REINFORCEMENTS FOR LIFE

Reinforcements for Life 4 groups of people I need in my life I. I need models that inspire me. I have given you an example to follow. Do as I have done to you. John 13:15 (NLT) “Join together in following my example, brothers and sisters, and just as you have us as a model, keep your eyes on those who live as we do.” Philippians 3:17 (NIV) • Nick Vujicic IMAGES II I need mentors that advise me Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise. Proverbs 19:20 (NIV) “Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.” Proverbs 15:22 HOW TO BENEFIT FROM A MENTOR 1. Ask the right Questions “Though good advice lies deep within the heart, a person with understanding will draw it out.” Pr. 20:5 (NLT) 2. Be open to feedback “Better to be criticized by a wise person than to be praised by a fool.” Ecclesiastes 7:5 III I need partners that assist me. Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up. Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 ...so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. Romans 12:5 IV I need friends that support me. 1. Emotional support A friend loves at all times... Proverbs 17:17a 2. Intellectual support Walk with the wise and become wise…” Pr. 13:20 3. Spiritual support Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. Hebrews10:24 What harmony is there between Christ and the devil? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? 2 Corinthians 6:15 (NIV) Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.” 1 Corinthians 15:33 N If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. John 15:5b (NIV)