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TOPUCU Adult Faith-Based Workbook Lesson 2: Part 1

LESSON 2: PART 1
LESSON 1: QUIZ WHAT ARE THE ODDS?

1. A habit is a repetitive behavior we perform 5. What does TOPUCU stand for? In the 5 Chapter of the Gospel of Luke, we Well, you’re about to find out. But first,
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without conscious thought. read a story about the time Jesus called the let’s have a little review.
a. The one purple unicorn controls you first of his disciples. Simon was a fisherman
True or False (circle one) In Lesson One you were given an
b. Take over people you can’t understand and the story begins when Jesus had come understanding of what a habit is, how it is
aboard his vessel to make a request of him.
c. The only person you cheat is you formed and how to go about changing it.
2. What component needs to change in order “He got into one of the boats, the one You were also asked to pick a single habit
to improve or eliminate a bad habit? d. The one person you count on belonging to Simon, and asked him to put you’d like to change over the course of this
out a little from shore. Then he sat down Starter Program. And finally, some of the
a. Routine and taught the people from the boat.” techniques successful people have been
NOTES: Luke 5:3 (NIV). using for years to make behavioral changes
b. Question
in their lives were shared with you. Now it’s
Jesus used Simon’s boat as a pulpit. We can
c. Prize time to put your hard hat on and really get
only imagine what an honor that must have to work. The next six lessons are crucial,
d. Reward been for the young fisherman. He must have because we will go in depth and learn the
felt pride that his simple boat had been used
e. Trigger specific secrets and tools that will enable
to assist Jesus in spreading his message of you to do what you don’t want to do in order
hope and love. The story, however, takes an to become the person you want to become.
interesting turn as the Savior – once he had
3. What is the average number of days it finished teaching the people – asked Simon Each of these lessons will contain formulas
takes to break or form a habit? to push his boat out to deeper waters and and principles that you’ll need to memorize
in order to succeed in the transformation of
let down his net. Simon was skeptical. He
a. 12 the habit you’ve chosen to change. And if
answered, “Master, we’ve worked hard all you haven’t chosen that habit yet, then what
b. 24 night and haven’t caught anything. But are you waiting for? This is the time!
because you say, I will let down the nets…”
c. 40
Luke 5:5 (NIV). As the story goes, when Now, let’s get back to that fisherman for
d. 66 Simon did so, they caught so many fish the a moment. Despite his skepticism, Simon
nets could barely hold them. pushed that boat out into deeper waters
and dropped his net. He and his partners
How many times have you been presented
4. What are some habits you would like with the opportunity to accomplish a task caught a large sum of fish and afterwards
to change? but refrain from even beginning the process Jesus invited Simon and the others to follow
Him, for he would make them “fishers of
because said task seems impossible? How men.” This time, without hesitation, they
many times have you been skeptical like dropped everything and followed the Master.
Simon? How many times have you needed But why? Why were the men so much more
some assurance before you started the eager to acquiesce to what seemed like a
process? How many times have you needed much bigger and harder request?
some motivation to get the job done? And
how does this story relate to what we’re Well the answer is “motivation.” After seeing
going to talk about today? what was possible with the fish, something

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