• What has Jesus done for you?
• Tell your story using the story format from month 7.
• What is the healing prayer model (pre-step and 7 steps)?
• What are the priorities of God?
• What is Sulha and how can we live it out?
• What is the Revival Process – the process itself, the steps, the investment of a people?

Instructions

To individuals working through this course: Use this to test yourself and ready yourself for the formal reporting for your degree. This is also for those who are teaching the course to others.

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1. A big part of this course was giving over to God your self-effort and coming to trust His work in your life:

A. What was the self-effort that you gave to God?
B. How did your trust in God grow?
C. Has this new trust changed your life in any way?
D. If so, what has been the change?

2. In the very first part of the course you learned about the roots (Chapter Five: in Application) that may be feeding the bad fruit of your life and your community:

A. What did God reveal to you through this diagram?
B. What has been your personal response to the teaching of roots and fruit?
C. How is this still impacting you today?

3. An integral part of this course has been using the Healing Prayer Process (Chapter Six: Freedom) to break off strongholds in our lives:

A. What is the pre-step, or step ‘0’?
B. List steps 1 through 7.
C. Give a short summary of each step.
D. Give an example of how to pray each step.
E. Write out an example prayer using all the steps 0-7.
F. Label the parts of the prayer.

4. We used this prayer process to work through and find freedom from a number of things:

A. Mark ‘yes’ if you were able to sincerely pray the following prayers (if not mark ‘no’):

  • A heart of stone
  • Idolatry of good
  • Generational hatred of women
  • Idolatry of power
  • … list others, in order

B. Is there one of these prayers that stands out to you as highly significant to your life at this time?
C. What was its impact in your life?

5. Repentance has also been a big part of what we have studied:

A. How did you first find the idea of repentance? Was it hard or easy to accept?
B. As the course went on, did repentance become easier or harder for you?
C. How has repentance changed you?
D. In your own words, explain how we enter into repentance for the healing of our nations.

6. We have spent some time looking a ttrust (Chapter 22: Servants, in Application) as people, as leaders and in our homes:

A. What did you learn about trust?
B. What changes did you make as a result of what you learned?
C. What has been the result of those changes?
D. How do you intend to go forward through life as a trustworthy person?
E. Even now, commit this plan to God and invite him to help you live it.

7. We have all lived a journey (Chapter 14: Our Journey, in Application) unique to each of us.We took some time to note our individual life markers:

A. What have been your life markers?
B. How was this process of determining your life markers? Was it easy or difficult or a bit of both?
C. What has been the impact of doing the work of noting your life markers?
D. Have you been able to share your testimony or story with others?
E. If so, what was the impact of your story shared to others?
F. Is the Holy Spirit prompting you to share your story with anyone else?

8. Early in the course we learned about the importance of taking a sabbath (Chapter 18: Sabbath, in Application) rest:

A. Have you been able to create a day of rest for yourself and your family?
B. What has been the impact of this in your life?
C. Is there a key habit or focus that helps you to continue keeping a regular day of rest? What is it?

9. We have also seen the importance of forgiveness (Chapter 20: Forgiveness):

A. Who have you been able to forgive? How has this changed your life?
B. Were you able to forgive yourself? How has this changed your life?
C. Was there anything you needed to forgive God for? How has this changed your life?

10. We spent a bit of time considering our thoughts, beliefs, and practices of tithing:

A. How did you experience this conversation regarding tithing (Chapter 39: Money)?
B. Has it been helpful?
C. What did the Lord reveal to you about tithing?
D. Did you have any changes to make in terms of tithing?
E. What has been the impact of your life in this respect?

11. Through-out this course we came to see that life will still be difficult (Chapter 10: Difficulty), and that lament (Chapter 29: Lament) and grieving is healthy and okay:

A. What impact has this teaching had on your life?
B. List the five stages of grief?
C. Have you allowed yourself to sorrow over things that have gone wrong for you or for others?
D. What was the experience of this?
E. Did God meet you in your sorrow?
F. If so, how did this impact you?
G. How might you teach others about sorrow, grieving, and lament?

