Process of Potential pt 3 Cultivating Potential Mark

Process of Potential pt 3 Cultivating Potential Mark 4: 15 -20

Cultivating Potential Defined: • Potential is the seed that houses the capability to discover & ability to maximize the real you! - Maximize: The ability to make the greatest use of your life

Cultivating Potential Equip (Katartismos)- a preparation or training that fully qualifies • Katartizo – to mend; repair Edify (Oikodomey)- to increase the potential of someone or something with focus on the process involved

Cultivating Potential God uses various means to - activate Potential God uses Leaders to - develop Potential God uses YOU to cultivate Potential

Cultivating Potential Define Cultivate To till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil To raise or produce by process of tilling To bestow attention, care, and labor upon something or someone, with a vision toward valuable returns

Cultivating Potential The Process of Cultivation (Land) Survey Soil Condition Consider the Season Remove Obstructive Elements Prepare the Soil for Inception Sow Seed

Cultivating Potential When cultivating land for the purpose of a harvest (value) 2 key elements required: Seeds Soil (Potential) (Disposition/Character/Nature)

Cultivating Potential • Jeremiah 1: 5 “Before I formed you in the womb __I knew you; Before you were born I __sanctified __you; I _ordained you a prophet to the nations. ” • Isaiah 49: 5 And now the Lord says, Who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, To bring Jacob back to Him, So that Israel is _gathered to Him • Galatians 1: 15 …it pleased God, __who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace, _16_ _to reveal His Son in me, that __I might preach Him among the Gentiles…

Cultivating Potential • The Disposition of the Soil effects the growth of the seed (Potential) • Incorrect Environment • Inaccurate Season • Invasive Elements

Cultivating Potential Define Spiritual Disposition • Spiritual Disposition is the spiritual outlook of the hearer as shown by certain behavior and/or response in relation to God’s spoken word

Cultivating Potential The 4 soils – Spiritual Dispositions Downtrodden/Negative • When one cannot accept the good things that God has already spoken over them

Cultivating Potential The 4 soils – Spiritual Dispositions Stony/Shallow • People that will never achieve full potential because too caught up in personal issues and/or constant drama. These things prevents a person from focusing on their true potential

Cultivating Potential The 4 soils – Spiritual Dispositions Thorny/Distracted • People who misdirect their pursuit of potential for counterfeit success (wealth) and superficial concerns/agendas

Cultivating Potential The 4 soils – Spiritual Dispositions Fertile/Cultivated • People that have yielded to the Holy Spirit as he brings to mind every obstacle, hindrance and issue that may interfere with their potential destiny.

Cultivating Potential The Privilege of Grace – The Responsibility of Cultivation Grace – is a privilege for God’s children It is provided for those who struggle in their walk • …. being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun __a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ (Php 1: 6).

Cultivating Potential The Privilege of Grace – The Responsibility of Cultivation – is a responsibility for God’s children It is required of those that know better • Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you? —unless indeed you are disqualified… (2 Co 13: 5).

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