Name: Master Reset
Price: 12 USD

In this course, Tim Ross will explain the Four Steps to Reset:
01_Stop faulty programs.
Close (Stop) Old Relationships that are dragging your ability to operated at your peak

02_Upload new programs.
Reload your life with Foundational Elements of Prayer, Meditation, Fasting & Bible Study

03_Install new operating systems.
Fix your the Operating System of your life with intentional Godly counseling and if needed therapy

04_Start new procedures and methods.
Restart your life with new daily choices and routines

Master Reset Introduction 

Tim Ross starts off his course defining what a reboot is and why he has chosen it as an outline for this course, Master Reset.

What condition do you find your life in right now?
What has found its way into your life that is dragging you down?

This course has been designed to instruct you on how to restart your life, your relationships, your business and your walk with the Lord.

A reset is like the example of how a pilot makes slight adjustments during the flight to reach its destination.

Tim shares how on January 14, 1996 he had to ask the Lord for his Master Reset. Since then he has only needed some slight tweaks along the way. Tim had received his hard reset to the Master’s settings so that God could get him back to the point where he understood that there had been much downloaded on the “harddrive” of his mind that should not be there. So, through that reboot he was able to have an upload from God’s word that changed his life.

Why You Need a Reset 

The Benefits of a Master Reset 

Tim Ross shares that he created this course for those whose life has experienced a major change.

2 Corinthians 5:17
17 This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!

For a new life to begin, the old life has to go.
At the foundation of a master reset you must understand that there is a line of demarcation between what was old and what is now new.

When you hold these two realities in tension, then you can make a decision to move forward in this new life. Then acknowledge that this new life is better for you than the old way of living was. So when you make the opportunity to create the space and invite the Holy Spirit of God into your life and say that you need help to fall in love with the new life. This may not happen overnight. Tim guarantees that this new life is exponentially better than your old one.

A New Life 

According to 2 Corinthians, the first benefit of a master reset is a new life.

Romans 6:7
7 For when we died with Christ we were set free from the power of sin.

Galatians 5:1
1 So Christ has truly set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don’t get tied up again in slavery to the law.

Colossians 2:20
20 You have died with Christ, and he has set you free from the spiritual powers of this world. 

New Settings gives you a new opportunity to be FREE from downloading sinful choices back into our lives.

Tim encourages those who step into this new life and embrace this Master Reset that he wants us to know you have a responsibility to ensure that you don't go back into your old lifestyle.

New Settings 

Tim teaches from three Bible passages on how a Master Reset gives you new settings.

Ephesians 1:9-11
9 God has now revealed to us his mysterious will regarding Christ—which is to fulfill his own good plan.
10 And this is the plan: At the right time he will bring everything together under the authority of Christ—everything in heaven and on earth. 11 Furthermore, because we are united with Christ, we have received an inheritance from God, for he chose us in advance, and he makes everything work out according to his plan.

A Master Reset involves you embracing God’s plan for your life. Tim shares how his plan for his life was very different from the plan God has had for his life. He planned to work in law enforcement and not become a preacher, author and podcaster. 

You may have a plan for your life, but notice in verse 11 that God makes everything work out according to His plan. When you embrace God’s Master Reset in your life you must also embrace His plan for your life. Again Tim guarantees that God’s plan for your life is way better than anything that you have planned by yourself.

A New Plan 

Tim teaches from Ephesians 1:9-11 about the new plan that God has for your life.

01_New Life, New Mind, New Heart, New Soul 
		- What does a fresh start look like for you?
		- What does it look like to have a “Do Over?” 
		- What does it look like to another chance to live an abundant life

02_Creating a New Setting may require you to find new friends
		- Clear out your browser
		- Clear out your phone list
		- Maybe even change your phone number
		- Take a different way home that doesn’t pass by the familiar places from your old life
		- Surround yourself with Godly influences
		- Maybe you need to change jobs or go back to school?
		- Put yourself in a New Setting

03_New Plan - Write out your plan - Habakkuk 2:2 “Write the vision, make it plain...”
		- Set a budget
		- Do the research
		- Set Goals
		- Share your New Plan so that others can hold you accountable

Apply these ideas and you will come out better than when you went in.

Implementation 

Tim challenges you to apply these 3 applications to your life.

Tim teaches an exercise that helps begin the process of resetting your entire life. 

