Mike Lei
Logos Training Institute
Knowing self and development
Homework 1
Things I learned from the first class are:
1. Turning points in life are for growing.
2. God is faithful. Mrs. Wong shared her testimony.
3. We need sense of achievement in life.
4. My turning point in life is when I repent and turn to follow the Lord.
5. Lion King story shows we need to know who we are and accept ourselves.
6. We should not blame ourselves falsely.
7. A child who is unsecure is caused by always being compared to another sibling.
8. It is selfish to stay away from your sibling because he/she is better than you in some things.
9. We need to like and respect ourselves.
10. We need 1) belonging 2) value 3) achievement 4) self image
11. We can have twisted view of ourselves and not like ourselves.
12. We should not be jealous of others or compare ourselves to others.
13. We are made in God’s image.
14. We are all brand name products, God’s children.
15. We should accept ourselves and others as God’s children.
16. There is forgiveness when we have a new beginning.
17. We need to respect others.
18. We should not think the world is other’s responsibility. We need to take responsibility for the world.
19. We don’t have to always play the main role. We can play good side roles.
20. Everyone is created special.
Mike Lei
Logos Training Institute
Knowing self and development
Homework 2
Things I learned from the second class are:
1. Man and woman are created equal with different roles.
2. Man and woman models the relationship between the Trinity- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
3. Woman are to help man to serve together.
4. The effects of sin caused man to dominate the woman.
5. Because of sin, the woman turned from depending on God to depending on her husband.
6. Jesus breaks tradition by giving attention to women that is no common in those days.
7. Some early church says that woman by herself is not the image of God, however, Genesis 1:27 tells us that God created man and woman in His image.
8. Woman’s weakness and dependence on relationship lead her to sacrifice herself for the relationship, even when it harms her.
9. Woman needs caring and understanding from man.
10. Man needs woman to trust him.
11. Only Jesus we can hold on to at the end, the heart is deceitful.
12. Woman likes sweet words.
13. God created woman as helper, which can mean they need to be humble because of their role as helper.
14. Man gains value through work, ability, success, achievement. Unemployment and retirement is a big hit for man.
15. Woman gains value through family, relationship, communication, sharing. They care for the gifts and people’s feelings.
16. Woman needs others’ understanding. She need to let out her thoughts.
17. Man would hide in a “cave” to solve problems.
18. Man focus on right/wrong, not on how it will hurt the other person.
19. Man needs to be needed, needs space in relationship, need times to be free.
20. Both needs to be appreciated.
Class 3 response
Mike Lei
09/24/08
Here is what I learned:
1. Correct reading of the bible is to go from information to transformation.
2. God performs miracles and displays His power.
3. God is telling us now before it happens by His word so we can learn to trust Him more when it happens according to His word.
4. To remain in Christ is to obey His word.
5. Daniel 10:12 shows us God has send help the moment we cry out to Him.
6. Prayer is a spiritual battle. We must keep praying to see the results.
7. Great things happen not because of myself, but because of people’s prayers.
8. We should be thankful we can help others.
9. We should be thankful even in bad circumstances.
10. How honorable it is to come to God’s throne to pray to Him.
11. Don’t give up praying. Jericho did not fall the first time they went around.
12. 40 days prayer and fasting brought God’s power to bring salvation.
13. Look back in my spiritual journal to see how God lead me.
14. Without God’s word, don’t take any actions.
15. God commanded us to love each other and lay down our life for our friends.
16. Prayer consists of praise, confession, request, and thanksgiving.
17. God can answer our prayers if we remain in Him and obey Him.
18. Keep God’s word in my heart is to remain in God.
19. We need to pay the cost of prayer for God’s power to manifest.
20. Pray for those in power in human government.
Mike Lei
Logos Training Institute
Knowing self and development
Class 4 Response
10/4/08
1. Our relationship with God comes from information from bible to life transformation.
2. We have the power of Jesus’ resurrection in us, we just often not know or remember.
3. We have treasure in jars of clay. To live a new life we must first die to our old self.
4. Living sacrifce is painful.
5. We need to yield to God instead of expecting Him to yield to us.
6. We need to die for our sinful self daily.
7. Life is not always smooth. Suffering is part of life. We know God through our trials.
8. Suffering helps us to be more like Christ.
9. God’s discipline help us be closer to God.
10. The causes of suffering: Satan’s attack, wrong choice, whole world suffers, and persecuted for righteousness.
11. Response to suffering: 1) have faith in God 2) experience God 3) form our life 4) suffer with Him and glorify with Him.
12. Live everyday as only day to live.
13. How to face suffering: not complain Count Your blessing.
14. Woman should not be pain in man’s side. Man should not give woman too much burden.
15. Wives give good advice – wind beneath wings to fly high.
16. Brothers to help wife, love wife as own body, die for wife, and be sympathetic to wife.
17. God is pleased by our actions even in suffer.
18. We need to say encouraging words – we reap what we sow.
19. Husband and wife are to please each other.
20. Husband and wife praying together won’t separate.
Summary of what I learned: The power of God within us help us to die to our old sinful self and live the new life. The new life consists of pleasing God and includes human relationships that glorifies God.
