Workshop presented at Deliverance 2013

1. Maximizing
GOD’S PLAN
for You
Using Technology
Dr. Courtney S. Lamar
October 11, 2013

2. Our Plans

3. God’s Plans (Jeremiah 29:10-
14)
10-11 This is GOD’s Word on the
subject: “As soon as Babylon’s
seventy years are up and not a
day before, I’ll show up and take
care of you as I promised and
bring you back home. I know
what I’m doing. I have it all
planned out—plans to take care
of you, not abandon you, plans to

4. God’s Plans (Jeremiah 29:10-
14)
12 “When you call on me, when
you come and pray to me, I’ll
listen.
13-14 “When you come looking for
me, you’ll find me.
“Yes, when you get serious about
finding me and want it more than
anything else, I’ll make sure you
won’t be disappointed.” GOD’s

5. “I’ll turn things around for you. I’ll
bring you back from all the
countries into which I drove
you”—GOD’s Decree—“bring you
home to the place from which I
sent you off into exile. You can
count on it.”
God’s Plans (Jeremiah 29:10-
14)

6. How do we determine God’s
Plans?
Call
Come and Pray
Seek

7. Planning Analogy
General
Plan
◦Master Plan
◦Sector Plan
◦Functional
Plan
Source:

8. The Spiritual Disciplines:
A Path to God’s Plans
General Plan
Master Plan
Sector Plan
Functional
Plan
God’s Plans
Corporate
Disciplines
Inward
Disciplines
Outward
Disciplines

9. Corporate
Outward
Inward
Inward
• Meditation
• Prayer
• Fasting
• Study
Outward
• Simplicity
• Solitude
• Submissio
n
• Service
Corporate
• Confession • Worship
• Celebration • Guidance

10. Technology

11. Spiritual Disciplines &
Technology
 YouVersion
 PollEverywhere
 Ustream
 Freeconferencecall
 Wix
 Wordpress
 Skype/Oovoo
 FaceTime/Tango
 Facebook/Twitter
 Tumblr
 Dropbox/Sugarsync
 Evernote
 YouTube
 SlideShare
 Doodle
 GoogleDocs
 OpenLP
 BibleGateway
… and thousands

12. How/Where Do I Start?
Pray Research
Practice
It!
Reflect

13. Potential Technology Threats…
NOT A GOD SUBSTITUTE
DISTRACTION
Security
Privacy
Maintenance/Updates

14. Comments?
Questions?