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Broken
Believers:
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Proud People:
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| Overwhelmed with sense of their own spiritual need |
Focus on the failures of others |
| Compassionate; forgiving; look for best in others |
Self-righteous; have a critical, fault-finding spirit;
look at own life/faults through a telescope but others with a microscope |
| Esteem all others better than self |
Look down on others |
| Dependent spirit/recognize need for others |
Independent/self-sufficient spirit |
| Surrender control |
Maintain control; must be my way |
| Willing to yield the right to be right! |
Have to prove that they are right |
| Yield rights |
Claim rights |
| Giving spirit |
Demanding spirit |
| Self-denying |
Self-protective of time, rights, reputation |
| Motivated to serve others |
Desire to be served |
| Desire to be faithful to make others a success |
Desire to be a success |
| Desire to promote others |
Desire for self-advancement |
Sense of unworthiness; thrilled to be used at all;
eager for others to get credit |
Driven to be recognized/appreciated |
| Rejoice when others are lifted up |
Wounded when others are promoted and they are overlooked |
| �I don�t deserve to serve in this ministry!� |
�The ministry is privileged to have me!� |
| Know that they have nothing to offer God |
Think of what they can do for God |
| Humbled by how much they have to learn |
Feel confident in how much they know |
| Not concerned with self at all |
Self-conscious |
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Risk getting close to others/willing to take the risks of
loving intimately |
Keep people at arms� length |
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Accept personal responsibility�can see where they were wrong |
Quick to blame others |
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�Easy to be entreated� |
Unapproachable |
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Receive criticism with a humble, open heart |
Defensive when criticized |
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Concerned with being real |
Concerned with being �respectable� |
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All that matters is what God knows |
Concerned about what others think |
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Die to own reputation |
Work to maintain image/protect reputation |
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Willing to be open/transparent with others |
Find it difficult to share their spiritual needs with others |
| Willing to
be exposed (Once broken, you don�t care who
knows�nothing to lose!) |
Want to be sure nobody finds out about their sin |
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Are quick to admit failure and to seek forgiveness |
Have a hard time saying, �I was wrong; will you please
forgive me?� |
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Deal in specifics |
When confessing sin, deal in generalities |
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Grieved over the cause/root of their sins |
Concerned about the consequences of their sins |
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Repentant over sin (forsake it) |
Remorseful over their sin�got caught/found out |
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Take the initiative to be reconciled; see if they can get to the
cross first! |
When there is a misunderstanding or conflict, wait for others to
come and ask forgiveness |
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Compare themselves to the holiness of God and feel desperate
need for mercy |
Compare themselves with others and feel deserving of honor |
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Walk in the light |
Blind to their true heart condition |
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Continual heart attitude of repentance |
Don�t think they have anything to repent of |
Continually sense their need for a fresh encounter with the filling
of His Spirit! |
Don�t think they need revival (Think everybody else does!) |