APRIL 26
MAGHAN: MEGA PSYCHOLOGY
Great video, right?
Shifting a mindset, it’s a powerful thing.
The Springboks changed their thinking from: “pressure” of overcoming what it takes to win a world cup as a national team to: “privilege” of giving hope to their nation. This is a great example of outstanding sports psychology. Knowing that the coach and the captain are Christians, you might say it meant they had an unfair advantage in terms of praying and getting God involved.
Here at Megamorphic, we have a mindset of being transformed by being church.
To fulfill the nurturing of this mindset, we use ‘’Create to relate" mega-psychology. The core element of this is our Affirmation Zone strategy. The essence of this strategy is building and growing relational go getters and affirmation zone tone setters. This strategy begins and ends in our hearts and creates an environment where we generate a mindset shift where people are empowered to move from self consciousness to God conscious, from their sinful nature to the winful nature that we receive when we become born again Bible believing members of God’s kingdom team, the church. As such, rather than living life in our own efforts and working out ways that we can handle the pressures of life on earth, we instead learn how to work in partnership with God in the loving power of His Holy Spirit to bring hope to the people of every kindred, tribe and tongue.
PERSONAL TESTIMONY
EDUCATION/Experience professionally
Education: MA in clinical mental health, 4+ years in the field working full time, having come across a vast array of mental illness from anxiety to psychotic disorders with active hallucinations.
So many supposedly highly qualified people out there that reject God and His word claiming they do not line up with science, Speak to Sigmund Frued, Freud regarded the monotheistic God as an illusion based upon the infantile emotional need for a powerful, supernatural pater familias. He maintained that religion – once necessary to restrain man's violent nature in the early stages of civilization – in modern times, can be set aside in favor of reason and science. - He tried to explain the mind and human’s solely through science, through worldly behaviors, lead by the flesh. but Psalm 14:1 says "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God…” In the world, the major focus on mind, with God it all flows from the heart Just because somebody in the world is recognized as a so called scientific expert, doesn’t mean that’s how God sees them. The realm of Mega psyche is only available to God’s born again Bible believers. if someone’s chooses to reject God, how can they speak with any authority on a realm they’ve never experienced? I’m sharing today because I am a masters level scientist in the context of the study of the psyche and its application in counseling, and I’m here to tell you that the Supernatural and Science don’t just line up, don’t just coexist, but they WORK TOGETHER
Himpress the Empress.
Caleb told me he was going to ask another girl out. - I stayed the night and sat up and talked to Esther for a while and then to now, I can’t remember the specifics of what was said, but the next day I was changed. I remember walking out of Esther's room and Phil happened to be walking down the hallway and he said “Good morning” and my response was “hi” or “good morning”(I can’t remember the exact words) but Phil’s response was “woah, you’ve changed”. - From that moment, with the help of Esther and the Holy Spirit, my mind set changed and the reason I stuck around was because I made a commitment to Megamorphic not Caleb - There was a sudden change, but there was a huge shift that I actively chose to pursue that took time, I changed my focus onto God and relied on Him for the healing and focused on what He was doing. - So many people where amazed about my demeanor, reactions and how I was “dealing” with Caleb dating someone else. - Each day, I woke up and even if it was painful, I chose to focus on the call I know God had for me with the Smiths, with Megamorphic. I made a commitment to the vision and I was going to see it through.
So, Why does our psyche and related psychology matter?
Today I am going to present a summarized outline of born again, Bible believing psyche in a Megamorphic context. - The key thing I want to communicate in the context of our theme this month, is that in order to engage in our Mega Apostolic calling - the Multi-Millennial Mandate, it requires the use of ALL our faculties. - We are commanded to love God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength. The key element of our Psyche is our MIND - So to love God with all our mind we need to discover what all our mind involves ; characteristics, capacity, how to grow and increase worshipful use. So that’s what I’m gonna break down for ya, get your note taking apparatus and get ready for this download!!!
MEGA PSYCHOLOGY
PSYCHOLOGY
Definition: The scientific study of the human mind and its functions especially those affecting human behavior in a given context.
THIS IS BASED ON OBSERVATIONS
Acts 17:21 "All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing but talking about and listening to the latest ideas.”