12. We briefly looked at following through on the good thoughts (action ideas) (Chapter 21: Compassion, in Application) we have for others:

A. Have you been able to practice doing good things for others?
B. What kinds of things have you done?
C. What has been the impact for others and for yourself?

13. Worship (Chapter 7: Worship; Chapter 28: Love, in Application) has been a consistent theme through our year of study:

A. How would you define worship?
B. What kinds of things or activities can be worship?
C. What changed for you as you studied worship?

14. Think of the diagram of the wide versus the narrow road (Chapter 34 Wide & Narrow Road):

A. What stood out to you as you studied this diagram?
B. Did the Lord show you anything specifically?
C. Has this diagram changed your understanding in any way?
D. What has been the impact of this changed understanding?
E. How would you explain the wide and narrow roads to another person?

15. As we grow and mature in this life it helps to make peace (Chapter 49: Spiritual Authority Resume, in Application; Chapter 37: Grown Up, in Application) with our past. It also helps to put down judgements about life, self, others, and God:

A. Were you able to use the healing prayer process to find healing of any childhood wounds?
B. Did you use the healing prayer process to confess and heal from any judgements you may have made against life?
C. And did you use the healing prayer process to confess and find new strength of holiness?
D. What has been the impact of these prayer times in your life?

16. We learned about being safe and unsafe people (Chapter 43: God is For People, in Application):

A. List 5 characteristics of unsafe people.
B. List 5 characteristics of safe people.
C. Has learning this changed your life and relationships in any way?

17. We studied Lex Rex (Chapter 41: Lex Rex):

A. Summarize this lesson.
B. How might you explain this lesson to others?
C. What difference has this lesson made to you?

18. We also studied mutual submission (Chapter 45: Mutual Submission) and the idea that mutual submission is about receiving from each other with open hearts:

A. What did you think of this teaching?
B. Has this teaching changed your perspective or life in any way?
C. If you are a woman, how did this teaching help you?
D. If you are a man, how did this teaching help you?
E. If mutual submission does mean to receive from each other for mutual blessing and encouragement, how might this change our churches and the way we minister?

19. We studied about coming on the inside (Chapter 44: Coming on the Inside):

A. What is the Bible passage where Jesus teaches this model of ministry?
B. How have you applied coming on the inside to your life and ministry?
C. What are the advantages of coming on the inside?
D. List the 5 characteristics of coming on the inside.
E. Were you able to understand the difference of receiving instead of taking?
F. How has this been applied in your relationships?

20. We began to study Sulha:

A. What first thing did you learn about Sulha?
B. How did these first learnings impact your thinking or life?
C. Has the conversation about Sulha changed your understanding of God in any way?
D. And if so, how?
E. What do you know now that you did not know before?

21. We learned about being the second witness (Chapter 47:The Second Witness):

A. What has this new learning changed for you in your life?
B. How do you take more responsibility for the words that you use every day?
C. How would you teach someone else about being the second witness?
D. What is the importance of realizing we are the second witness?
E. A second witness is declare by five things, what are they?
F. In what way do you now agree with God where before you did not?

22. We took considerable time to look at the agreements (Chapter 48:The Agreements We Make) we have been making:

A. Did anything surprise you as you studied agreements?
B. Did the Holy Spirit convict you of any of your agreements?
C. What agreements changed?
D. How has this impacted your life?
E. What agreements are still in process of change?

23. Through prayer we put failure and shame at the cross:

A. Did you pray this prayer?
B. What has been its impact in your life?
C. What has changed for you after giving to God your failure and shame?

24. We looked at 5 character qualities (Chapter 49: Spiritual Authority Resume) required to move into an increased work of the Lord:

A. What are they?
B. Which one has impacted you the most and why?
C. For which one are you currently asking for the Lord’s help?
D. Which one would you like to improve a year from now?

