and
  labors at it.

4
Stepping Stones Hupotasso

• Personal strength requires submission in
• Faith, Family, Country
• Prosperity is the result of selecting the right
• Higher Power
• Book
• To be productive you must have a spiritual base
  for your life.

5
Stepping Stones Hupotasso

• Hupotasso A voluntary attitude of giving in,
  cooperating, assuming responsibility for, and
  carrying a burden.
• Eph 521-24
• 21 Submit to one another out of reverence for
  Christ.
• 22 Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.
  23 For the husband is the head of the wife as
  Christ is the head of the church, his body, of
  which he is the Savior. 24 Now as the church
  submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to
  their husbands in everything.

6
Stepping Stones Hupotasso

• Submit to one another out of reverence for
  Christ.
• Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.
• The husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is
  the head of the church His body, of which He is
  the Savior.
• The synergistic product of a couple losing
  themselves in each othr is a new entity that is
  greater than the sum of its parts.
• You can build a positive relationship by
  maintaining a good attitude toward each other.

7
Stepping Stones Hupotasso

• Comparison is the basis of condemnation
• Eph 525-28
• 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ
  loved the church and gave himself up for her 26
  to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing
  with water through the word, 27 and to present
  her to himself as a radiant church, without stain
  or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and
  blameless.

8
Stepping Stones Hupotasso

• In our world Perception is mistaken for
  Reality.
• Whatever you think about before you go to sleep
  will work in your mind all night. Do not let the
  sun set on your anger.
• Is your wife the reflection of your spiritual
  condition?
• The successful couple sees the value of mutual
  respect.

9
Stepping Stones Values

• Matt 2237-40
• "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and
  with all your soul and with all your mind.' 38
  This is the first and greatest commandment. 39
  And the second is like it 'Love your neighbor as
  yourself.' 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang
  on these two commandments."
• How do we see our neighbors?

10
Stepping Stones Values

• Can a republic based upon the ideology that all
  men are created equal long endure?
• Citizenship is the lifestyle of voluntarily
  giving in to, cooperating with, assuming
  responsibility for, and carrying the burdens of a
  community.
• Inform yourself.
• Serve others
• Participate in the process.

11
Stepping Stones Abiding

• John 135-39
• 35 The next day John was there again with two of
  his disciples. 36 When he saw Jesus passing by,
  he said, "Look, the Lamb of God!"
• 37 When the two disciples heard him say this,
  they followed Jesus. 38 Turning around, Jesus saw
  them following and asked, "What do you want?"
• They said, "Rabbi" (which means Teacher), "where
  are you staying?"
• 39 "Come," he replied, "and you will see."

12
Stepping Stones Abiding

• All great men have a spiritual base for their
  lives.
• A believer is one who separates unto the word
  spoken to him, and obeys its mandate
• The word, worship, work, and giving disciplines
  are essential to abiding.
• To stand on this Stepping Stone we must realize
  that our life is not our own.
• Empowerment can be realized only in the context
  of purpose.

13
Stepping Stones Staying Power

• Heb 121-3
• 21 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a
  great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off
  everything that hinders and the sin that so
  easily entangles, and let us run with
  perseverance the race marked out for us. 2 Let us
  fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter
  of our faith, who for the joy set before him
  endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat
  down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3
  Consider him who endured such opposition from
  sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and
  lose heart.

14
Stepping Stones Staying Power

• Staying Power Endurance Hupomeno
• To voluntarily remain in a situation.
• Jesus endured the cross looking forward to the
  joy that was set before Him.
• Wang Ming Dao endured hardness looking to the
  promise of God.
• In difficult times we must look beyond ourselves.
• Selfishness erodes staying power.

15
Stepping Stones Makrothumeo

• Heb 610-12
• 10 God is not unjust he will not forget your
  work and the love you have shown him as you have
  helped his people and continue to help them. 11
  We want each of you to show this same diligence
  to the very end, in order to make your hope sure.
  12 We do not want you to become lazy, but to
  imitate those who through faith and patience
  inherit what has been promised.

16
Stepping Stones Makrothumeo

• Every Promise has the condition of forgiveness.
• Father, in the name of Jesus I forgive every
  person living or dead who ever hurt me, used me,
  or abused me in any way. In Jesus name I ask you
  to forgive them. I release them to you. I ask you
  to bless them, that they might know Jesus and
  live in righteousness.

17
Stepping Stones Makrothumeo

• Little League Lessons
• 1. Remain a team.
• 2. Remain poised.
• 3. Keep communication clear.
• 4. Forgiveness is the key.
• Forgiveness is a decision we make many times a
  day.

