Band of BrothersWyndgate Country ClubJune 10, 2011

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Handicap 11 1Dissect your own meltdown experience to better understand where they come from, why they hit us so hard and how you can be prepared for the unexpected. This can be an opportunity for growth.

Scripture:But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.” - 1 Samuel 16:7

The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me; your love, O LORD, endures forever - do not abandon the works of your hands. - Psalm 138:8

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Handicap 9 2Explore barriers that keep you from discovering who you really are rather than how you want others to perceive you. Are you posing?

Scripture:The Lord is my light and my salvation, so why should I be afraid? The Lord protects me from danger, so why should I tremble? - Psalm 27:1

But one thing I do; Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead. I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us. - Philippians 3:13-14

Identity

Scripture:Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.” So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, God has made you also an heir. - Galatians 4:6-7

Challenge:Hit your “SFT” ball with a hickory stick

Journal:List 3 things you want to accomplish in your life.

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Handicap 9 2Challenge:One team has to “layup” and the other one has to “go for it” on the second shot. Flip a coin to find out.

Journal:Name 3 lies that you have agreed to in the past that continue to have an impact on you now.

Identity

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Handicap 7 4Examine your convictions.

Scripture:Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see. - Hebrews 11:1

Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be strong. And do everything with love. - 1 Corinthians 16:13-14

Challenge:Hit from the gold starting at -1 or hit from the red starting at +2. What will be your conviction?

Conviction

Explore the relationship between risk and your sacred journey

Scripture:Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take. - Proverbs 3:5-6

Don’t be fooled; “bad company corrupts good character.” - 1 Corinthians 15:33

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Handicap 1 3Risk

Think about your dreams. The goal here is for you to recapture what was lost or embrace something new.

Scripture:Keep on asking, and you will be given what you ask for. Keep on looking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And the door is opened to everyone who knocks. - Matthew 7:7-8

Then the Lord said to me, “write my answer plainly on tablets, so that a runner can carry the correct message to others. This vision is for a future time. - continued -

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Handicap 15 5Dreams

Recapture your natural creativity. i.e. See it, Feel it, Trust it! Practice letting go and overcoming fear.

Scripture:Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people. - Colossians 3:23

For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. - Ephesians 2:10

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Challenge:Use your string to make a put. If you birdie the hole without the string, you can take the other team’s string!

Journal:Write down any risk in your life that you are being challenged to take right now.

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Conviction

Challenge:Hit from the gold starting at -1 or hit from the red starting at +2. What will be your conviction?

Journal:How do you typically react when times get tough and what does it reveal about your foundation?

Scripture - continuedIt describes the end, and it will be fulfilled. If it seems slow in coming, wait patiently, for it will surely take place. It will not be delayed. - Habakkuk 2: 2-3

Challenge:Closest to the hole. Have you ever dreamed of a hole-in-one?

Journal:Write down a dream that you have suppressed because of fear, the daily grind or discouragement.

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Challenge:SFT your second shot. All players must from a 3-foot drop zone from behind a tree.

Journal:Write down something creative that you have always wanted to try and schedule some time to do it.

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Explore traditions that have covered up truth in your life.

Scripture:So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, “Why don’t your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating their food with defiled hands?” He replied, “Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written: “These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.” You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions. - Mark 7: 5-8

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Handicap 13 7Truth

Strengthen your confidence, focus, stability and joy as you engage in the great adventure of your sacred journey.

Scripture:Have no fear of sudden disaster or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked, for the Lord will be at your side and will keep your foot from being snared. - Proverbs 3: 25-26

Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. - continued -

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Handicap 17 8Adventure

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Adventure 8Challenge:For adventure on this hole, hit with a hickory stick!

Journal:Write down a time when joy was absent from your life and what lesson did you learn during that time?

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Handicap 5 9Instinct

Challenge:Longest drive, you will have to hit your “sweet spot!”

Journal:Write down a time when you felt like you were living in your sweet spot.

Scripture:See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ. For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority. - Colossians 2: 8-10

Challenge: Be bold, hit from the gold. If you do not clear the water you can take a drop on the other side lying 2.

