Fathered by God seminar

Boyhood

• Living in a world made safe by your father
• Craving of belovedness
  • Adoration, attention
  • Trials feel like abandonment when this is not present
• A passive father wounds just as much as an abusive one
• Childhood until about 12

Cowboy

• Adventure
• 13-19
• “Do I have what it takes?”
• Take it to the next level
• Being a shepherd was dangerous work
• The need is for words of admiration and experiences for discovering he has what it takes
• Failure at this stage results in avoiding risk – sticking to what you think you’re good at
  • Not trying something new
  • Failing without proper interpretation

Warrior

• 19-twenties
• Wants to be powerful
• Every man is given a warrior heart
  • Adam fell through passivity.  Passivity must be overcome
  • We are born into a world of war (spiritual).  The battle infects everything.
  • The Lord is a warrior (Ex 3:16?)
• Suppression is an enemy
• Defeat can shut this down if proper interpretation isn’t available
• You have an enemy – you must deal with him – he’ll take anything you’ll give him

Lover

• Same timing as warrior
• Most men hide in logic, reason, analysis
• This stage is the awakening of the heart
• Painful experience needs healing

King

• Late 30’s > early 50’s
• The measure of a king is the description of what it like to be under his rule
• Test of character is extraordinary
  • Pressures have never been greater
• Wounded by giving responsibility too early

Sage

• Culmination of the journey
• There’s a time to step down
• Looks like his world is shrinking, but influence ought to be at its greatest
• Father to kings
• Counselor of warriors and lovers
• Wounded by being dismissed
• Inner life is greater than outer life
• Ask for a sage’s wisdom

Additional Notes

• God presents himself as Father
• Orphan consciousness
  • People (even Christians) live their lives mostly thinking they need to solve their own problems
  • What would an adoring father do?
• Satan is always there to offer his interpretation of your experience
• People make agreements with Satan
• People make agreements that “it is all on me” (orphan mentality), or “it’s just the way it is”
• Start by breaking the agreement
• Renounce the lie the “it’s all on me”
• God will put you in situations where you’ll experience fatherless to flush the would / agreement out of you (healing)
• God is available as my father
• He flushes things to the point where he can minister to you
• Agreements;
  • I will always be like that
  • It’s just who I am
• Don’t make agreements that make it more difficult to reconcile / heal later
• Win the child’s heart for God