Isaiah 43:14-17
14 This is what the Lord says—your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
“For your sakes I will send an army against Babylon,
  forcing the Babylonians to flee in those ships they are so proud of.
15 I am the Lord, your Holy One,
  Israel’s Creator and King.
16 I am the Lord, who opened a way through the waters,
  making a dry path through the sea.
17 I called forth the mighty army of Egypt
  with all its chariots and horses.
I drew them beneath the waves, and they drowned,
  their lives snuffed out like a smoldering candlewick.

To truly experience The Master’s Reset you must first remember what God has already done.

This exercise comes from a Jewish song entitled Dayenu (a song that is part of the Jewish holiday of Passover). The meaning of Dayenu is that “it would have been enough or it would have been sufficient or suffice.’ At the end of every verse there is a shout Dayenu - It would have been enough!

Tim wrote his own personal remix Dayenu as an example on how you can do the same.

If He had engrafted me into the covenant made with His chosen people Israel, but had not broken the generational curse over my life, Dayenu!

If He had broken the generational curse over my life, but had not given my family a generational blessing, Dayenu!

If He had given my family a generational blessing, but never called me to preach the gospel, Dayenu!

If He had called me to preach the gospel, but never brought Juliette into my life, Dayenu!

If He had brought Juliette into my life, but never gave us Nathan and Noah, Dayenu!

If He had given us Nathan and Noah, and had never brought our family closer to Himself, Dayenu!

If He had brought our family closer to Himself and never does another thing for us, DAYENU!!!

Reset With the Dayenu 

Dayenu! 

Tim teaches a process to reset your life using passages from Isaiah chapter 43.

Tim recaps the first part of the Dayenu song.

Verse 1
If He had brought us out of Egypt, and had not carried out judgment against them, Dayenu!
Verse 2
If He had carried out judgments against them, and not against their idols, Dayenu!
Verse 3
If He had destroyed their idols, and not smitten their first born, Dayenu!
Verse 4
If He had smitten their first born, and had not given us their wealth, Dayenu!
Verse 5
If He had given us their wealth, and had not split the sea for us, Dayenu!

Tim teaches from Psalm 107:2
2 “Has the Lord redeemed you? Then speak out!
		Tell others he has redeemed you from your enemies.”

* What did he save me from?
* What did He bring me through?
* What did He make me miss?
* What did He allow not to stick?

These are reminders that you need to have and go over and practically apply scripture to your life. If the Lord has done anything for you, speak out! Let the Redeemed of the Lord say so.

What Did He Bring Me Out Of? 

First Question needed for The Master to Reset our lives is to ask, “What Did He Bring Me Out Of?” And when you answer this question, Tim reminds you to speak out and let others know what God has saved you from.

Tim continues the Dayenu song.

Verse 6
If He had split the sea for us, and not taken us through it on dry land, Dayenu!

Verse 7
If He had taken us through the sea on dry land, and had not drowned our oppressors it in, Dayenu!

Verse 8
If He had drowned our oppressors in it, and had not supplied our needs in the desert for 40 years, Dayenu!

Verse 9
If He has supplied our needs in the desert for 40 years, and not fed us manna, Dayenu!

What has God done for you that was absolutely miraculous?
* List the Miracles
* List the divine interventions
* List the times you were rescued
* List the times you were protected

When you write out these lists it will show you God’s divine blueprint for your life. And stand on these things that you know to be true.

John 3:16
16 “For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

He died for you! Dayenu!

What Did He Do to Amaze You? 

Second Question needed for The Master to Reset our lives is to ask, “What Did He Do To Amaze You?” Tim will challenge you to write a list of all the ways God has shown up in your life.

Dayenu song continued:

Verse 10
If He had fed us manna, and not given us the Shabbat, Dayenu!

Verse 11
If He had given us the Shabbat, and had not brought us before Mount Sinai, Dayenu!

Verse 12
If He had brought us before Mount Sinai, and not given us the Torah, Dayenu!

Verse 13
If He had given us the Torah, and not brought us into the land of Israel, Dayenu!

Verse 14
If He had brought us into the land of Israel, and not built us the Holy Temple, Dayenu!

Verse 15
If He had only given us the Temple, and not give us Yeshua, Dayenu!

Leader: But God provided all these blessings to our ancestors, and not only these but so many more. Blessed are you O’God for you have in mercy supplied all of our needs, you have given us Messiah forgiveness of sins, life abundant and life everlasting, Dayenu!

2 Corinthians 12:9
9 Each time he said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me.

He never prayed again for the thorn to be removed. Imagine that you have something in your body that is like a thorn and when you pray the Lord's response is that He is not removing it, but that His grace is sufficient. 

