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Pastoral Ministry Foundations Training (Course 301) - Lesson 3 Homework Assignment

1. Listen to the recording above.
2. Take notes.
3. Based on the topic of this lesson, raise your confusions or questions.
4. Submit your notes and questions to your pastoral zone leader.
5. Then proceed to the next lesson.

(06:07)

1. How do we minister according to people's desires? (Xuan Yun's question)

(11:45)

2. If the sister being ministered to does not quite understand "Mingding Doctrine" and often mentions that when she encounters problems, she asks God, and God's voice tells her what to do, is this normal? (Xuan Yun's question)

(14:22)

3. Teacher, some people are naturally timid, afraid of this and that, and even afraid of God. She also wants to seek God properly, follow the homework and prayer warfare, and wants to get out of this bondage of fear. But most of the time, her words reveal a wait-and-see attitude. What methods can be used to push such a person? (Ai Wei's question)

(17:31)

4. When starting pastoral ministry, we will face many problems encountered by the people we minister to. How do we give specific guidance and advice? Or should we give spiritual principles and guidance as much as possible? Because there are some areas that we are not familiar with. (David)

(21:28)

5. For newcomers who are still in the observation period and are still enthusiastically doing ministry in their original church, and their understanding of the truth is confused, when should we correct them? (Yue E)

(24:01)

1. Teacher, in pastoral ministry, when we see that the other person's situation is very difficult and not easy, and then we stand in their perspective and feel that they are really not easy, is this feeling sentimental? (Xue Lian)

(27:37)

2. A lamb is afraid, cares about face, always wants to get approval from others, and cannot do things well at work, even making mistakes, leading to a serious setback in confidence. How can we help the lamb build confidence and solve this pressure? (Yue E)

(30:08)

3. Knowing that we should be united with the pastor, and indeed finding the pastor when things happen can help us grow quickly, but we always find many reasons for ourselves not to find the pastor, and only find the pastor when we really can't bear it. How can we break through ourselves and find the pastor in everything?

(33:14)

4. In the process of pastoral ministry, the pastor's education and knowledge are not very high, but growth takes some time. At this time, when ministering to someone whose education and knowledge are higher than the pastor's, and this person is also very thirsty, very active in learning the word of God, and very active in ministry, and there seem to be no major problems, how should the pastor lead the person being ministered to grow? (Wu Lude)

(34:42)

1. Teacher, when serving in a small group, there will be a period of time when the problems of the brothers and sisters being served seem to suddenly become very obvious (seeing that they are either very lazy, or very religious, or very self-righteous), as if several mountains to be dealt with are suddenly presented in front of me. Is it my own problem that is manifested through serving and ministering, such as the manifestation of my own discernment of good and evil? (Zhui Meng)

(40:06)

2. Teacher, I encountered an old sister who is not interested in learning and is unwilling to pay the price for growth, so her understanding is not clear. How can I teach such a person to change her? She is still a person who thinks she loves the Lord very much and believes in the Lord very much, but when this self-righteousness is pointed out to her, she doesn't change much. (Jing Jie)

(42:51)

3. Teacher, how can we minister to a sister who has the problem of hypocrisy? If we directly point out her hypocrisy, she can accept it and admit her mistake, but we don't see big changes, and she easily returns to her old ways. What methods can be used to help this sister get rid of this bad habit? (An Qi)

(46:21)

4. A sister I minister to made a growth plan, hoping to get rid of her habit of losing her temper. I think it is necessary to change her logical system. Losing her temper is because she cares too much about things, and she doesn't know that many things are not important at all in her understanding. How should I promote this sister's growth specifically? (Ruo Ge's question)

(49:04)

5. Teacher, my understanding is that everyone is willing to grow in their heart, but how to change a person who is lying flat at this stage? Is it by letting him continuously enjoy and be satisfied with the things he has done? (Suni)

(51:24)

1. If the person being ministered to only wants to gain worldly benefits and only wants to solve worldly problems, should the pastor do his best to teach and help him? (Xiang Xiang)

(56:28)

2. Teacher, a sister I minister to especially loves the world and indulges in the flesh. She used to be very lazy and stayed at home after retirement, doing nothing. Later, I encouraged her to go out to work, and now she works as a nanny for others. Although she can attend prayers and meetings in time, and basically complete her Bible study homework in time, she still loves the world in her bones. Every time she has a problem and comes to me, she can reflect that she loves the world very much. I have trained her many times, and also told her to adjust her internal logical system through telling testimonies and stories, but the effect is not obvious. Is there something wrong with what I did? Please guide me. (Yong Yuan)

(59:20)

1. In the process of learning and growth, the person being ministered to easily deviates and makes his own set of rules. Is this because he doesn't understand in his understanding, or does he not quite agree with what the pastor teaches?

(1:02:22)

2. In the process of pastoral ministry, they know their problems, and they say they want to change, but they just can't do it. What is the situation?