25. We studied the exceptional life and service of Daniel (Chapter 50: In Service to The King):

A. What did you learn most?
B. What impacted you?
C. How has the study of Daniel changed you?
D. How has your service to God changed since this study of Daniel?
E. What impressed you most about Daniel?

26. Out of the study of Daniel we looked at the integrity of our words (Chapter 50: In Service to The King, in Application) :

A. What did you come to realize about your own integrity with words?
B. Have you been able to change the habits in your words?
C. How might you like more improvement in the integrity of your words?

27. We also studied three keys to revival (Chapter 51:Three Keys to Revival):

A. What are those three keys?
B. How would you define ‘a hunger for God’?
C. How would you define ‘repentance’?
D. How would you define ‘religious strongholds broken’?
E. How has this teaching changed you?
F. What has the Lord highlighted for you, from this teaching?

28. We continued to study Sulha (Chapter 52: Lives of Sulha):

A. How might you live a life of Sulha?
B. To whom might you live extravagant forgiveness?
C. To what extent are you wanting the healing of your enemies?

29. We looked at different kinds of authority (Chapter 53: Positional Authority, Chapter 55: Natural Authority, Chapter 56: Spiritual Authority):

A. What did you learn about positional authority?
B. What did you learn about natural authority?
C. Whatdidyoulearnaboutspiritualauthority?
D. How has this part of the study impacted you?
E. What has changed for you?

30. We studied redemption,‘being redeemed’(Chapter 54:Redeemed):

A. How did your learning about redemption increase?
B. How did this impact you?
C. Has your heart experienced any transformation?
D. How might you act out a spirit of redemption to others?

31. We worked through healing wounds from previous leaders in our lives (Chapter 53: Positional Authority, in Application):

A. What kind of healing did you find?
B. What has God does of you because of this healing?

32. Share your personal testimony (Chapter 55: Natural Authority, in Application):

A. Share it with your study group.
B. Share it with your family.
C. Write it out (if you can) and email it to cyndy@capturingcourage.org

33. What has been the impact of dedicating your whole (good, bad, ugly) life to God?

34. We also talked about the chasm between us and God (Chapter 57: The Chasm):

A. What did you learn about the chasm?
B. How did you experience God through this lesson?
C. What healed for you in your life?

35. You were encouraged to look at the injustices in your community (Chapter 57: The Chasm, in Application):

A. What did you learn during this process?
B. Were you surprised in any way by this exercise?
C. Did the Holy Spirit convict you in any way?
D. Is there any way that you might help to heal injustices in your community?

36. We studied healing leaders (Chapter 58: Healing Leaders):

A. Are you a healing leader, a leader who heals by their manner and heart for others?
B. How do you know?
C. How might you become even more of a healing leader?
D. Have you given yourself the gift of compassion?
E. Have you been compassionate to others?
F. What has been the change?

37. Tell me about:

A. God’s heart for people.
B. God’s heart for creation.
C. God’s heart for you.

38. From the story of the prodigal son we learned about running toward the world (Chapter 60: We Run Toward the World):

A. What impacted you most about this story?
B. Share the story of the prodigal son to your fellow students?
C. Who does the father in the story represent?
D. How can you come in the same manner to those in your life and community?
E. Who does the oldest son represent?
F. The younger son had to receive grace and forgiveness, what do you think of this?
G. The older brother refused to enter the feast. How does this thought impact you?

39. As we looked at the revival process as ministry to our communities (Chapter 60: We Run Toward the World, in Application):

A. What impacted you most?
B. What did you learn?
C. How do you plan to go forward with this new understanding?

40. We learned about refusing paganism (Chapter 61: Refusing Paganism), about bringing in light and the enemy fleeing:

A. Do you need more light in your life?
B. How might you make room for more light?
C. Were you able to put down lust for power and sensationalism?
D. Has this changed anything in your life?
E. To remain focus don the light (Jesus) and not on the darkness (Satan) what change are you making in your life, thinking, and speaking?

