1. Positive Appreciation
Living System Ministry
Positive Appreciation
The Second Stage of the
Process of the Gospel
and a Useful Tool in Ministry
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2. What is it?
Positive appreciation means you make room in your heart to honestly and actively respect and care about people and their cultural context.
If you jump in to help people, but have not loved them first, you may be accomplishing
nothing at all.
Real love precedes and
then produces fruitful action.
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3. God models love Jesus expressed immense positive
appreciation of people.
To love others is part of
our calling as Christians.
If we carry on in ministry without having a positive appreciation for others, our work will be counterproductive and fruitless.
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4. How do you do it? Positive appreciation takes time. Here are some
things to keep in mind:
We initiate positive appreciation.
Love will require courage and determination.
Flee from paternalism.
Have positive appreciation
of the person’s context.
Positive appreciation involves
both loving and liking.
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