Affective Domain Becoming like Christ

1.  RECEIVING (ATTENDING): 

     A.  Awareness --

•  I Tim 4:16 Pay close attention to yourself and to your teaching; persevere in these things; for as you do this you will insure salvation both for yourself and for those who hear you.
  

• Hebrews :2:1 For this reason we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it.
  

• 2 Peter 1:19 And so we have the prophetic word made more sure, to which you do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts.
  

You mother calls you to dinner while you are watching TV....do you even hear her?  The gospel is being preached over the entire earth...are most people paying attention?  What message is God trying to give you...but you aren't paying attention? (Meditation NOT just study ---"The Lord IS my shepherd")

     B.  Willingness-- Hearing and willing to listen.  "Ye have ears, but you do not hear."  A willing heart is the beginning of understanding.

     C.  Controlled or Selected Attention:  Willing to selectively hear and concentrate on what God is revealing.  In church one person hears a baby cry, another hears the voice of God speaking to their heart through the singing.  Controlled Attention means that you have focused long enough to get the message.  You can receive the word. Selective Attention also means that you choose to listen or attend to a message. You might even attend to the message on your "own" time.

• Examples:

  • Dripping water,

  • a bird's song,

  • a car engine.

2.  RESPONDING: (Exhibit a NEW behavior)

     A.  Acquiescence:  Believing...one is touched by the message and responds to it with feeling, emotion, and mental affirmation.

     B.  Willingness:  One hears a message, believes it, and is willing to respond to it. Action follows the hearing. "Be ye doers of the word, not just hearers".

     C.  Satisfaction:  The response brings satisfaction.  Gladness results from the action taken.  One is not embarrassed or demeaned by the action taken.  The action generates an internal response which is typically sense of well-being.

3.  VALUING:  (Exhibits actions that are characteristic of true INVOLVEMENT)

     A.  Acceptance:  You accept the message, respond to the message, feel satisfaction from acting on the new value and now you accept this value as a part of your character.

     B.  Preference: When faced with a new dilemma, you prefer to react in accordance with your new value system. You prefer the type of people who share your value system.

     C.  Commitment: You are committed to the new value and will even publicly proclaim your commitment. People see that you have made choices that agree with the new value system.

4.  ORGANIZATION:  (Value Clarification - Prioritize)

     A.  Conceptualization: Your life is defined by the way you prioritize your affairs. You organize your life around the new value system. Example: All your friends know that you will be at church on Sunday instead of in a bar.

     B.  Organization: You define your life, schedule, finances, spare time, and friendships around the activities that represent your new values.

5 Characterization (Consistently  acting in  agreement with value )

     A.  Generalized Set: You have a set of values (such as Christian values) that are predictable and holistic. There are no values in the set that conflict with any other values in your "set".

     B.  Value Complex: Your life is so ethically and completely aligned with the value set that you become the very representative of the set of values.

Example: Someone might say, "When I think of caring, I think of Irena. She is the very essence of caring."