Activation Activities

Receiving Encouragement

  1. Maintain eye-contact at all times.
  2. Receive the words of encouragement.
  3. Thank the encourager.
  4. Ask if there is anything more.

Maybe it’s a British trait, but I’ve never been very good at receiving encouragement. I always brush it off with a joke, distraction or some light self-deprecation. You might be the same. If you are, then by closing ourselves off to hearing these things in every day life we’ll naturally be closed off from receiving far deeper truth about our identity in Christ. I was shocked at how true this was in my life. When I started to receive general encouragement better and I was far more open to receive biblical truth that was spoken to me.

Obviously don’t make receiving encouragements an aim in life, where you find your identity or a reason to do things, but encouraging each other is biblical. So receive the biblical gift well, as well as giving it. Try it out on friends or family that need encouraging. It’ll be awkward at first, but culture change always is, especially in Britain.

Processing disappointment

  1. Ask God to reveal unprocessed disappointment in your life.
  2. Lament: talk to God about the disappointment: how it made you feel, how it’s affected you: the way you think, act (or don’t act), the way you view others and view Him.
  3. Ask God to show you if there’s anyone you need to forgive.
  4. If there is, forgive them.
  5. Ask God to show you any lies that it’s made you believe.
  6. Repent of that lie.
  7. Thank God for His forgiveness.
  8. Ask God what the truth is instead.
  9. Thank God for the truth.
  10. Declare that truth out loud.
  11. Write down the truth.
  12. Set 3 reminders on your phone to come up throughout the day to bring that truth to mind, thank God for it and declare it then too.
  13. Tell someone (maybe your accountability partner) about what God has done and the truth He’s given you.

God bless you with freedom from disappointment and a life of deeper relationship with Him and those around you.

Processing unbelief

  1. Ask God to reveal the unbelief that you’re living with.
  2. Ask God what lie is behind the unbelief.
  3. Say sorry for believing that lie and repent of the lie.
  4. Thank God for His forgiveness.
  5. Ask God what the truth is instead.
  6. Thank God for the truth.
  7. Declare that truth out loud.
  8. Write down the truth.
  9. Set 3 reminders on your phone to come up throughout the day to bring that truth to mind, thank God for it and declare it then too.
  10. Tell someone (maybe your accountability partner) about what God has done and the truth He’s given you.

God bless you with a Holy Spirit empowered life of persistent petition, deep intercession, and bold faith-filled adventures with Him.