01_How can you get closer to the Lord?
02_How can you add more prayer time?
03_How can you study the Bible deeper?
04_How can you increase your community?

How Close Has He Come to You?

Third Question needed for The Master to Reset our lives is to ask “How Close Has He Come To You?”

01_What did He bring me out of? 
		- God either saved you from something or saved you through something. 

02_What did He do to amaze you?
		- What are you in awe of when it comes to God in your life?

03_How close has He come to you?
		- Think about the moments in your life when you never felt closer to you. When he showed up in your life.

Your assignment today is to write your own Dayenu song.

Isaiah 43:14-18
14 This is what the Lord says—your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
“For your sakes I will send an army against Babylon,
  forcing the Babylonians to flee in those ships they are so proud of.
15 I am the Lord, your Holy One,
  Israel’s Creator and King.
16 I am the Lord, who opened a way through the waters,
  making a dry path through the sea.
17 I called forth the mighty army of Egypt
  with all its chariots and horses.
I drew them beneath the waves, and they drowned,
  their lives snuffed out like a smoldering candlewick.
18 “But forget all that—
  it is nothing compared to what I am going to do.

In Isaiah 43, God was telling the people of Israel that although they have a testimony in the deliverance from Egypt that He was instructing them even forget about that because what He was about to do was going to make those memories fade in and because of the newest things He will do for them.

Fuhgeddaboudit! 

Forget and Remember 

Tim shares about when he had many things he had to forgive himself for because he had been forgiven by God. There were things in his life that God was asking him to forget and look forward to the things that He was about to do.

Tim reads the following verses about God instructing us to remember what He has done for us.

Exodus 12:14
14 “This is a day to remember. Each year, from generation to generation, you must celebrate it as a special festival to the Lord. This is a law for all time.

Exodus 13:3
3 So Moses said to the people, “This is a day to remember forever—the day you left Egypt, the place of your slavery. Today the Lord has brought you out by the power of his mighty hand. 

Exodus 22:21
21 “You must not mistreat or oppress foreigners in any way. Remember, you yourselves were once foreigners in the land of Egypt.

Leviticus 19:33-34
33 “Do not take advantage of foreigners who live among you in your land. 34 Treat them like native-born Israelites, and love them as you love yourself. Remember that you were once foreigners living in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 26:45
45 For their sakes I will remember my ancient covenant with their ancestors, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of all the nations, that I might be their God. I am the Lord.”

Deuteronomy 4:20
20 Remember that the Lord rescued you from the iron-smelting furnace of Egypt in order to make you his very own people and his special possession, which is what you are today.

Deuteronomy 5:15
15 Remember that you were once slaves in Egypt, but the Lord your God brought you out with his strong hand and powerful arm. That is why the Lord your God has commanded you to rest on the Sabbath day.

Deuteronomy 7:18-19
18 But don’t be afraid of them! Just remember what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all the land of Egypt. 19 Remember the great terrors the Lord your God sent against them. You saw it all with your own eyes! And remember the miraculous signs and wonders, and the strong hand and powerful arm with which he brought you out of Egypt. The Lord your God will use this same power against all the people you fear.

Deuteronomy 8:2
Remember how the Lord your God led you through the wilderness for these forty years, humbling you and testing you to prove your character, and to find out whether or not you would obey his commands.

Deuteronomy 15:15
15 Remember that you were once slaves in the land of Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you! That is why I am giving you this command.

Deuteronomy 16:12
12 Remember that you were once slaves in Egypt, so be careful to obey all these decrees.

Deuteronomy 24:18
18 Always remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the Lord your God redeemed you from your slavery. That is why I have given you this command.

Deuteronomy 24:22
22 Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt. That is why I am giving you this command.

Deuteronomy 29:16
16 “You remember how we lived in the land of Egypt and how we traveled through the lands of enemy nations as we left.

Deuteronomy 32:7
7 Remember the days of long ago;
		think about the generations past.
Ask your father, and he will inform you.
  Inquire of your elders, and they will tell you.

Remember What He's Done 

Tim underlines how many times in the Bible that God tells us to remember as the first step to your reboot.

When you press your RESTART button on your PC it automatically shuts down the last program that you were using and gives you an opportunity to start over. This is just like the Lord when you start following Jesus he gives you a new chance to do things all over again.

Jeremiah 16:14-15
14 “But the time is coming,” says the Lord, “when people who are taking an oath will no longer say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who rescued the people of Israel from the land of Egypt.’ 15 Instead, they will say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the people of Israel back to their own land from the land of the north and from all the countries to which he had exiled them.’ For I will bring them back to this land that I gave their ancestors.