Isn’t that an incredibly accurate description of much of culture today?
MEGA PSYCHOLOGY
Definition: The Omni scientific study of the new creation mind and its functions, especially those affecting supernatural behavior in given situations. Omni- science prowess: God is God and we are not. We know a little and God knows a lot. To get past unbelief and ignorance of Biblical truth we need to get on the Holy Spirit gift trip
THIS IS BASED ON REVELATION
HOW TO MAKE THE SHIFT?
Romans 12:2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God
CHOSE A LIFE OF TRANSFORMATION, Get to know with a certainty and apply the list of Mega Transformation Ready Reckoner factors.
Mega Transformation Ready Reckoner:
- No new creation no transformation: 2 cor 5:7, John 3:5 and 7, John 1:12, 13
- No salvation no transformation - various - justification, sanctification, glorification
- No confrontation no transformation - Hebrews 12
- No adoration no transformation - 2 Cor 3:18
- No revelation no transformation - Matt 16:18 , Ephesians
- No participation no transformation - James faith without works, Hebrews 2:8-10
- No investigation no transformation - Proverbs 25, Acts 17:11, diligently seek Hebrews 11:6
- No reconciliation no transformation - Colossians 1:20
- No collaboration no transformation - various Matt 28 18 to 20, Matt 6 and Luke 11, Romans 8, Acts 1:4, 8 - Father , Son and Holy Spirit
- No regeneration no transformation 1 Cor 15
- No conceptualization, no transformation: - Proverbs 1 from simplicity to subtlety
- No imagination, no transformation: - Matt 25 and Luke 19 good stewards
- No verification, no transformation - Acts 17:11 - Confidence is a key ingredient in Biblical transformation and making our own efforts to verify truth will grow our confidence
- No interaction, no transformation - encouraging one another, choosing to serve each other, being truthful, honest, subscribing to how scripture tells us to treat one another. (Reference Love one another as Jesus loved you).
Summary
God has given us eternal purpose and He has determined, in HIS wisdom that for us to achieve that purpose, we need process and in order to carry out Godly process we must have a Godly mindset with related Godly psychology. We have gone over some of the Godly psychology factors and our specific Mega-sycholgy factors, let;s welcome up Shona to share on the Godly process and purpose.
SHONA: Process and Purpose
PURPOSE
Q : Do we have a purpose?
Do we have something within us that motivates us in everything we do? So many of the movies we see on the big screen are about that. Whether it is Batman, motivated to catch the baddy and save the goodie or true life stories of great heroism – like Corrie Ten Boom, the Waadini tribe missionary family. We have real life heroes we may follow too like Dr James Dobson, so passionate for family life
Billy Graham legacy - Huge Billy Graham crusades
Reinhaart Bonnke legacy - a blood washed Africa
Mother Teresa – dignity for the dying
Bob Cornuke and side Kick exploring for the real Mountain of Moses
Examples of ordinary people doing extraordinary things!!
Then we have Jesus as our prime example -a man who knew his Father God, knew his purpose, knew God’s plans, and the vision of us all here and many others all receiving salvation through Him, was what gave Him the capacity to endure.
Q: Are we aligned to a purpose?
We should all have an individual purpose. If you don’t have one, seek God for it and He will show you - line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little, there a little.
Megamorphic Vision and Purpose
Megamorphic Vision: Being transformed by being Church
Megamorphic Mission summarized: Mobilizing an intergenerational network of believers with the capacity to impart God’s love, light and life to ALL people groups all over the planet - in their heart language
Vision 2025 - Wycliffe’s God breathed, God born, God brilliant
How do get to reach our vision and Purpose? By going through the process
PROCESS
Q What does the process look like?
Habakkuk 2:2 “Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it.
Proverbs 29:18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
Q What are the keys to success?
Self Disciple
Focus
Determination
Continued faith in God that the goal He has given to us is attainable
We have JESUS!!!
Ps90:. 12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
Matthew 6:34 “Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Amos 3:3 3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
Jeremiah 29: 11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. 13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. 14 And I will be found of you, saith the Lord: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the Lord;
Acts 2: 1 “And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.”