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CHARLES G. JOHNSON, FACILITATOR. UNSTANDING PEOPLE COURSE OVERVIEW. Course Description:. This course guides the learner on a journey to better understand people so that you can minister more powerfully in their lives. Learner Objectives:.
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CHARLES G. JOHNSON, FACILITATOR UNSTANDING PEOPLE COURSE OVERVIEW
Course Description: This course guides the learner on a journey to better understand people so that you can minister more powerfully in their lives.
Learner Objectives: • To learn the principles of human growth and development. • To become more sensitive to and aware of the importance of human observation as an essential component of understanding people. • To better understand what people are like at all ages and stages of the life span. • To enhance our relationships by improving our human relations skills.
Course Text: • Understanding People – A Ministry to All Stages of Life, Cheryl Fawcett, Ph.D. Evangelical Training association, 2001 Edition, and ISBN: 0-910566-99-2.
Course Relevance: • We are in the people business. • Our success as leaders depends on our ability to relate effectively with people. • Positive human relation skills can be learned through training and practice. • Positive human relation skills have personal and social rewards.
Course Foundation – We Serve A God of Understanding: Proverbs 3:19, The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath e established the heavens.
Thought – Provoking Scriptural References: • Proverbs 4:7 Wisdom is the principle thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. • Proverbs 2:2 so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding. • Proverb 2:6 for the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. • Proverb 2:11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee. • Proverbs 49:3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditations of my heart shall be of understanding. • Hence, God wants us to be a people in pursuit of understanding!
Compelling themes involved in understanding People: • All people desire to be understood. • We seek to understand others so that we too can be understood ourselves. • Understanding people requires knowledge, time, effort, prayer and wisdom.