Tim gives encouragement to let some things go. He quotes his therapist who says that “you can’t properly leave what you don’t properly grieve? You could have had some circumstances in your life that were devastating, painful and hurtful.

Tim lets us know that God ain't done. And if He is not done, then you are not either.

God Ain't Done 

The Second Step you need to do when you REBOOT your life is to never forget that God ain’t done.

When you Reboot your life you need to:
01_Don’t Forget What God Has Done
		- Remember WHAT your life was like before Jesus took over your life?
		- Remember WHERE you were a year ago, or 5 or 10 years ago?
		- Remember WHO you once were
		- Reflect on who you were and are currently and who you are becoming

02_Don’t Forget that God Ain’t Done
		- Write down WHERE you want the Lord to take you this year?
		- Pray over this list 
		- Share it with your family
		- Be expectant about your future

You can thrive when you don’t forget where you have come from and remembering that God ain’t done.

Tim gives out homework assignments for you to apply how to “Fuhgeddaboudit!”

After the manufacturer cleans off the old programs and apps from your smartphone the next step is to RELOAD new operating systems and programs.

The Christian Journey requires Reload your life with the Foundational Elements of Prayer, Meditation, Fasting & Bible Study.

Isaiah 43:19 
19 For I am about to do something new.
		See, I have already begun! Do you not see it?
I will make a pathway through the wilderness.
		I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.

Philippians 1:6
6 And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.

Tim joyfully reminds us that God is not finished with you. He will continue his good work in your life until Christ Jesus returns. You do not have to be perfect today. The work that God is doing in you will finally be finished when you meet Jesus.

When you divert from the basics you will not have success for long. Practicing the basics is what got you success and will keep you successful.

How Many Times Can You Reset? 

Reloading New Programs 

Tim coaches us to go back to the basics of what made you successful to begin with. For him, these are the basics of his faith through prayer and reading his Bible and time in Meditation.

Psalm 119:82
82 My eyes are straining to see your promises come true.
			When will you comfort me?

Psalm 119:123
123 My eyes strain to see your rescue,
			to see the truth of your promise fulfilled.

2 Kings 6:15
15 When the servant of the man of God got up early the next morning and went outside, there were troops, horses, and chariots everywhere. “Oh, sir, what will we do now?” the young man cried to Elisha.
16 “Don’t be afraid!” Elisha told him. “For there are more on our side than on theirs!” 17 Then Elisha prayed, “O Lord, open his eyes and let him see!” The Lord opened the young man’s eyes, and when he looked up, he saw that the hillside around Elisha was filled with horses and chariots of fire.

You need to see God’s promises for your life. To visualize it in your mind. You need to see your freedom. To see your breakthrough. To see your prosperity. To see your discipline. To see your commitment. You need to see your faithfulness. If you are struggling with being able to see it, ask God to open your eyes to see what is there for you.

You Need to See It 

First, you need to know, when you Reload New Programs, to ask the question “Can You See It?” 

Psalm 77:19
77 Your road led through the sea,
		 your pathway through the mighty waters—
   a pathway no one knew was there!
	
The writer of this Psalm is literally saying that there was a road in the middle of the sea and no one knew it was there except God. The people of God that were being led to the sea did not know it was there because it was covered by water. It was not until God parted the sea could they see the road that was always there. When you think you are stuck and you've reached a dead end. You feel that there are no other options or opportunities in your career or in your marriage. It is then that God says that he has prepared a road that is right in front of you, even if all you see is a wall. What you can’t see and you don’t know is that God has the power to push back what seems to be an obstacle to show you a road that has been there all along.

Don’t get cynical. Don’t get pessimistic. God has a road and it is will for you to get across.

Hidden Path 

The second thing you need to know when you Reload New Programs is that God is making a way for you even when you only see an obstacle in your path.

2 Corinthians 5:17
17 This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!

Deuteronomy 8:15-16
15 Do not forget that he led you through the great and terrifying wilderness with its poisonous snakes and scorpions, where it was so hot and dry. He gave you water from the rock! 16 He fed you with manna in the wilderness, a food unknown to your ancestors. He did this to humble you and test you for your own good.

Tim explains how water should not be coming out of a rock. It is a miracle that this happened. And God still does miracles today. He can make a way out of no way in your life because God is the founder of it. He speaks things that are not and they become because He said so.

You are never out of options when you have God who is limitless. He brought water from a rock and bread from the sky and He can do the same for you.