18
Stepping Stones Echoes

• Meteko to partake of or share in a common
  experience.
• We meet and there is an echo.
• Meteko is the stuff of successful partnerships.
• Meteko means we give ourselves to the person,
  idea, practice, or suggestion.
• Connectedness should give inner peace.
• A core value is the last to give way under
  pressure.

19
Stepping Stones Fellowship

• 1 John 11-4
• 11 That which was from the beginning, which we
  have heard, which we have seen with our eyes,
  which we have looked at and our hands have
  touched-this we proclaim concerning the Word of
  life. 2 The life appeared we have seen it and
  testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal
  life, which was with the Father and has appeared
  to us. 3 We proclaim to you what we have seen and
  heard, so that you also may have fellowship with
  us. And our fellowship is with the Father and
  with his Son, Jesus Christ.

20
Stepping Stones Fellowship

• Truth is the core element of fellowship.
• Honesty delivers us from those fine-line
  decisions that would forever separate us from
  fellowship.
• To be a productive member of society, you must
  value the other people in it.
• Fellowship requires a common meal.
• Honesty releases value.

21
Stepping Stones Fulfillment

• Matt 56
• 6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for
  righteousness, for they will be filled.
• Fulfilled, perfected, and matured, these were
  the three big words that his ears ached for each
  Sunday. How will my children be fulfilled,
  perfected, and matured? Stepping Stones pg 121

22
Stepping Stones Fulfilled

• One day I woke up and realized I was a coach.
• Coaches stand on the stepping stone of
  fulfillment as the raging rapids swirl all around
  them.
• Fulfilled, perfected, and matured these are the
  three key words.
• Love, follow, live, hold onto spiritual values,
  and apply them these are the five lessons that
  last

23
Stepping Stones Multiplication

• Heb 613-14
• 13 For when God made promise to Abraham, because
  he could swear by no greater, he sware by
  himself,
• 14 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and
  multiplying I will multiply thee.

24
Stepping Stones Multiplication

• Sure Steps
• Believe in who you are.
• Know the power of small.
• Live heart-to-heart.
• Never quit.
• Have well defined values and do not be afraid to
  share them with others.

25
Stepping Stones Motion

• Matt 417-20
• 17 From that time on Jesus began to preach,
  "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near."
• 18 As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of
  Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter
  and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net
  into the lake, for they were fishermen. 19 "Come,
  follow me," Jesus said, "and I will make you
  fishers of men." 20 At once they left their nets
  and followed him.

26
Stepping Stones Motion

• Sure Steps
• From sterile stagnation, the people became fluid
  followers.
• Relationship must replace position thinking.
• Purpose replaces power.
• Quality of life replaces standard of living.
• What you leave behind is more important than
  what you receive.
• Temporal value is replaced by eternal value.

27
Stepping Stones Empowerment

• Matt 101
• 101 He called his twelve disciples to him and
  gave them authority to drive out evil spirits and
  to heal every disease and sickness.
• Acts 17-8
• "It is not for you to know the times or dates
  the Father has set by his own authority. 8 But
  you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes
  on you and you will be my witnesses in
  Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to
  the ends of the earth."

28
Stepping Stones Empowerment

• Sure Steps
• Secure both feet.
• Face the danger.
• Focus
• Empowerment is for purpose.
• Stand for a moment on the stone of
  empowerment.
• Feel the surge. Take the leap.

29
Stepping Stones Thank You

• In this seminar we have learned
• Hupotasso What do you think?
• Values Where do you live?
• Staying Power Makrothumetics
• Echoes Fellowship
• Fulfillment Multiplication
• Motion Empowerment

30
Other SEAPC Seminars

• Prayer Walking Seminar
• Follows the book Attack Lambs. Has mobilized
  thousands around the world to go out and pray for
  their cities and nations.
• BRIDGES Seminar
• Follows the book BRIDGES and teaches us how to
  manage change in our lives.
• Strategic Teams
• Teaches the principles of team building and
  empowerment for purpose

31
SEAPC

• The South East Asia Prayer Center is a nonprofit
  Christian ministry based in Oakmont, PA USA.
  SEAPC serves all nations touching the MeKong
  River. It also serves the body of Christ in
  Africa, India, Central and East Asia, Europe, and
  Latin America. You can visit the web site at
  SEAPCBOOKS.Com or phone [phone] or
  65-9-8516931.

32
Touching Hearts

• SEAPC is involved in the Survey and Treatment of
  Congenital Heart Disease in the Tibet Autonomous
  Region of Tibet. 4 of living children have some
  form of heart disease. You can become involved in
  this project as part of a short term team, prayer
  team, giving team, or advocacy team. Please
  contact todays facilitator for details.