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RICK WARREN

A Purpose Driven Leadership Course

LEARNER’S GUIDE

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Teaching to Change Lives: Learner’s Guide, Edition 1.0

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Teaching to Change Lives

Learner’s Guide

CONTENTSSession 1 Teaching for Life Change ....................................... 7

Session 2 Who Will I Be Teaching? ....................................17

Session 3 What Does the Bible Say About Their Needs? .....................................................27

Session 4 What Is the Most Practical Way to Say It? ......... 43

Session 5 What Is the Most Positive and Most Encouraging Way to Say it? ...............................61

Session 6 What Is the Simplest and Most Personal Way to Say it? ..................................................... 67

Session 7 What Is the Most Interesting Way to Say it? ...... 77

Tools Eight Questions to Ask Before You Preach ....... 89 Sharpening Your Skills as a Teacher ................... 90


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Session 1

Teaching for Life Change

Ten Lessons about Teaching for Life Change

1. All behavior is based .

2. Behind every sin is .

At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures.

Titus 3:3a (NIV)


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3. Change always starts .

Be transformed by the renewing of your mind.

Romans 12:2b (NIV)

THINK . . . FEEL . . . ACT

4. To help people change, we must change first.

“Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

John 8:32 (NIV)



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5. Trying to change people’s behavior without changing their beliefs is a .

“What people say with their mouths comes from the way they think; these are the things that make people unclean.”

Matthew 15:18 (NCV)

6. The Bible term for “changing your mind” is .

METANOIA = “TO CHANGE YOUR MIND!”


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7. You don’t change people’s minds, !

We speak words given to us by the Spirit, using the Spirit’s words to explain spiritual truths.

1 Corinthians 2:13b (NLT)

“Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,” says the Lord Almighty.

Zechariah 4:6b (NIV)

Our weapons have power from God that can destroy the enemy’s strong places. We destroy people’s arguments and every proud thing that raises itself against the knowledge of God. We capture every thought and make it give up and obey Christ.

2 Corinthians 10:4b–5 (NCV)



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8. Changing the way I act is the of repentance.

“Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.”

Matthew 3:8 (NIV)

“I preached that they should repent and turn to God and prove their repentance by their deeds.”

Acts 26:20b (NIV)

9. The deepest kind of teaching is .

REPENTANCE: THE CENTRAL MESSAGE OF NEW TESTAMENT PREACHERS

John the

Baptist“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.” Matthew 3:2

Jesus From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent . . .” Matthew 4:17

“Repent and believe the good news!” Mark 1:15

The 70 They went out and preached that people should repent. Mark 6:12

Peter “Repent and be baptized, every one of you . . .” Acts 2:38

Paul “I preached that they should repent . . .” Acts 26:20

John Repent! Revelation 2-3


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Jesus told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations . . .”

Luke 24:46–47 (NIV)

10. To produce lasting life change you must , , and

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EVERY MESSAGE COMES DOWN TO TWO WORDS:

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Fearing people is a dangerous trap, but trusting the Lord means safety.

Proverbs 29:25 (NLT)

Where there is no word from God, people are uncontrolled.

Proverbs 29:18a (NCV)


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David had served God’s purpose in his own generation . . .

Acts 13:36a (NIV)

[The] men of Issachar, who understood the times and knew what Israel should do . . .

1 Chronicles 12:32a (NIV)


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Discuss and Act

1. Talk together about the lies that are behind the sins that we fall into. As you share examples that you’ve seen in your ministry experience, you’ll help each other to see this truth more clearly. To help you get started, you might ask:

• What’s one lie that’s often behind the sin of gossip?

• What’s one lie that’s often behind the sin of greed?

• What’s one lie that’s often behind the sin of lust?

• What’s one lie that’s often behind the sin of unforgiveness?

• What’s one lie that’s often behind the sin of lying?

• What are their hurts?

• What physical, emotional, or spiritual pain are they experiencing?


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2. Tell stories about how you have seen the application of the truth of God’s Word bring about change in your own life.

3. End this session by praying for each other, asking that God will strengthen you in communicating to change lives through what you learn and put into practice from this course.


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