Mike Lei
Logos Training Institute
Knowing self and development
Class 5 Response
10/12/08
1. When teaching children, value the learning, not criticize the mistake.
2. The best communication is face to face.
3. Respect the children, but let them have their way.
4. Gradually let children be more independant.
5. Let children be involved in house chores.
6. Rules are good. Limits are good for children.
7. Teach children not to just live for themselves and don’t give allowance for chores.
8. Let children learn own culture and language.
9. Talk with children about bible and family history.
10. Don’t over-protect the children. As they grow bigger, there will be bigger dangers.
11. Your house decoration shows where your heart is. Let every room show it belongs to God.
12. There’s no successful parents – God is a failed parent with Adam and Eve.
13. The daughter-in-law is not the same as daughter. Be polite to her.
14. Honor parents. Respect them as VIP.
15. Treat parent-in-law equally as own parents.
16. Be happy when your children are happy with their spouse.
17. Respect and honor the children’s spouse.
18. Let parents-in-law participate in house chores.
19. Mother-in-law has generation gap.
20. The parents health is our blessing.
Summary: I received from this class that training children to be independant and responsible is important. Treating in-law relationship with honor and respect is important. God wants us to treat our parents-in-laws as well as our own parents.
Mike Lei
Logos Training Institute
Knowing self and development
Class 6 Response
10/21/08
1. We grow most in painful experiences.
2. Conflict can grow spirituality and humilty.
3. Learn to confess and ask for forgiveness.
4. Different responses to conflict: fight, given in, escape, compromise, or stand for principle and communicate.
5. David is broken through fleeing Saul, prepares him for kingship.
6. David gets humble through his trials.
7. Learn to say no to people.
8. Separation sometimes can improve relationship when there are conflicts.
9. Forgiveness can bring healing. But allow time for the person to be able to forgive.
10. The cost of forgiveness is very high, so we need to give people time to forgive.
11. We should set boundaries with those who have hurt you.
12. Bear the burdens of each other that you can’t carry yourself.
13. Chinese like face, so we don’t want to set boundary.
14. The greatest boundary is forgiveness.
15. Life goal is good.
16. Seek Jesus’ will for my life. What God want me to do?
17. Paul’s goal is to get the reward.
18. After we met the goal, we need to set another goal.
19. What do I want others or God to think of me at the end?
20. Simplify life, focused effort on what God says is good.
Summary: In this class, I am reminded that in conflict I need to communicate with the other person and keep to the principle, instead of escaping or giving in. In my life I need to always have goals and the goal is to please God and have good impact on people.
Mike Lei
Logos Training Institute
Knowing self and development
Class 7 Response
10/27/08
What I learned:
1) Holy Spirit’s work is shown through our schedule.
2) Busyness shows Holy Spirit is not managing us.
3) We need to number our days to get heart of wisdom.
4) Would I have a blank videotape in God’s eyes?
5) God’s measurement is different.
6) When Israel served other gods and kings, those years are not counted by God.
7) Time is precious. Don’t be in wilderness too long.
8) While we have the resource, put it in God’s kingdom.
9) Be more beautiful and kinder to others.
10) Make use of the spare time.
11) Learning helps us grow.
12) A poor young is better than an old fool.
13) We need friends to stay on course, like geese in V formation can support each other.
14) Give to God until it hurts.
15) Sacrifce self for God’s kingdom.
16) 3 keys to grow is 1) transparent sharing 2) self-sacrifice 3) know others.
17) Today is the youngest day of my life.
18) Do number 1st priority things first.
19) How much do you love the Lord?
20) Plan the seed, offer life to God, let self be planted in the ground.
Summary: This class touched me by seeing that my life must be lived in God’s will to be counted by God. I can’t live and waste my life on unncessary pursuits. May God help me to number my days that each day I’m doing what God wants me to do. And that my life will be counted and rewarded by God.
Book Report – Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren
Content
The book shows us the purpose of life according to God is a wonderful balance of worship of God, biblical community, growing in Christ, serving God, and mission to share the good news. Rick Warren goes into details of how to live out these 5 purposes that a Christian life should have. Through his experiences, biblical insights, and learnings he shared to us a comprehensive guide to a Christian’s life. People not knowing Christ reading this book would understand the first couple of chapters, but they need to know Christ for the rest of the chapters to make sense.
5 key sentences
1) Jesus gave up everything so you could have everything. He died so you could live forever. That alone is worthy of your continual thanks and praise. Never again should you wonder what you have to be thankful for.
2) He created the church to meet your five deepest needs: a purpose to live for, people to live with, principles to live by, a profession to live out, and power to live on.
3) Ignoring a temptation is far more effective than fighting it. Once your mind is on something else, the temptation loses its power. So when temptation calls you on the phone, don’t argue with it, just hang up!
4) The last thing many believers need today is to go to another Bible study. They already know far more than they are putting into practice. What they need are serving experiences in which they can exercise their spiritual muscles.
5) If you really desire to be used by God, you must understand a powerful truth: The very experiences that you have resented or regretted most in life – the ones you’ve wanted to hide and forget – are the experiences God wants to use to help others. They are your ministry!
Difference in opinion
P.64 “God loves, delights, gets pleasure, rejoices, enjoys, and even laughs!”
I checked the bible references in the back about “God laughs”. Most of the references talk about God delights and is glad, but not laugh. The one that says God laughs is Psalm 2:4, but the laugh is not from being glad, but laughs at those who are rebelling against Him. So, I think it may be an attribute of God that is not seen often. It would seem that God delights and is glad, but not often seen as “laughing”.
Application
My life purpose statement draft (10/28/08)
My life purpose is to be a sweet child of God, faithful servant of Christ, good brother in Christ, involved in sharing Christ with the world, and
praising my Savior all the days of my life.
10/27/2008 Mike Lei Class 7 Response
10/28/2008 Mike Lei Homework Book Report
12/06/2008 Logos Homework - Mike
01/15/2009 Church Seminary HW questions
You have a right Value of life.
Do you know what is your life’s turnning point?
Maybe you can try to write down?