The document summarizes a Bible passage where Jesus encounters Zacchaeus, a wealthy tax collector who climbs a tree to see Jesus over the crowd due to his short stature. When Jesus sees Zacchaeus, he tells him he will stay at his house. In response, Zacchaeus promises to give half his possessions to the poor and repay anyone he has cheated four times the amount. The document then discusses living inside and outside the box, defining the latter as refusing social norms and stereotypes. It identifies five qualities of living outside the box: desire, desperation, dissolving descriptions, determination, and decision taking.
The document summarizes a Bible passage where Jesus encounters Zacchaeus, a wealthy tax collector who climbs a tree to see Jesus over the crowd due to his short stature. When Jesus sees Zacchaeus, he tells him he will stay at his house. In response, Zacchaeus promises to give half his possessions to the poor and repay anyone he has cheated four times the amount. The document then discusses living inside and outside the box, defining the latter as refusing social norms and stereotypes. It identifies five qualities of living outside the box: desire, desperation, dissolving descriptions, determination, and decision taking.
The document summarizes a Bible passage where Jesus encounters Zacchaeus, a wealthy tax collector who climbs a tree to see Jesus over the crowd due to his short stature. When Jesus sees Zacchaeus, he tells him he will stay at his house. In response, Zacchaeus promises to give half his possessions to the poor and repay anyone he has cheated four times the amount. The document then discusses living inside and outside the box, defining the latter as refusing social norms and stereotypes. It identifies five qualities of living outside the box: desire, desperation, dissolving descriptions, determination, and decision taking.
name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. 3 He wanted to see who Jesus was, but being a short man he could not, because of the crowd. Hope Restoration Ministries • 4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way. 5 When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.” Hope Restoration Ministries • 6 So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly. 7 All the people saw this and began to mutter, “He has gone to be the guest of a `sinner’.”
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• 8 But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.” Hope Restoration Ministries • 9 Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham.
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• Have you ever stopped to think about how much of your life is just a matter of following predetermined rules, which you have learned from your upbringing, your culture and your surroundings? Hope Restoration Ministries • Have you ever desired to step outside of that "box" and become a free individual?
• What’s holding you back?
Hope Restoration Ministries Living outside the Box defined:
• Refusing to accept the status
quo. • It’s about constantly breaking through barriers. • Redefining social and cultural stereotypes • Stepping beyond the impossible borders. Hope Restoration Ministries Your title here • Add text here
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Living Inside the box • Bondage • Addiction • Shortsighted • Judgmental • Fear of failure • Always negative • Self- centered • People pleaser • Unforgiveness Hope Restoration Ministries 5 qualities of Living Outside the Box
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1. Desire • Desire means taking a serious look at oneself present situation…have strong longing for something new. • “Zacchaeus wanted to see who Jesus was…” Luke 19:3
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2. Desperation • Desperation is willingness and hunger that propel one to do whatever it takes to have a better life… • “…So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him” • Luke 19:4 • Desperation leads to Transformation.
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3. Dissolve Description • Dissolve Description means to counterattack and break down what you are known to be… • “Zacchaeus…being a short man (tax collector, rich man,) he could not see Jesus… So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him” Luke 19:3-4
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4. Determination • Determination is to push past your limitation…move forward despite the obstacles and never give up easily. • Luke 19:3 He wanted to see who Jesus was, but being a short man he could not, because of the crowd…
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5. Decision Taking • Decision Taking means getting out of your comfort zone and reaching out to a new world. • “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor…” Luke 19:8
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'Some people would rather die than change'. Bertrand Russell