How People Grow - Session 4a - 8/17/2009

Today's Mental Image:

Acceptance

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How People Grow

by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend

PREPARATION FOR SESSION 4a

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THE MASTER GARDENER:  THE GOD OF GROWTH
THE GOD OF GRACE
A TRUE VIEW OF GOD

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One of our biggest obstacles to growth is our view of God.

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If we are going to grow in relation to God, then we must know who God is and what he is really like.

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People do not grow until they shift from a natural human view of God to a real, biblical view of God.

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God is for us!  Not against us!

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When have you been received as a person "standing in grace"

and not condemned, even in failure?

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When have you known that you were unable to stop a behavior

just by trying harder?

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Where will you go - and when - to find support, structure, healing,
and help for a behavior you are unable to stop just by trying harder,
a place where you will be received as a person "standing in grace"
and not condemned, even in failure?
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