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Topic: IT'S CHILD'S PLAY (06/06/19)
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By Jim Harrison
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That whatever the task that I'm about to undertake will be
as easy as pie. Now when I think back to the times in my
Life when I had challenges and how they may have seemed impossible at the moment, the words Child's Play didn't even enter the picture. I eventually called upon my Lord Jesus Christ. You see, at first, I attended the school of “Hard Knocks," in other words, I used my common sense. We all fall back on our lives experiences until we trust the Lord Jesus Christ as our savior in which I did on October 27, 1982. I'm of the mindset that yes we can do well and make decisions that will further us along in life, as well as in our life careers. But I am sincerely convinced that seeking the Lord's face before making life-changing decisions has become a way of life for me. I am intentional about my Christian walk.
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This short piece is the kernel of a fantastic dramatic piece, but there was no attempt to take it the next step in the creative process.
The next step in making this a more dramatic piece is to put some distance between you and your subject and treat your experiences with a certain detachment.
1.Overall, what challenges did you face? Can you pick one or two incidents and expound on them, describe them – the actions, dialogue, thoughts, themes, characterization, and scene details could be a concentration to lead us into you story in a sense connection.
2.What is common sense of “Hard Knocks”? Examples of your experiences using them successfully or unsuccessfully.
Try to show your reader in a manner that the reader can say, ‘Hey, that’s me I think I will try to handle things the way this writer did and does.
3.What taught you that one should seek God’s face before making life-changing decisions? How can that translate to the realities of life?
How are you different in these things than you were before Christ entered your life, compared to how you are now?
4. You picked the word ‘intentional’ because that was your first instinct when choosing that word.
a. Dig into your subconscious to find out what caused you to pick the word ‘intentional’.
b. Reflect on the word ‘intentional’ and brainstorm. Since you chose that word, I guarantee it is the head of an iceberg and the word
‘intentional’ is the tip of the iceberg. There are things connected to the word, emotions, experiences, hurts, heartaches, or perhaps happy incidents.
5.Much potential in this kernel of story.
6.Example: The word ‘Intentional’ – Deliberate, intended, calculated, purposeful, premeditated, planned
a.My actions, I found, became more deliberate and purposeful than they had been previously.
b.I learned to plan, for planning with God’s counsel is God’s way of teaching you to walk in him and with him.
c.Etc.
This short piece is the kernel of a fantastic dramatic piece, but there was no attempt to take it the next step in the creative process. The next step in making this a more dramatic piece is to put some distance between you and your subject and treat your experiences with a certain detachment.
1. Overall, what challenges did you face?
a. Can you pick one or two incidents and expound on them, describe them – the actions, dialogue, thoughts, themes, characterization, and scene details could be a concentration to lead us into you story in a sense connection.
2. What is common sense of “Hard Knocks”? Examples of your experiences using them successfully or unsuccessfully. Try to show your reader in a manner that the reader can say, ‘Hey, that’s me I think I will try to handle things the way this writer did and does.
3. What taught you that one should seek God’s face before making life-changing decisions? How can that translate to the realities of life? How are you different in these things than you were before Christ entered your life, compared to how you are now?
4. You picked the word ‘intentional’ because that was your first instinct when choosing that word.
a. Dig into your subconscious to find out what caused you to pick the word ‘intentional’.
b. Reflect on the word ‘intentional’ and brainstorm. Since you chose that word, I guarantee it is the head of an iceberg and the word ‘intentional’ is the tip of the iceberg. There are things connected to the word, emotions, experiences, hurts, heartaches, or perhaps happy incidents.
5. Much potential in this kernel of story.
6. Example: The word ‘Intentional’ – Deliberate, intended, calculated, purposeful, premeditated, planned
a. My actions, I found, became more deliberate and purposeful than they had been previously.
b. I learned to plan, for planning with God’s counsel is God’s way of teaching you to walk in him and with him.
c. Etc.