Transforming Loneliness for God’s Purpose

Leadership Academy Test: Loneliness Module

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1. " Transforming Emotions in a Leader's Heart" was written
- A. To help women learn that a life of faith is not some mystical feeling but the concrete application of God's word
- B. To give women a tool to build authentic friendships and community
- C. To help women understand that every time we respond according to God's Word, we affirm our identity as a member of God's family
- D. All of they above
2. When determining how to respond to a challenging situation we can discover God's royal family's code of behavior by
- A. Googling the topic on the internet
- B. Asking our friends their counsel
- C. Finding a Bible character who experienced a similar situation and model after his or her right choices.
3. The book "Transforming Emotions in a Leaeder's Heart" provides the reader with:
- A. A tangible way to overcome the emotions of loneliness, rejection and fear in one's own life
- B. Curriculum that can be personalized to the reader's life and used to further teaching
- C. A biblical understanding of how biblical characters handle their emotions
- D. All of the above
4. In John 14: 16-17, Jesus said, "And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with your forever- the Spirit of truth." NIV. This verse transforms our loneliness by reminding us:
- A. The word "forever" is such a comforting word with promised by one who has the power to deliver on His promises
- B. Our Father in heaven will give us a "forever" Counselor
- C. The Counselor God gives us will help us build our lives on truth
- D. All of the above
5. Genesis 2:15 tells us: "The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it." NIV Verse 18 reads, "it is not good for man to be alone." These verses offer us insight on relationships as follows,
- A. Before we know what relationship we need in our lives, we must first know our mission
- B. God thinks work is more important than relationships
- C. God thinks we need the peace from time in the garden before having a relationship
6. Romans 8:28 tells us that "all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." NIV. From this verse, Anita Carman said the ability to flow with the changes in our lives comes from:
- A. Our ability to trust in God's character of "goodness"
- B. Our ability to trust in God as the change agent
- C. Our ability to trust God through our losses and view Him as good even if He allows bad things to happen
- D. All of the above
7. Psalms 68:6a tells us God sets the lonely in families. In John 19:26-27 we see God doing this for Mary the mother of Jesus: When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, "Dear woman, here is your son," and to the disciple, "Here is your mother." From that time on, this disciple took her into his home. NIV. Psalm 68:6b says, "but the rebellious live in a sun scorched land." From these verses, those who are feeling lonely can self assess and ask
- A. Am I choosing to remain in the sun scorched land by resisting the new relationships God wants to put in my life?
- B. Is my loneliness a result of my own rebellion?
- C. Both A and B
8. When Jesus was on earth, Peter, James and John were the three Jesus drew closer to Him than the others. After Jesus ascended into heaven, King Herod arrested Jame and executed him. From Peter and John, we learn to:
- A. Transcend above a personal loss and focus on God's greater mission to reach the world
- B. Assess the loss and evaluate if we should embark on a different mission
- C. Ask God for a different dream
9. Hannah was the mother whose son was raised in an ungodly household. 1 Samuel 2:22-26 tells us in the NIV, "Now Eli, who was very old, heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they slept with the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. So he said to them, "Why do you do such things? I hear from all the people about these wicked deeds of yours. No, my sons; it is not a good report that I hear spreading amoung the LORD's people. If a man sins against another man, God may mediate for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who will intercede for him?" His sons, however, did not listen to their father's rebuke, for it ws the LORD's will to put them to death. And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the LORD and with men." Instead of feeling alone in raising a child in an ungodly environment, these verses tell us:
- A. God is perfectly able to raise up a child to be godly in spite of the environment
- B. Since Eli was very old, Hannah's plan was to remove her son from Eli's household at her first opportunity
10. In 1 Samuel 16: 1 reads in the NIV: The LORD said to Samuel, "How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and be on your way; I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem. I have chosen one of his sons to be king." Instead of feeling the loneliness of supporting a leader God has rejected, the way out of our loneliness is to:
- A. Be on our way and move on with God
- B. Keep appealing to God to accept someone ungodly
- C. Keep clinging to the image of what someone could be
11. Though Paul invited Mark off the team at one point in time, 2 Timothy 4:11 reports Paul as saying in the NIV, "Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is helpful to me in my ministry." Even as if we let go of someone for a season, this situation teaches us
- A. If an individual truly has a heart to serve, we must trust that God can bring the person back in due time
- B. If we focus on God's mission, He will work thing out in due time
- C. Leaders who serve God don't hold a personal grudge
- D. All of the above
12. Mark 4:35-39 reads in the NIV: “That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, "Let us go over to the other side." Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, "Teacher, don't you care if we drown?" He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, "Quiet! Be still!" Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.” In the midst of a storm it helps to remember:
- A. God was the one who initiated the mission.