He's Creating a Way 

The third thing you need to know when you Reload New Programs is that God is Creating A Way For You.

01_Can You See It?
		- To see what God is doing, you must not be afraid of the pressures around you
		- To see what God is doing, to look up and pray that the Lord opens your eyes

02_He’s Making A Way for You
		- Reload new programs that give you a new mindset on how you see yourself
		- Reload new programs that give you new words to speak over your situation
		- Reload new programs that are based on the promises of the Lord
		- You need a Word from the Word of God to rewrite your programs with God who is the originator
		- Start by committing Bible passages to memory so that you can use to stand on God’s promises for your life

03_He’s Creating A Way For You
		- Write down a specific request that you need the Lord to create a way for you
		- Set aside a period of time for the next week to pray for God to do a miracle in your life
		- Find a group of people who will agree with you for the Lord to divinely intervene in your life

Tim wants you to know that God has been waiting for you to come to Him when you come to the end of your rope, hit the dead end and say that you need His help. God cannot wait to prove Himself to you.

Three things you need to know for the reload.

Exodus 33:12-23
12 One day Moses said to the Lord, “You have been telling me, ‘Take these people up to the Promised Land.’ But you haven’t told me whom you will send with me. You have told me, ‘I know you by name, and I look favorably on you.’ 13 If it is true that you look favorably on me, let me know your ways so I may understand you more fully and continue to enjoy your favor. And remember that this nation is your very own people.”
14 The Lord replied, “I will personally go with you, Moses, and I will give you rest—everything will be fine for you.”
15 Then Moses said, “If you don’t personally go with us, don’t make us leave this place. 16 How will anyone know that you look favorably on me—on me and on your people—if you don’t go with us? For your presence among us sets your people and me apart from all other people on the earth.”
17 The Lord replied to Moses, “I will indeed do what you have asked, for I look favorably on you, and I know you by name.”
18 Moses responded, “Then show me your glorious presence.”
19 The Lord replied, “I will make all my goodness pass before you, and I will call out my name, Yahweh, before you. For I will show mercy to anyone I choose, and I will show compassion to anyone I choose. 20 But you may not look directly at my face, for no one may see me and live.” 21 The Lord continued, “Look, stand near me on this rock. 22 As my glorious presence passes by, I will hide you in the crevice of the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by. 23 Then I will remove my hand and let you see me from behind. But my face will not be seen.”

Exodus 32:1
1 When the people saw how long it was taking Moses to come back down the mountain, they gathered around Aaron. “Come on,” they said, “make us some gods who can lead us. We don’t know what happened to this fellow Moses, who brought us here from the land of Egypt.”

Exodus 32:6-8A
6 The people got up early the next morning to sacrifice burnt offerings and peace offerings. After this, they celebrated with feasting and drinking, and they indulged in pagan revelry.
7 The Lord told Moses, “Quick! Go down the mountain! Your people whom you brought from the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves. 8 How quickly they have turned away from the way I commanded them to live!

Tim reminds us that these passages demonstrate how God wants to have a beautifully close relationship with us. But when we feel that His presence is not with us how easy it is for us to be tempted to return back to where we came from.

He gives us an example of how Moses experienced God’s favor. Moses' relationship with God was like a friend who would talk with him face-to-face. Moses was allowed to see as much of God’s glory without killing him. The favor of God is real. When you have experienced God’s favor you will never want to live apart from it. In Psalm 51 David writes “don’t take your presence from me.” Tim says that when you have experienced God’s presence in you will never want to live without it.” It is the vital part of what it is to have a relationship with God.

When you have the favor of God, it calibrates the rest of your life. Through your walk with the Lord, it is comforting to know that his favor is on you. Not on what you are doing, but that God’s favor is on you personally. God’s favor is not on the position, but on the person. When you have God’s favor, you literally have everything.

The Only Difference Is You 

God Is a New Source of Power 

God is a new source of power for your Master Reset.

Exodus 33:12-13
12 One day Moses said to the Lord, “You have been telling me, ‘Take these people up to the Promised Land.’ But you haven’t told me whom you will send with me. You have told me, ‘I know you by name, and I look favorably on you.’ 13 If it is true that you look favorably on me, let me know your ways so I may understand you more fully and continue to enjoy your favor. And remember that this nation is your very own people.”

Moses talking to God - Face to Face as his BFF. This is the same relationship God wants to have with you.

01_How do I know when I have the favor of God in my life?
It has nothing to do with having money. Has nothing to do with your position at work. Instead it has to do with peace. It has to do with security in your identity with God. It has to do with knowing that God is with you in any situation.