41. Spiritual authority is all about birthing something new (Chapter 61: Refusing Paganism):

A. What new things has been birthed in your heart as you have taken this course?
B. What are you willing to labor under to see the light of Jesus increased in your community?
C. Is God calling you to birth something new?
D. What might that be?
E. Are you willing to wait on God for the right timing of this new thing?
F. Tell God about this in prayer.

42. We looked at a theology of suffering (Chapter 63: A Theology of Suffering):

A. What did you learn?
B. What encouraged you?
C. What discouraged you?
D. How have you become stronger because of this lesson?
E. What has changed for you since this lesson?

43. We studied spiritual warfare principles (Chapter 64: Spiritual Warfare Principles):

A. What did you learn about:

  • the timing of God
  • powerful language
  • hearing and obeying
  • light not darkness
  • covered in Christ
  • operating out of spirit and not soul
  • being in flesh versus spirit
  • birthing
  • peace justice
  • less talk and more action
  • anointing

B. What impacted you most?
C. How has this changed your life?
D. What are you still learning?
E. How are you applying what you learned?

44. We learned about becoming sons and daughters of God (Chapter 65: As Sons & Daughters):

A. How has this lesson impacted you – what did you learn?
B. What false beliefs have you had to put down at the cross?
C. Howareyouapplyingwhatyoulearned?
D. What has changed for you and in your relationship with God?

45. We took some time to look at poverty strongholds (Month Nine: Chapters 66-72):

A. What big thing did you learn?
B. What other things stood out to you?
C. How has this lesson changed your thinking?
D. Has it impacted your life? how?
E. What are you going to do to change the level of violence in your area?

46. What has changed in your thinking and life as you studied the three poverty strongholds (Chapter 66: Introduction):

A. Violence
B. Pain upon Pain
C. TheStoriesWeTell

47. We looked again at the healing prayer process:

A. Were you able to use the prayer to give to God any strongholds in your own life?
B. Speak out the inner healing prayer steps, 0 – 7
C. Explain each step.
D. Give an example of each step.

48. We provided some prayer for freedom:

A. Have you prayed these yourself and for your family?
B. What has been the impact?
C. What did God highlight to you in this process?

49. We learned about becoming disciples (Month Ten: Becoming Disciples, Chapters 73-81):

A. What stood out regarding:

  • a transformed heart
    changed thinking
    God’s worldview
    growth in leadership
    personal prayer
    spiritual authority

B. What has been the conviction of God in this lesson?
C. What has been the encouragement of the Lord in this lesson?
D. What 3 stories were your favourites?
E. Which 3 areas do you want to grow in most?

50. We practiced using the inner healing prayer process for Generational Strongholds, looking at the sin of Partiality (Chapter 82: The Context of Our Lives, in Application) as an example.

A. What did you learn in this?
B. Have you been able to use this prayer for any other generational strongholds?
C. How might you use this for the sins of your regions or country?

51. We looked at the difference between retribution and restoration (Chapter 87: Retribution or Restoration).

A. What was surprising about this lesson?
B. Who is the condemner, God or Satan?
C. How might we reflect a spirit of restoration in our families, communities, and nations?
D. What are the three priorities of restoration?
E. Can you think of any other important parts of a restorative way of being?

52. We looked a bit closer at the story of the prodigal son (Chapter 89: The Robe, the Ring, & the Sandals).

A. What does the Robe represent?
B. What does the Robe tell us about God?
C. What does the Ring represent?
D. What does the Ring tell us about God?
E. What do the Sandals represent?
F. What do the Sandals tell us about God?

53. Share your testimony to your peers, your fellow pastors. What has Jesus done for you?

Thank you for your participation in College of Capturing Courage.

May the Lord bless you and keep you and make his face to shine upon you and to give you his presence all the days of your life. May the joy of the Lord be your strength.

Congratulations on finishing this course! You have done well.

Cyndy Lavoie,

Author of College of Capturing Courage