Identity Theft

by Avram, Kevin

• ISBN13: 9781886296404
• ISBN10: 1886296405
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-03-01
• Publisher: Arrow Publications

Summary

Despite what people are sometimes told, identity is not defined by personality quirks, giftedness, training, or what someone does for a living. Over and over throughout Scripture it is declared that identity is of the heart. But what does that mean? The foundation of your life is not what you do, or what you know, but who you are. Kevin Avram and Wes Boldt walk the reader through to an understanding of heart identity, how it is shaped, expressed, changed, and even stolen.

Table of Contents

Don't Waste Your Sorrows	p. 11
Identity Myths	p. 31
Appearance Equals Identity	p. 33
Behavior Equals Identity	p. 34
Possessions Equal Identity	p. 35
Status Equals Identity	p. 37
Road Maps for Life	p. 39
Road Maps for Life are Called Paradigms	p. 40
Paradigm Shift: Swiss Watchmaking	p. 42
Paradigm Shift: Zeroes and Tomcats	p. 43
Paradigms in the Lives of Individual Christians	p. 45
Prisoners of Paradigms	p. 47
Identity Is of the Heart	p. 49
Heart Attitude + Paradigm = Heart Identity	p. 50
Our Heart's Response to Truth: Pride and Self-sufficiency or Humility	p. 51
Paradigms Rooted in Self-sufficiency that Steal Sonship/Daughterhood	p. 55
The Laborer	p. 56
Laborers in the Bible	p. 59
The Orphan	p. 63
Orphans in the Bible	p. 65
The Beggar	p. 67
Beggars in the Bible	p. 69
The Heart Identity of a Son or Daughter	p. 73
The Will or "The Way"	p. 74
Poverty of Spirit	p. 78
Mourning Our Poverty	p. 81
Hearing with the Heart	p. 83
Hungering for God	p. 88
The Merciful Heart	p. 91
Seeing the Father	p. 94
"Re"-presenting Christ	p. 96
You Will Be Accused	p. 99
You Are the Salt of the Earth & Light of the World	p. 101
Chart: Characteristics of the Four Heart Identities	p. 102
Motivational Gifts-Their Purpose and Characteristics	p. 105
Expressing Heart Identity	p. 106
The Perceiver Gift	p. 111
The Serving Gift	p. 113
The Teaching Gift	p. 115
The Exhortation Gift	p. 117
The Giving Gift	p. 119
The Administration Gift	p. 121
The Compassion Gift	p. 123
Implications on Leadership	p. 127
Laborers as Leaders	p. 128
A Hearing Heart or Personal Initiative	p. 136
Pictures of Paradigms-How Heart Identities and Giftings Can Meet in Real Life	p. 139
Todd: A Wounded Son	p. 140
Audrey and Joyce	p. 142
Blaming the Perceiver	p. 143
Chandra's Struggle	p. 145
Anton's Quest for Approval	p. 147
Gene Finds Identity in "Busyness"	p. 149
Peter and Warren	p. 150
More Implications on Leadership	p. 153
Sons and Daughters as Leaders	p. 154
Prayer	p. 159
Notes	p. 160
Acknowledgments, Credits, and Sources	p. 163
Foundations of Purpose International	p. 165
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