Some Assembly Required : week 2

Levi Lusko - Fresh Life Church

Nosebleeds and Beestings

Tool : Alignment

Proverbs 30:32-33

"If you want to gather honey, don't kick over the beehive." Dale Carnegie

The force of wrath leads to strife.

There is a connection between what we do and what happens.

Lack of alignment in our intentions and the outcome.

"That wasn't my intention" isn't an apology.

Your intentions don't matter.

All the world gets is our actions and behavior.

Align your intention with your impact.

No one understands your intentions, they only understand what you say.

Close the gaps between intentions and impact.

4 Steps

1. Analyze

Stop.

I want to do ________.

Isolating and identifying what you want to do in the moment.

Identify your triggers. 

Anticipate. 

Stop and take a deep breath.

If you don't think right, you can't live right.

2. Extrapolate

If I do _______, this will happen ...........

Extrapolate means play something out.

I want to understand what the outcome of that will be.

Assess.

Proverbs 4:26 - ponder the path of your feet.

Proverbs 27:12 - sees trouble coming and DUCKS.

3. Prioritize 

Where I want to go is ________.

You don't just want to be right, you want the relationship to be right.

You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar - meaning you can accomplish more by being kind than by being harsh.

4. Navigate 

What will actually get me to where I want to go?

It almost always feels the opposite.

Aesop - the sun and the tornado have an argument about who is stronger. 

The takeaway - being friendly and gentle is stronger than force and fury, every time.

More listening, less talking.

Empathize.

Think more.

Put yourself in their shoes.

It's not about how it feels, it's about getting where you want to go.

Be like Jesus.

Hebrews 12:2 He never lost sight of where He was headed.

Free from being prisoners to our feelings.

Acting without thinking will keep you from your calling.