02_Is there anything that I can do to experience the favor of God in my life?
Obedience to the Lord is the “secret sauce” to God’s favor. Obey whatever He tells you to do. And when you mess up, fess up. Call your own foul when you break a rule. Let God know that you blew it and did not follow His direction and receive his forgiveness and love for you.

He's Your Friend 

First lesson on how God is a new source of power starts with you becoming curious about how God is your friend.

Exodus 33:14-16
14 The Lord replied, “I will personally go with you, Moses, and I will give you rest—everything will be fine for you.”
15 Then Moses said, “If you don’t personally go with us, don’t make us leave this place. 16 How will anyone know that you look favorably on me—on me and on your people—if you don’t go with us? For your presence among us sets your people and me apart from all other people on the earth.”

01_What are some ways you can experience God’s Presence?
Declare to God that if He is not going, then you are not going. That if God is not going to be with you where you are and where you are going, then don’t go. Make time for God’s presence to be with you. Create an atmosphere that invites God to be where you are.

02_What should you do with the “good gifts” that our Heavenly Father gives us?
Some have said the statement, “be careful for what you ask for.” When it comes to God’s gifts, be grateful that you asked for them.

Presence Over Presents 

The second lesson on how God is a new source of power is choosing His PRESENCE over His presents.

Exodus 33:17-18
17 The Lord replied to Moses, “I will indeed do what you have asked, for I look favorably on you, and I know you by name.”
18 Moses responded, “Then show me your glorious presence.”

01_What is the difference between Knowing God and Experiencing God?
Moses knew God and experienced God at the burning bush when He told Moses to go back to Egypt to free the people of Israel from slavery. But Moses was not satisfied, he wanted an experience with God that was tangible. All you need is one real experience with God to change everything.

Tim shares how after many years of following Jesus Christ nothing has been more pivotal than on January 14, 1996 when Tim gave his life to Jesus! This was a marker that changed the entire trajectory of his life. You need to know God and have an experience with Him. This experience is what will anchor you when everything in life wants to make you doubt God. Knowing God and having an experience with Him are two different things.

In Matthew 14 the disciples are in a boat without Jesus. And then Jesus makes an appearance on the water. While everyone is frightened, Peter says to Jesus, “if that is you ask me to come.” Peter steps out of the boat and stands on water and walks to Jesus. All the other disciples could have asked for this same experience. They knew Jesus, but they never experienced him as Peter did. Two chapters later in the Book of Matthew, when Jesus asks, “who do men say that I am?” Tim believes that the reason that Peter spoke up first, was because he had an experience with Jesus like now else did. Peter’s answer in Matthew 16:16 was that Jesus was the Christ, the Son of the living God! How did Peter know that? Because he walked on water that he should have been sinking in. And that could not have happened with that experience. Next time you hear the critic, that only Jesus walked on water, remind them that Peter did too!

Ask for Experience 

The third lesson on how God is a new source of power starts when you ask for an experience with God.

01_Become Curious About How God Is Friend
		- Set aside a day to retreat by yourself and practicing listening to the Lord
		- Take a journal and your Bible and begin writing passages that the Holy Spirit prompts you to meditate on

02_Never Choose His Presents Over His PRESENCE
		- Take a spiritual gift survey to discover the gifts the Holy Spirit has uniquely given you and celebrate them.
		- Step out and practice sharing one of your spiritual gifts.
		- Write down how the Lord used your spiritual gift to bless someone. Remember not to love these gifts more than you love the Lord.

03_Ask For An Experience with God
		- Write out a prayer that asks God for new experience with Him
		- Share your prayer request with a trusted friend.
		- Go to a different worship experience than you are commonly accustomed to. Put yourself outside your comfort zone.

Tim lays out the three steps to experiencing God as your new source of power.

It is interesting that as new believers we are Reborn in Christ Jesus, but we still need our body and minds to be restored by the healing grace of the Holy Spirit.

Tim tells people that my preaching might lead people to the altar to ask God to save their lives, but then he encourages them to find a counselor or therapist to help them unwrap all years of dysfunctional emotions and negative lifestyle choices.

A Master Reset is a process - that takes a lifetime.

Matthew 7:24-27
24 “Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. 25 Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock. 26 But anyone who hears my teaching and doesn’t obey it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand. 27 When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will collapse with a mighty crash.”