- B. There are others watching our reaction.
- C. When God says to “go over to the other side” He always gets to the other side.
- D. All of the above
13. Mark 1:19-20 tells us in the NIV: When he had gone a little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John in a boat, preparing their nets. Without delay he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him. In the bookTransforming Emotions in a Leader’s Heart Anita Carman highlighted the words “without delay he called them” to teach:
- A. Once God speaks, we are held accountable for whether we obey or shrink away.
- B. When God calls us without delay, He expects us to act without delay.
- C. When God is urgent in His timing, He expects us to be urgent in our response.
- D. All of the above
14. Luke 2:52 tells us in the NIV, “And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.” NIV. 1 Samuel 2:26 tells us, “And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the LORD and with men.” In any great work God plans on doing, He takes the time to prepare the vessel. Instead of feeling lonely when nothing seems to be happening, these verses remind us:
- A. Jesus had a time when he grew in wisdom and stature before His ministry began.
- B. Samuel had a time he grew in stature and favor before God established him in an official role in ministry.
- C. A prepared life that is totally obedient is who God uses to change the world.
- D. All of the above
15. Peter told Jesus in Mark 10:28 in the NIV, “We have left everything to follow you!" He saw himself as “sold out” and surrendered. But when Jesus turned his face towards Jerusalem and spoke of the persecution that was ahead of Him, Peter said in Matthew, chapter 16, verses 22-23 (NIV), “Never, Lord!...This shall never happen to you!" To this, Jesus replied in verse 23 (NIV), “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men." This exchange between Jesus and Peter remind us:
- A. Declaring we will follow is a necessary first step to accepting our call. However, it does not guarantee we can fulfill our call.
- B. Those who declare they will follow are often surprised by the cost of surrendering all to fulfill God’s call.
- C. When we try to talk God out of a calling, He sees it as our not having “in mind the things of God, but the things of men.”
- D. All of the above
16. Jesus trusted God even when God was absent. In Mark 15:34 (NIV), Jesus cried out, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" Yet, Luke 23:46 (NIV) tells us Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit." How could Jesus commit His spirit to a God who is absent, evidenced by His Words, “Why have you forsaken me?” When we feel the loneliness of God’s absence we should:
- A. Accept that the more we walk with God, the closer He will walk us into Jesus’ Calvary experience and invite us to trust Him even when we don’t feel His presence.
- B. Stay in God’s mission even when we don’t feel His presence.
- C. Stop everything we are doing until we feel God’s presence again.
- D. Both A and B
17. During Paul’s life, God allowed a time of isolation in Tarsus. Paul said in Philippians 3:8-10 in the NIV, “I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ…” In the book, Transforming Emotions in a Leader’s Heart, Anita Carman taught that
- A. Before God can trust us with a ministry to thousands He must be sure we can handle success and not allow the accolades to cause us to think we must be something special.
- B. While Saul, later known as Paul, was in Tarsus, God was also changing history and opening the door to reach the Gentiles.
- C. In God’s perfect timing, Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul and we find Saul stepping into the original calling from God to be an instrument to the Gentiles.
- D. All of the above.
18. Elijah was an example of someone who felt alone in his mission. 1 Kings 18:22-23 records Elijah saying in the NIV, “I am the only one of the LORD's prophets left, but Baal has four hundred and fifty prophets.” In contrast, John the Baptist was “a voice” in the wilderness who did not express feeling alone while announcing the Christ. One reason John did not feel alone in the mission could be:
- A. Elijah felt alone after challenging the prophets of Baal. He was immersed in major controversy and activity.
- B. John was a voice that came out of the wilderness. He emerged from a time of isolation and time with God.
- C. Both A and B
19. In his service to God, Paul served with passion but he was never stressed. He was intentional, focused, diligent and consistent. In his farewell final words to the Ephesians he said in Acts 20:18-21 in the NIV, “You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I came into the province of Asia. I served the Lord with great humility and with tears, although I was severely tested by the plots of the Jews. You know that I have not hesitated to preach anything that would be helpful to you but have taught you publicly and from house to house.” Which words evidenced that Paul did not have a season when he was distracted or unfocused.
- A. “I have not hesitated”
- B. “the whole time”
- C. “from the first day”
- D. All of the above
20. Paul said in Philippians 4:12-13 in the NIV, “I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through him who gives me strength.” In the book Transforming Emotions in a Leader’s Heart, Anita Carman challenged readers with these thoughts:
- A. Could it be that the reason we strive is because we are still trying to control life?
- B. When we are willing to flow freely with God from plenty to sacrifice, then we are truly free to serve God.
- C. Our only hope of learning to flow with God comes from drawing strength “through him who gives me strength.”
- D. All of the above
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