Being A Hero and a Disciple in Your Jerusalem. For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required. Luke 12:48

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1 Living in H. D. Being A Hero and a Disciple in Your Jerusalem For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required. Luke 12:48 Bill Marianes Copyright July 2016

2 Your 2 Questions For what or whom are you willing to die? For what or whom are you willing to go to jail?

3 Why is it critical to be a Hero and Disciple?

4 That the end of our lives may be Christian, without pain, blameless and peaceful, and for a GOOD ACCOUNT BEFORE THE AWESOME JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST

5 Part 1 What Does It Mean To Be A Hero?

6 The 3 Attributes of Heroes and Disciples 1. Courage 2. Compassion 3. Love

7 The 3 Attributes of Heroes and Disciples 1. Courage 2. Compassion 3. Love

8 Be Courageous Watch, stand fast in the faith, be courageous; be strong. Let all you do be done with love. 1 Corinthians 16:13-14

9 Courageous Heroes

11 2 Of My Heroes

12 2 Of My Heroes

13 2 Of My Heroes

14 A True Un-Sung Hero

15 The Picture of a Hero

Sometimes We Recognize Non-Heroes Gelo of Syracuse (488 B.C.) Lichas of Sparta (420 B.C.) Eupolemius of Elis and The Hellanodikai (396 B.C.) Dionysius of Syracuse (384 B.C.) Ephesus and Sotades of Crete (376 B.

17 Sometimes We Recognize Non-Heroes Gelo of Syracuse (488 B.C.) Lichas of Sparta (420 B.C.) Eupolemius of Elis and The Hellanodikai (396 B.C.) Dionysius of Syracuse (384 B.C.) Ephesus and Sotades of Crete (376 B.C.) Eupolus of Thessaly (338 B.C.) Callippus of Athens (332 B.C.) Eudelus and Philostratus of Rhodes (68 B.C.) Polyctor of Elis and Sosander of Smyrna (12 B.C.) Didas and Sarapammon of Arsinoite Nome (125 A.D.)

18 Zanes of Ancient Olympia A Series of bronze statues erected with the fines imposed on athletes who violated the rules of the Olympic Games Located at the front entrance to the Olympic stadium to dissuade other athletes from cheating The pedestals were inscribed with texts naming the offender and his offense in order to shame the athlete, his family and his city

19 Non-Heroes

20 The 3 Attributes of Heroes and Disciples 1. Courage 2. Compassion 3. Love

21 Be Compassionate And be kind and compassionate to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. Ephesians 4:32 Finally, all of you, be of one mind, having compassion for one another. 1 Peter 3:8

22 What Is Compassion? Compassion: a multidimensional process comprised of four key components: 1. an awareness of suffering (cognitive/empathic awareness) 2. sympathetic concern related to being emotionally moved by suffering (affective component) 3. a wish to see the relief of that suffering (intention) 4. a readiness to help relieve that suffering (motivational) Jazaieri, H., Jinpa, G. T., McGonigal, K., Rosenberg, E. L., Finkelstein, J. Simon-Thomas, E., Cullen, M., Doty, J. R., Gross, J. J., Goldin, P. R. (2012). Enhancing compassion: A randomized controlled trial of a compassion cultivation training program. J Happiness Stud. doi: /s z

23 What Is Compassion? Helping others in need

24 Be Compassionate

25 The 3 Attributes of Heroes and Disciples 1. Courage 2. Compassion 3. Love

26 Be Loving These things I command you, that you love one another. John 15:17 He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him. John 14:21

27 Matthew 22:35-40 Be Loving a lawyer asked Him a question Teacher which is the greatest commandment Jesus said to him You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

28 Be Loving

29 The 3 Attributes of Heroes and Disciples 1. Courage 2. Compassion 3. Love

30 Part 2 What Does It Mean To Be A Disciple?

31 What Did Jesus Christ Call His Followers?

32 Christ s Commandment A new commandment I give to you, That you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another. John 13:34-35

33 What Instructions Did Jesus Christ Give His Disciples?

Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations baptizing them in the name

34 The Great Commission Matthew 28:18-20 And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you "

35 Christ s Great Commission Instructions Acts 1:8 and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all of Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.