(1:02:22)

3. Teacher, how can we make the thirst of the person being ministered to be clear in their understanding?

(1:04:37)

4. So, there is no distinction between good and bad in pastoral ministry. The key is to make the person being ministered to grow. Can it be understood this way? (Liang Liang)

(1:05:32)

5. How to understand that if you don't grow, you will be "burned"? I have always believed that solving problems is exercising and growing. If a pastor feels pressure and continues to move forward with faith, is being "burned" determined by whether he can see through and understand God's will? (Qian Qian)

(1:07:09)

6. How to deal with the bad habit of people who don't listen to other people's teachings and like to make their own set of rules, and keep doing things wrong without reflecting and understanding the reasons, and finally shifting the blame to others? (Eternal Love)

(1:09:57)

7. When a person feels that he can't do it, in addition to building his confidence, reminding him to look at the trend, to take it step by step, and to strive, are there any other suggestions? (Ben's question)

(1:13:45)

1. Teacher, a sister I minister to is doing ministry in a traditional church and usually takes care of her grandchildren at home. She usually comes to me when she needs healing and deliverance, but she comes very few times. She herself said that although she prays and studies with us every day, she rarely has a deliverance response. When I listened to the teacher's Q&A today, I suddenly thought, can I ask her if she has encountered any problems in her ministry, and then start from this aspect to deal with the problems on her? (Yong Yuan's question)

(1:17:43)

2. Teacher, a girl I minister to has been experiencing sleep paralysis since she was a child. Later, after graduating from university, she went to a Taoist temple to learn numerology and made a lot of money, but her body also had problems. Then she could see ghosts at any time and could also manipulate ghosts. She didn't dare to sleep during the day, and she would experience sleep paralysis as soon as she slept. After ministering to her to drive the ghosts out, she also found a good job and was working. After a period of time, she saw ghosts again. I also urged her to clean up the things that should be destroyed, and then she got better again. As a result, the last time she saw ghosts again after watching horror movies on Douyin due to work needs. In the past, when she saw ghosts, the ghosts just looked at her gloomily. This time when she saw ghosts, the ghosts would come over and beat her. In the process of ministering to her, I found that she is very self-righteous, ability-oriented, loves to take shortcuts, and loves the world. She doesn't want to be like this either, and she is repenting. In this situation, how should we effectively deal with ghosts? (Nisan's question)

(1:21:18)

3. Teacher, a sister I have been ministering to for almost half a year, recently her half-year-old granddaughter was diagnosed by the hospital with cat cry syndrome and developmental delay, and the whole family is very anxious. Her daughter was also baptized, but she is a nominal Christian. After the incident, this sister fell into confusion, thinking that how could people with God's protection encounter such a thing? I told her: The curse on people today is because people violated God in the past, and the child's problem is the mother's problem. I encouraged her to tell her daughter the spiritual knowledge she learned in the church, but she said, my daughter is in a bad mood now, and I dare not tell her. Then she believes that the children of her sisters were only baptized, and she cannot accept what I said that the child's problem is the mother's problem, and she said she cannot accept what I said. Teacher, my question is, I know that her internal logical system and faith cannot accept what I said, is it too rigid for me to tell her so bluntly? How should I handle this matter? (Vivian)

(1:22:56)

1. Knowing that it is important to grow, but when I see that my child is not obedient, I will still be anxious to preach to her and train her. How can I be calm and stable and carefully follow God's word?

(1:25:09)

2. Teacher, a sister I minister to came to us because her son owed more than one million in online gambling. She used to work in a factory, but recently she quit her job and set up a snack stall by herself. When she encountered problems in her stall, I kept teaching her that nothing is impossible with God, and no matter what problems she encounters, she must learn to trust God, and God can solve them. Later, she trusted God every day when she was doing business and received many graces from God. Regarding her son's problem, from the beginning, I told her that she took her child too seriously and indulged in the flesh of the child too much, and she agreed with this point, but she still gets flustered when she encounters her son's problem, either worrying that her son is hungry or worrying that her son is not living well, and she just doesn't trust God. Every time I correct her because of these problems, she sincerely says that she recognizes her problems and that she failed to overcome them this time. In this situation, how should I handle it? Should I let her sow her own seeds and wait until she pays for her actions before I speak? (Yong Yuan's question)

(1:29:36)

1. When the family is not in a pastoral relationship, the devil rarely comes to disturb, but once a pastoral relationship is established with the family, the devil will disturb crazily. What is the reason?

(1:30:17)

2. Teacher, how can I grasp the measure in the process of ministering to my family and bring family members who don't like to study from ignorance to knowledge, so that the person being ministered to can strive instead of just coping? If I lead him in Bible study, what aspects of self-improvement should I pay attention to? What aspects should I pay attention to when making plans to be more effective? (Bezalel)

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