Tim shares how counseling and therapy has become an important part of his life. For a majority of his life since he started following Jesus he has also sought out counseling to sort out all the seasons that his life has been through. For Tim, the benefit has been exponential! When you have peace in your mind you will have peace everywhere else. Celebrities seem to have it all, but have no peace of mind. When you lay the foundation of Christ Jesus what is built is something that will endure and last even when times are difficult.

Preventing Viruses

How to Build a New Foundation

The next section of Master Reset is all about How to Build a New Foundation. Tim starts by providing anecdotal and biblical basis for this process.

Matthew 7:24-25
24 “Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. 25 Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock.

Take inventory of 
01_Things that are shaky
02_Things that are squishy
03_Things that are solid

What do you have the most confidence in? What are you standing on that feels a little squishy that you need to firm up? And what is so shaky that it gives you no peace at all because it is constantly moving? 

You need a stable environment to heal, grow and have success. So make sure that what you are standing on is solid.

Solid Is Good

The first lesson on how to build a new foundation is that solid is good.

Tim explains that "deep theology" is a dangerous ideology to espouse to understand Jesus is to be intellectually deep. The fact is that Jesus could have justified being the “deepest” person on earth, but he was actually very simplistic. For example he never taught without using a parable. Deep is dangerous, because you will not be able to do it.

Tim learned from his mother “If it is true it is not new and if it is new it ain’t true.” When you are dealing with the truth, it is not a new concept. The truth about Jesus is not new. You don’t have to figure it out or question if it is reliable? Jesus is the truth. We live in a culture where everyone seems to have their “own” truth. 

Finally, Tim reminds us that “Whatever you build your home on - there will still be a storm.” Solid does not mean safe, but it does mean secure.

When you stand on Jesus Christ as your rock, your anchor, your epicenter, it doesn’t matter the type of storm that blows through. You can know that you will be secure in the middle of it.

Sandy Is Bad 

A sandy foundation should be avoided at all costs. The instability will wreak havoc as live out your Master Reset.

Reason #1 - The Word was in the Beginning

John 1:1
1 In the beginning the Word already existed.
    The Word was with God,
    and the Word was God.

John 1:14
14 So the Word became human and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son.

Literally, when God put Jesus in the flesh he was saying, “See what I am saying?” Jesus became Immanuel, which literally means that “God is with us.” God wants us to see what He is saying in His son, Jesus Christ.

Reason #2 - The Word is in the Middle

Hebrews 1:3
3 who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

Tim underscores the fact that God through Jesus is with us right now! Jesus who is the Word, is with you in the middle of your situation.

Reason #3 - The Word is in the End

Revelation 1:8
8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega—the beginning and the end,” says the Lord God. “I am the one who is, who always was, and who is still to come—the Almighty One.”

Before the foundations of the world, the Word was here! And when you have the Word with you and you know that the Word was before you it changes the way you live your life. God spoke a word about me, to me, for me, through me, before all of creation. God’s Word was in the beginning and that Word is in the middle, presently with me right now.

Three Reasons for the Word 

The third lesson of building a new foundation relates to the three reasons for the word.

01_Since Solid is Good - how can I be sure that I am standing on a firm foundation?
		- What is the test of a solid foundation?

02_Since Sandy is Bad - what can I do if the ground under me is shifting?
		- How does God use a sandy foundation once the storm has wrecked my life? God can redeem what has become a wreck

03_Three reasons for the Word - where I can find the Word apparent for my life?
		- Since The Word was in the Beginning, the Middle and in the end - take a minute and draw out on a graph the highs and lows of your life. And see where God was with you in all of those points
		- Journal your findings from your graph? How did God display Himself in our past, present and future

Take inventory of the things God has done in your past and now in your present, then, what you are believing in the Lord for your future.

Tim assigns homework for you to assess what type of ground that your life is standing on.

Romans 8:11-14
11 The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you.
12 Therefore, dear brothers and sisters, you have no obligation to do what your sinful nature urges you to do. 13 For if you live by its dictates, you will die. But if through the power of the Spirit you put to death the deeds of your sinful nature, you will live. 14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.

If I can get a dead body up, I can get you up! That is the power of the Holy Spirit living inside of you. If God can get Jesus up out of the grave, He can get you up out of depression, out of addiction, any bondage. 

Tim shares how he was raised up out of experiences he had as child, the addictions he had as a young adult, if it was not for the power of the Holy Spirit. The same thing that He has done for Tim, he can do for you. If you feel like you are on life-support or lifeless, based on what Scripture has told us, that the same Spirit that raised Jesus Christ from the dead, lives on the inside of us. And when we give the Holy Spirit permission to proceed with leading our lives, He causes more than a revival to break out in our lives. He brings resurrection and it is beautiful!