Journal: What “tradition” do you think Jesus would challenge in our day?

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Scripture - continued -Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? - Matthew 6: 25-27

Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your fa i th produces per severance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking in anything. - James 1: 2-4

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Begin the process of discovering your sweet spot. It will include three parts: knowledge, gifts and wisdom

Scripture:Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbers. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows. - Luke 12: 6-7

Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb; you taught me wisdom in that secret place. - Psalm 51:6

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Freedom 10Explore true freedom that only comes through Jesus Christ!

Scripture:To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” They answered him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free? Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave of sin. Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. - John 8: 31-36

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Freedom 10For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. - John 3:16

Challenge:Play this hole with only 2 clubs plus your putter.

Journal:On a note card provided, write down the lies that have found their way into your life.

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Perspective

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. - Galatians 5: 22-25

Challenge:First put is blind-folded, use your partner for guidance.

Journal:Name at least 2 changes that are taking place in your life over the course of your sacred journey.

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Destiny

Challenge:Split the fairway, one team goes left and one goes right. Flip a coin to choose your destiny!

Journal:List 3 people outside of your family that you would fight for if the battle resulted in their freedom.

Challenge:Go and bury your lies in the woods.

Journal:Name 3 things you will do to get to know God better.

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Approach your sacred journey through the “see, feel and trust” perspective. See His Love, Feel His presence and Trust Hist word.

Scripture:For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth comes knowledge and understanding. He holds success in store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless, for he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones. - Proverbs 2: 6-9

I can do all this through him who gives me strength. - Philippians 4:13

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Live out your destiny!

Scripture:For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. - 2 Corinthians 10: 3-5

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes... - Ephesians 6:10-18

Are we just trying to be good or are we truly acting as Christians? i.e. do we really know God?

Scriptures:The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. - Psalm 23:1-4

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Belief

Do you trust enough in Him to believe? Believing is more than just a mere acknowledgement and should be accompanies by action. Belief affects the way we live.

Scripture:Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness. - Genesis 15:6

If you declare with your mouth “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the the dead, you will be saved. - Romans 10:9

Obey the Lord your God and follow his commands and decrees that I give you today. - Deuteronomy 27:10

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Belief

Challenge:Hit out of the pit! One team member must hit out of the pit. Play the best ball between the two.

Journal:Name a couple of past occurrences that have strengthened your faith

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Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. - Matthew 5:3-5

Challenge:Improve your attitude with one free drop.

Journal:What are 3 things you can do to change your attitude?

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Determination

Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should. - Ephesians 6:19-20

Challenge:Be determined to hit it closest to the hole!

Journal:Name 3 ways you can demonstrate your determination and devotion to God.

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Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lost it. What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchanges for their soul? If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.” - Mark 8:34-38

Challenge: Be courageous and hit from the gold tees.Journal: How have you demonstrated a brave heart in your life?

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We must choose a positive attitude and try to imitate Jesus’ attitude. God will reward the meek.

Scripture:Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it. - Genesis 4:6-7

Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe. - Proverbs 29:25

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Determination

We must determine to follow Christ and obey God.

Scripture:“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. - John 16:33

After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly. - Acts 4:31

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Jesus’ strength give us courage. Courage helps us boldly represent Jesus Christ.

Scripture:The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is only Remaliah’s son. If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. - Isaiah 7:9

Because the Sovereign Lord helps me, I will not be disgraced. Therefore have I set my face like flint, and I know I will not be put to shame. - Isaiah 50:7

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Faith

Christianity is the ONLY faith. Faith comes from hearing the Word of God.

Scripture:He replied, “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, “Be uprooted and planted in the sea,” and it will obey you.” - Luke 17:6

For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law. - Romans 3:28

Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. - Romans 5:1

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Faith

One Lord, one faith, one baptism. - Ephesians 4:5

Challenge:Stop at the tee box and take a look around you. Appreciate all that God has blessed you with!

Journal:How has this day strengthened your faith and write down 3 major take home points for you.

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