Faith Integration Teaches Us: Seek Wisdom

Wisdom to live by:

• The words of wisdom: "The proverbs of Solomon...For attaining wisdom and discipline; for understanding words of insight" (Proverbs 1:1-2)
• The purpose of wisdom: "for acquiring a disciplined and prudent life, doing what is right and just and fair." (Proverbs 1:3)
• the source of wisdom: "Let the wise listen and add to their learning and let the discerning get guidance." (Proverbs 1:5)

Wisdom learned:

Lazarus Long - All men are created equal
Mark Twain - Faith is believing what you know ain't so
BenFranklin - A Lie stands on one leg, the truth stands on two
Anonymous - Don't spit in the wind
Albert Eistein - Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about   the former.
Plato - Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
Ralph Waldo Emerson - Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Eleanor Roosevelt - the only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.
Anna Freud - i was always looking outside myself for strenght and confidence, but it comes from within, It is there all the time.
Sandra Day O' Connor - I don't know that there are any shortcuts to doing a good job

Faith Integration Subject Matter: Devotional - Qualities of a Winner

Qualities of a winner:

• Honesty - A winner finds a way to be honest and adds others who are honest
• Loyalty - Loyal people stick aroung through thick and thin
• Positive attitiude - the ingredient that often allows the near impossible to be achieved
• Effectiveness - efficient people save money; effective pwople know how to make it with limited resources
• Problem-Solving Skills - If you find peeople who can solve problems, latch onto them and don't let them go
• Self-Discipline - Self discipline is the ability to delay gratification
• Sense of Humor - A winner is always healthy enough to laugh at himself or herself and can spread that good humor to everyone else
• Perseverance - People who ggive something a little attention and then wimp out and quit before they have a chance to wim
• Team Player - Winners know that in the counsel of many, there is much greater potential to problem solve
• Unwillingness to Make  Excuses - A winner would never stoop so low as to come up with a lame excuse when there just might be another way to approach the problem

Faith Integration Teaches Us: One Person Can Make a Difference

• Difference-Makers in History

          - Martin Luther - sparked the Protestant revolution
          - Leonardo da Vinci - opened the age of the Renaissance
          - William Shakespeare - playwright of the ages
          - John Bunyan - guidedthe progress of millions of pilgrams
          - Benjamin Franklin - provided your bifocals
          - Eli Whitney - gave us the cottin gin
          - Thomas Edison - brought us the electric light

• Difference-Makers in the Bible

          - Noah - because of his faithfulness to God we are here today
          - Abraham - through whom all the families of the earth are blessed
          - Moses - deliverer of the Hebrews
          - Joshua, the judges, David, Soloman, the prophets and apostles
          - Jesus Christ - made difference makers of scores of others

• How about you?

Integrated Faith Topics Using Subject Matter Examination: The Meaning Of Winning With Character

Achieve a Positive Mindset Through:

• Having Self-Confidence

          - Realisitically appraising your strengths and then utilizing them

• Living with your Means

          - Using delayed gratification to ensure that your aren't spending more than you make

• Getting Along Well with Ohters

          - Realizing that you can never win an argument

• Having a Posiottive Helpful Attitide

          - Being deelighted to see someone else get ahead

• Being Considerate of Others

          - Putting yourself in perspective and focus on other people's needs

• Practicing patience

          - Believing that God knows more about what's going on then you do

• Having a hunger for learning

          - having a desire to know more, do more, and bee more

• Being Reliable

          - Willing to make painful commitments and then keep them

• Loving other People

          - Be careful to love people and use things

Finding new Balance: Approach To Education Grounded In Christian World And Life View

• The three-legged stool

           - If we focus too much on the meaningful side of life, we'll have no money, and
             we'll never accomplish the mission.
           - If we focus too much on the mission, we'll lose sight of our financial
             responsibilities, and we'll forget to enjoy daily pleasures.
           - If we fiocus too much on money or never learn to acquire and manage money
             we'll find ourselves selling out the mission and living in a world without wonder
             or meaning.

• The five dimensions of life

           - Physical: Taking care of our bodies is more than a good idea; it's the first step
             toward any kind of success.
           - Mental: Our thought lives are the soil from which our actions sprout, grow,
             and bear fruit - for better or for worse.
           - Emotional: Witht the right attitide, we can accomplish more than we ever
             dreamed. With the wrong attitude, we will ignore more opportunities than
             most people ever get.
           - Social: When we surround ourselves with trusted friends we benefit ourselves,
             and we give of ourselves to those we care about.
           - Spiritual: A relationship with God is the number one guarantee that once you
             make it into the winner's circle, you will enjoy being there.

The Employee Nobody Wants: Examination Of Subject Matter From A Faith Perspective

• Scripture: Proverbs 6:6-11

           "Go to the and you sluggard, observe her ways and be wise, which, having no chief,
           officer or ruler, prepares her food in the summer, and gathers her provision in the
           harvest, how long will you lie down, O sluggard? When will you arise from your
           sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest - and your
           proverty will come in like a vagabond, and your need like an armed man."

• The employee nobody wants:

           - Does not begin things (Proverbs 6:9)
             "how ling will you lie down, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep?"

           - Does not finish things (Proverbs 12:27)
             "A slothful man does not roast his prey, but the precious possession of a man is
             diligence"

           - Does make excuses (Proverbs 22:13)
             "The sluggard says, 'there is a lion outside; I shall be slain in the streets"

           - Does reap what they sow (Proverbs 6:11)
             "your poverty will come in like a vagabond, and your need like an armed man"

Faith Integration Teachings: Evaluating Your Relationship with Money

Some serious soul-searching is in order if you are worried about your relationship with money. So, Faith Integration in learning has got you covered!!!

• (Eccl. 5:10-11) "He who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver; Nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity. When goods increase, They increase who eat them; So what profit have the owners except to see them with their eyes?"
• Do you think, If I only had an extra few thousand dollars my problems would all be solved?

          -if so, you're wrong.

• Rethink your attitudes toward money

          -What it's for, what it can do, and why you want it and need it.

• What is impoprtant to you?

          -make a random wish list of things you'd like to have.

• Now go back and assign a ranking to these wishes 

          -make sure you know the difference between those that are essential, those that are important, and

           those that are on the frivolous side.

• Evaluate the cost of each item in terms of time, energy, and money.

          -Everything you have or achieve will cost you a combination of these three elements.

• Decide the time frame in which you plan to reach each goal.

          -Give your goals deadlines.

• Time and money must interact responsibly if you are to maintain your balance.

Christians need to be healthy in their relationship with money in order to handle it with integrity. If you struggle financially, it is often because you were taught that you are supposed to struggle.
Even a financial breakthrough will not end the stress of the struggle, because the notion of financial struggle is lodged in your beliefs and affects your emotions and behavior. Like Proverbs says, “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.” (Hicks, 2009)