God's Spirit in You  

The Keys to Reboot 

Tim finalizes his course on the keys you need to reboot your life.

Romans 8:12
12 Therefore, dear brothers and sisters, you have no obligation to do what your sinful nature urges you to do. 
 
The Bible gives specific instructions on how you need to use God’s power. This passage says that you are no longer obligated to your sinful nature, but the urges will still be there. 

Tim gives an analogy that when he was growing up and a Jehovah Witness knocked on their door everyone said not to go to the door. When you give your life to Jesus, the Holy Spirit is now the person who leads and guides your life. And when you have some sinful urges knocking at your door, and you might even like those urges. It is then that you allow the Holy Spirit to answer the door. The Holy Spirit is better suited to answer the door of your life and to address the sinful urges on your behalf, because He does not have the desire to interact with them.

We have no obligation to answer the door. The Holy Spirit can curb your sinful nature. You do not have to be in the situation that you find yourself in because you are no longer obligated. So let it go, and let God in and He can answer the door.

I Am No Longer Obligated 

Reboot key #1 comes from knowing you are not longer obligated to "do what your sinful nature urges you to do."

Romans 8:13
13 For if you live by its dictates, you will die. But if through the power of the Spirit you put to death the deeds of your sinful nature, you will live. 

When we are tempted by our sinful nature, what actions do we need to apply to be able to use the power of the Spirit?

When you feel that temptations are rising on the inside, you need the power of the Holy Spirit in a practical way. One of the ways when you can see him move practically, is by opening up your mouth and asking for His assistance.

Playing worship music has always benefited Tim when he needed to invite the presence of the Lord into his situation. When you worship it will be hard to indulge your sinful nature.

Be careful what you let into your ears. Many are good at guarding our eyes but forget to guard what is coming into our lives through what we listen to. We don’t even know what impact what we listen to has an impact on our lives. Always be in an environment where the appeal to your flesh is low and the appeal to the Spirit of God in you is high.

I Need to Use His Power 

Reboot key #2 applying the power of the Holy Spirit to overcome your sinful nature.

Romans 8:14
14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.

When you allow the Holy Spirit to take the lead in your life, He will draw you into a certain direction or draw you to do something.

Tim remembers how he was led by the Holy Spirit when he was looking for an apartment to live in, and when they did not have one within his budget, he was going to settle on a place that would negatively stretch his resources. As he was ready to sign the lease agreement, he felt the Holy Spirit nudge him to ask if there was a one bedroom efficiency that he could afford.

The Holy Spirit wants to lead in the practical matters of your life, if you are willing to be led.

Be Led by the Spirit 

Reboot key #3 is being led by the Spirit.

01_How do I live daily, knowing I have a new nature?
		- When temptation “rings the bell at my door”, I don’t have to open it
		- If the Krispy Kreme light is on, It doesn’t matter if I never drive past it
		- Dead men can not be tempted. We are crucified with Christ Jesus

02_What does the power of the Holy Spirit look like, practically?
		- Allow the Holy Spirit to lead you in the practical areas of your life
		- When someone slides into you DM, the Holy Spirit will help you block that person

03_How do I cultivate the Holy Spirit’s voice in my life?
		- Raise your Biblical IQ - read the Bible. He sounds like what He wrote in the Bible
		- When hearing the voice of the Spirit will be a guide for you not force you to do something
		- The Holy Spirit leads you, the devil drives you
		- The voice of the Holy Spirit gets more familiar to you the more you acknowledge and obey

The keys to a reboot are yours. Tim closes with some application questions.

Master Reset

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<p>If you have experienced a crash in your life, there is a Master Reset available for you to have a new beginning. Tim created this course when the global pandemic caused everything to come to a crashing halt. Little did he know that God would also take him through a life changing transition to trust in His Word to reboot everything for a new start.</p>


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Tim Ross

International Speaker | Podcast Host

<p>This course is for anyone whose life has crashed and needs a way to restart.  It is for people who have experienced a great loss, been fired from a job, or had their spouse walk out on them and need direction on what to do.</p>


How to Reload Your Life With Foundational Elements of Prayer, Meditation, Fasting & Bible Study

How to Reset Your Life by Accessing the Holy Spirit’s Power 

How Both Forgetting and Remembering Are Both Functions of Your Reboot

To Build a New Foundation in Your Life on the Word of God 

The Importance of New Habits and Routines in Your New Start 

Your guide, Tim Ross