36 Your Great Commission Map

37 Samaria is only about 35 miles North of Jerusalem Lancaster, PA is only about 5,828 miles West of Jerusalem

38 A Provocative Thought About Your Personal Jerusalem What if YOUR Jerusalem is wherever YOU are? How are YOU doing at making Disciples in YOUR Jerusalem? Work Friends Family Community

39 A Provocative Thought About Your WORK Jerusalem Work Friends Family Community

40 Living Your Faith In A Secular Jerusalem (my time as Managing Partner)

41 Living Your Faith In A Secular Jerusalem (my time as Managing Partner) 1. Family and Friend Photos

42 Living Your Faith In A Secular Jerusalem (my time as Managing Partner) 2. Office Art

43 Living Your Faith In A Secular Jerusalem (my time as Managing Partner) 3. The question everyone asks you, but no one cares about your answer

44 Living Your Faith In A Secular Jerusalem (my time as Managing Partner) 4. You promote and represent the brands that you : - wear - consume or use - buy or contribute to

45 Living Your Faith In A Secular Jerusalem (my time as Managing Partner) 4. The Brands You Wear/Represent My official law firm photo 4. Archon of the Ecumenical Patriarch Defender of the Faith

46 Living Your Faith In A Secular Jerusalem (my time as Managing Partner) 5. Prayer Rope

47 Living Your Faith In A Secular Jerusalem Prayer Rope Novak Djokovic Serbian professional tennis player ranked No. 1 in the world in men's singles tennis.

48 What message are you broadcasting?

49 Part 3 How Can We Become Better Heroes and Disciples?

Changing The World Dr. Edward Lorenz Dartmouth Harvard M.I.T. Discovered Chaos Theory ~ Chaos Theory studies dynamic systems that are highly sensitive to initial conditions.

51 Changing The World Dr. Edward Lorenz Dartmouth Harvard M.I.T. Discovered Chaos Theory ~ Chaos Theory studies dynamic systems that are highly sensitive to initial conditions. ~ Small differences in initial conditions yield widely diverging outcomes, thus rendering long-term prediction impossible.

53 Your Two Essential Images 1. CROSS 2. Traffic Light

54 Your Two Essential Images 1. CROSS 2. Traffic Light

55 The Lord said He who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me Matthew 10:38

56 And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. Luke 14:27

57 Your Two Essential Images 1. The CROSS is our destination 2. The CROSS represents the burdens we bear

58 Your Two Essential Images 1. CROSS 2. Traffic Light

59 Your Two Essential Images 1. The traffic light as our destination regulator 2. The traffic light as our reminder to start, slow down, or stop something we re doing

60 GO SLOW WHOA

61 GO SLOW WHOA What should you start doing?

62 GO SLOW WHOA What should you slow down?

63 GO SLOW WHOA What should you stop doing?

64 Your Two Essential Images 1. CROSS 2. Traffic Light

65 Your Path To Success How Do You GO SLOW WHOA

66 Your Path To Success Winning With Keno

67 Kipchoge (KIP) Keino

68 Kipchoge (KIP) Keino "I came into this world with nothing. I will leave with nothing. While I am here, I should be mindful of those people who need help. Our main objective is love and then shelter."

69 Kipchoge (KIP) Keino

70 Your Path To WIN Write It Now

71 Your Path To WIN Write It Now Slow Whoa Go

72 How To Achieve Success We are what we repeatedly DO. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a HABIT ~ Aristotle

This entire presentation is available at the always free resource: www.stewardshipcalling.

74 This entire presentation is available at the always free resource: under the Spiritual - Leadership Retreats tab Bill Marianes: Bill@stewardshipcalling.com

75 Tune in every month with a 5th Sunday for a live internet call-in program Stewardship Calling Next Program July 31, :00 EDT AncientFaith.com G. P. S. Sunday (Part II) Using A God Positioning System to Discover what You are Called to do with Your Life

77 Part 4 Closing Thoughts and Review

78 Your 2 Questions For what or whom are you willing to die? For what or whom are you willing to go to jail?

79 Be A Hero and Disciple Courage Compassion Love

80 Two Essential Images 1. CROSS 2. Traffic Light

81 Your Daily Journey WIN Reminders Think about how you re doing on your journey as a hero and disciple every time you drive by a building with a cross on it. Think about how you re doing on your GO, SLOW, WHOA list every time you stop at a traffic light.

82 Don t measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability. Coach John Wooden Won 10 NCAA national basketball championships in 12 years (7 in a row)

84 The 2 most important days of your life are: First, the day you were born; Second, the day you figure out why. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain)

85 You must be the change you wish to see in the world. Mahatma Gandhi

86 It s Time To Get Busy Then he said to his disciples, The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field. Matthew 9:37-38

87 What was Albert Einstein s greatest contribution? E=mc 2 NOTHING HAPPENS UNTIL SOMETHING MOVES

88 NOTHING HAPPENS UNTIL SOMEBODY MOVES

89 Are you ready to become the Hero and Disciple you were called to be?

91 You have been called as one of the 70 Disciples Luke 10:1

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